Gill:

Sounds like you're running this on a computer that is a multi-purpose machine. I wouldn't say just Outlook Express and Mailwasher, and I don't know what Mailwasher is but it sounds like it is either a virus scanner or spam filter, which cause more trouble than they are worth.

While I would never suggest you should have to run Vue all by itself on a machine, I would say that you should probably have a dedicated machine for graphics/video apps or your asking for trouble.

Also, what OS are you running?

-Tim