I'll be honest, it probably is. Something else I noticed yesterday, and this may result only from the fact that I have less running on the other machine (named SMOLTZ), but my main computer I use (named MADDUX) runs XP well, I have it set to where it runs with pretty good efficiency. Maddux has a 1.4 Athlon/256 DDR/32MB vid all on an Asus board (really reliable.) On Smoltz, I'm running a dual boot, but I ran Windows 2003 on it yesterday and was maneuvering (sp) stuff on those files with ease for a while, til my picture just got too big. On Smoltz, I run a 1.0 P3/256 SDR133/32MB vid. I think 2K3 was more stable because it had less running, so it's probably a wash. Although, for some reason renders seem to finish faster on Smoltz, so that is my rendering machine. And now that I look at this post, I'm not sure if anybody can grab useful info on it, but I'm gonna post it anyways for typing this much. :) MD