Sylvia: I found what I think may be it, but the format option is greyed out. Perhaps this is one option I should file under for reference only. ... When I got my first computer(13 years ago,) I tweeked the dials to no end. I used memmanagers with positive results. In the past, when I tried to set the virt mem too high I got exactly the results P.D. got. As P.D. seems unwilling to reduce the virtual memory settings, won't use a memory manager can't get more memory into his system, can't or won't run one of the NT systems or buy a new computer, there really isn't anything I can sugguest to help him. - "for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction."