Hi ya igor,

thanks for getting back to me,

I’ll try the idea about the smallville folder/files when i get back to my PC however if it isn’t scanning those files is there a chance a virus or something might be in there or could put it self in there and mess with my system…

The Thunderbird file problem is similar to the smallville problem…it gets stuck there and the CPU hits 100% for a while and i close it down…I have found that folder in Hidden Files, i will delete that happily to stop that however it was hidden is it safe to Delete that or will that do something to XP…

thanks again igor,

Adrian :slight_smile: