Dan

did you try accessing the db locally on the server with the same problems? o/w when you connect in EM, you can choose between win auth and sql server auth - I'd suggest trying both and if only win auth causes problems then the lag might be going from the server to the dc (think that's right - i'm only a dev - not meant to know about such things ) - we actually had that the other day, but the evil-network-people never told me what actual problem was - some problem with the routing

jt