I thoroughly checked firewall and antivirus settings last night -- not that anything had changed recently -- and could find nothing that would appear to hinder Sooloos or the Control:PC from operating normally. And there were no errors or log entries to suggest problems.

But I did install Control:PC on a laptop (also Win7 and on the same network and plugged into the same router as the main PC) and did NOT appear to have the same 'refreshing' problem as on the main PC. To be fair, I only had time to process a couple of CDs, and I continue to have occasional issues --apparently-- with downloading metadata from the Meridian database. But 2 CDs is still better than I've been able to do with my main installation ever since the upgrade to 2.449.

I appreciate the thoughts and suggestions; I'm just reporting back results in case it helps.

Thanks.

Sooloos C15, 2x2TB TwinStores, Meridian 808.5, BSG Tech QOL, Allnic L-5000, FirstWatt SIT-1s, Zu Dominance; Modwrighted Oppo BDP95, Classe SSP-800, Sony VPL-VW50 Pearl.