There is no difference between the old machine and the new. On a hunch I decided to make a the pictures smaller. The exe was 389 MB. By scaling the pictures to 1280 pixels on the long end I reduced the final exe to 50 MB. This reduces the wait time to 3 seconds. Takes awhile to start it up but that is ok. Since you have been able to get a 700MB project loaded I decided to disable the Real time scanner on my anti virus (CA). Sure enough, there was no trouble browsing the directory with the 389MB file. It also started up instantly. Another check against anti virus programs. I will keep my shows smaller for customers. They typically run some kind of anti virus so this will make it easier for them. Thanks for the input. Michael