>> >If you drag and drop the image onto the VM, startup is instant. It's 
>> >only
>> >when you double-click Squeak.exe that it can take >some time (due to 
>> >some
>> >oddities in Windows).
>>
> Ehum, that sounds odd. Is the changes file writable? Do you have a
> changes file? The image and the changes file always comes in pairs.

okay this was because I had another instance of Squeak already running using 
the same image and changes image.

This may possibly be another issue altogether ?

Sorry to pick holes.

Aaron