From: John Beckett 

"Geo"  wrote in message
news::
> Is that the function where it's going to take 30 seconds
> but then time slows down so it really takes 2 minutes
> ...

Now you're being a bit provocative there! Certainly when using remote
desktop on a slow connection, the GUI is annoying, but it does a pretty
fair job with its estimates most of the time. You just have to realise that
the GUI does not always mean what it says...

John

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