I would say that Gail is right on: keep the command, but remove it from Maintenance plans, and remove Autoshrink.

Wow! Amazing stuff! Since I'm a SQL newbie it's gonna take awhile for me to digest how you did all that.

I have a couple of issues...

Thank you, Glen. I did show it to my LAN guy but will empasize that the solutions described in it will correct the problem. I appreciate the confirmation!

Gail, the error messages appearing on the Windows System log are:

[font="Verdana"]"This computer was not able to set up a secure session with a domain controller in domain [name] due to...

Thanks for your suggestions!

I restarted SQL Server in the middle of our peak transaction period (I reasoned I had nothing to lose because the system grinds to a halt anyway). I watched...