Hi Russ,

A common problem usually alleviated by disabling Windows Image Acquisition
on the services tab of msconfig.

Long delay before files appear in My Computer in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=819017

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"Russ" <scwruss@cox.net> wrote in message
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> Can't open "My Computer" .The flashlight continually searches>
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