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Hi Jonas, I'm still trying to track down the source of some chronic performance problems. I have six computers (3 486/66's and 3 P-90's). Whenever even one machine is in slave mode (idle or rendering), the performance of the "server" i.e., the machine on which the "network" directory resides, is substanially degraded. I have been using Norton Utilities "sysinfo" to observe the performance of the server's CPU. On the 486 server, the normal cpu speed is about 183. As soon as even one machine comes on line in slave mode, the speed will go down to 20 or so for about a second or two and then return to full speed. This "dip" in performance occurs regularly about every four seconds. When a P-90 is used as a server, it's cpu performance is also reduced although not as much but at more frequent intervals. Can you tell me: 1. Is this normal? 2. What the heck does a network slave do to draw down a server's cpu? 3. What can I do to fix it? Thanks, Alec Jason