thanks lammkott,
tried what you suggested and got these results
on a empty chan with no other windows open (other than status), using the nick menu gives 5,452k, 5,636k, 5,760k, 5,892k, 5,988k, 6,124k, 6,428k, 6,700k ............... 7,608k, then the menu system in mIRC 6.03 and the entire XP menu system locks up until mIRC is closed.
think i'll go back to 6.01 for now, this is driving me even more nuts than normal.
