One thing about DOS... there are very few virus writers slavering at the keyboard to bring down my old box. Now to get the CPU fan replaced so I can get it running again. (I have to take the dratted motherboard out... not an easy job with a migraine... so it has been sitting off to the side looking woeful instead of under the desk being useful.) I appreciate multiple levels of undo and being able to move the lights, however, I can also draw from scratch, and if civilization falls, I can make my own pigments and ink... and keep working. The computer is simply a tool. Maybe because I appreciate legacy and continuity and premanence, this time-limiting idea is all the more bothersome. The background to my fairymoth picture in the Gallery is made from some silver webby stuff I bought a decade ago. It isn't what I intended to use it for, but it was just right. I collect neat stuff when I see it, and use it when appropriate. I can't afford to open a file only to have a past-due sticker on it, so absolutely will not buy content with an embedded timer. Carolly