[thompsd1]

Many thanks for your contribution to solving my problem, Scouse.
I check them out and did all that they discribed. Including uninstalling Roxio's Easy CD Creater 5 Platinum (even though I had already updated the drivers for Win XP Pro.) Still the problem persists.

I do recall at one point that I changed the ACPI setting in the BIOS because somebody had told me it might be the problem. It wasn't, so I changed it back. Now, after reading Charlie russell's column, I see that because I changed the ACPI, I may have to reinstall the OS. BUT....... I'm going to play with this thing for awhile longer, before I take that drastic step.

Again, I really appreciate your help, Scouse!

If anybody else has any idea's that might help, I'd be pleased to hear from you, as well....