Thanks, Bruce, you are a wealth of information. I plan to follow your
instructions. The first link you provided for performance problems seems
outdated or maybe just beyond my level of expertise as I don't quite
understand what to do. Isn't it referring to win98 and win95/NT which I at
least know are obsolete operating systems? I am running XP/SP2.

Again, thank you and especially for taking the time to write a very useful
answer to my question. Much appreciated!