Hi, I think this doc may help you resolve this problem

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/814581

Thanks Mike.

That sounds like a good solution...

To answer your question, we're getting an error 1314 when a non-sa user runs this stored proc with the xp_cmdshell statement..

I had the very similar problem yesterday, and I found that the directory path that that it's referring to, may not exist.   You may need to create it.  But why...

If your saying that expanding the Database folder is slow, then check out MS website.  They have a new Sql Server SP4 Beta version out.  It addresses the slow open/display...

Hello,

I too support many vendor created databases and I also have a policy to never update the vendors objects or code.  Even if it's a trigger.

If we have anything 'added'...

Did you have any backups taken?  If so, you may want to restore that backup file to another server, then run DBCCs to see if there was any corruption.