I can't quite believe you all got such problems. I run Vue 3.1 in a W2K Environment on a 800Mhz Pentium with 256 MBs of Ram. While Vue is quite prone to crashes (about 5 to 6 times a workday for me) - especially the material editor, I have not experienced any other problems yet. Vue seems to expect you to make very slow, deliberate mouse-klicks. Working to fast for the programm seems to be the source of most of the problems in Vue. However, you have to be a bit careful, what you install under Windows 2000. A lot of programms have really poor codes (Especially Adobe and Corel are real System-Hogs once installed, cluttering your system with useless DLLs that should be stored elsewhere.). I have had really bad problems with my Vue d'Esprit after installing Macromedia Flash and Freehand. Afer removing these two programms, problems with Vue ceased to appear. Joerg