I've had the same problem.

You could also check to see what other programs are running in the
background and stop those that you are sure aren't wanted. It's surprising
what gets installed without you realising it. I bet if you done a complete
software rebuild the whole thing would be appreciably faster - but you don't
really want to do that just for the fun of it. Over and above that I'd
guess that anti-spyware and anti-virus software running in the background (a
necessary evil) would take its toll on available resource.

Regards.

Bill Ridgeway
Computer Solutions

"Scudo" wrote in message
. uk...
When I open a spreadsheet (old or new) it takes about 15 seconds to load,
I
seem to recall getting an allmost instant opening on them, and I think it
has just slowly increased over a period of time. I have done all the usual
defrag,virus checks, emptied cache/cookies temp folders etc.
Is this loading time normal or should I be investigating this further.
Its
not a `big deal` but slightly frustrating.

thanks