frankly, there may not be anything wrong. it just might be that you are pushing the envelope of capability on 1GigRam. IF you had 2Gig, you could push the swap file to 3 gig. I know it seems bizarre that the issue is the swap file when it appears that RAM is not maxed. I do not grok that completely... might be a "stupid poser trick." I am not knowlegeable about that. Maybe DaleB or stewer or one of the other gurus will see this post and help. [when they heard my ambitions, they suggested I go get 4 gig ram, and I did.] ::::: Opera :::::