Glen, It sounds very much as if your iBook is spending a near eternity looking for something as it starts up. A few things to check: Do you have Use Network Time turned on? That might cause a delay because the iBook is looking for the server. There's a setting somewhere, I think, to automatically remount servers on startup. Do you have that checked? That could cause the iBook to wait until the other servers are available. In either case, if the server is not available, the iBook may spend a long time trying before giving up and continuing with startup. > Glen Swanson > Ethnic Minority Specialist > Stephen Hart http://eugraph.com