If you need to know the time that elapsed between two operations you can use the the following tool from Microsoft(windows 2000 resource kit): http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=913795CD-7026-4143-AE85-1F5E096F9BE0&displaylang=en ----------------------------------- TIMETHIS : Command Timing Utility ----------------------------------- Usage : TIMETHIS "command" TimeThis executes the command specified by its arguments, then reports its run...