Tim, All, I know there were a few tweaks involving tsak to fix the tdm.log explosion problem. After leaving TDE running overnight, I noticed the fans on my laptop pegged on. Huh? Checking top, tsak was eating 90-100% of my CPU. What is tsak? Why is it pegging the CPU? Here is a screenshot of top showing the cpu use: http://www.3111skyline.com/dl/dt/trinity/ss/tsak-hog.jpg Want me to file a bug or you want to look at it first? -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.