Don't worry, no one is laughing at you. I have one of those in my house too. Anyway, Win 98 itself is an amusement park. It's very hard to pin point exactly why it's not saving jpg (in 98). As 98 has a serious registry issue, that even all the service pack couldn't fix. But, you can go through a series of check list and see if they help ... 1. I don't think Temp file has anything to do with it. 2. If it is your hard drive, I don't know ... I've never seen such case. But it never hurts to keep it clean and make back ups. Some times defrag solves lots of problems. 3. If the above don't help, then you need to run the "anti-virus" program, NOT the "scan disk". Perdon my saying, my 3 yr old niece does a better job cleaning my PC, then scan disk. 4. Your machine is quiet close to Vue's minimum requirement. So, it very much be that the software is lacking on enough resources. See if you can save a picture from online or from photoshop in "jpg" format. If you can, then you know Vue might need a reinstall or more resources. hope it helps.