Thank you all for your input and suggestions!! I've seemed to solve the dilema I've been having lately with Poser 6 & Carrara that led me to question the issue of swapfiles... Monday, I reformatted my C: drive which XP Pro is on... at the same time I updated my mainboards bios (I'm not a noob {do pc repair and upgrades on the side} and have done this a million times) HOWEVER I forgot to change any settings in the bios that I always do to enable optimal performance... I even forgot to change the fsb from the default and everything... my processor wasn't even running at it's normal clock speed!! It's been a really busy week at work, my daughter is on spring break and I guess I'm getting a case of in your 30's alzheimer!!! LOL!! Thank you all guys for your replies!!! Gerard!

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