Thanks everyone, I've found a lot of useful info in this thread.

For those who believe that most of the crashes in Vue are due to PEBAC, you are so very sadly mistaken.  Here's my system and here's what I've been doing:

P4 3.2 Ghz Processer, 3 Gigs of RAM, nVidia GeForce FX5500 256mb, 2 200 Gig SATA drives with LOTS of free space.

I right-clicked on my computer, went to manage and then looked at what services were running and what they were tied to.  Based on that, I found which processes I could shutdown that would not interfere with OS performance.  So, aside from what Windows needs, nada was running, just Vue 5I.  When I go to final render, I can't tweak the settings for more detailed rendering too high or Vue runs out of memory the second I try to render.  Sorry, but IMHO, that is an issue with the app, not me.  Now, I am will to say that there are setting tweaks in Vue that I am unfamiliar with that might be helpful to me, but expecting the app to function within the boundries of the settings provided, I don't find to be too much to ask.

I like Vue, I will continue to use it and I may upgrade it, but for these guys to believe there are no issues with memory and Vue is a bit on the silly side.  I think you can get amazing renders from this and can even make images that look like a painting, heck going through the gallery here proves that.

One thing I did learn today is to check the resources and save often.  And hope someone at E-on catches on to this and finds a way to fix it.