Actually, Kazi, I'm carrying a double-Masters course load combining Crashes AND Whining '-)! Wanted to throw Sniveling in there as well, but my advisor cautioned me against it '-)! As for the specs of this otherwise verrry cooperative machine, here goes...I'm running WindowsXPHome on a P4/1.9GhZ/1GigRAM and I have my machine set to defrag every nite/AM at 3AM 'cuz lord only knows that if left to my own devices I'd be lucky to defrag once a year '-)!! Lucky I remember to save now, ya want me to remember to maintain this thing as well?...LOL!! --steve