Hello Rob, I am not sure if this help for the time being but it certainly did work for some of my client. If you do not use IE4 or 5 (even with the latest update to IE5.xx) but Netscape, it just fine. Seem like IE is somehow cuasing Win 98 to be very unpredicatable. Go to http://www.98lite.net/98lite.html and check it out. The other thing I hear most in other list is that, the "Find Folder" from MS is one of the main culprit of such crashes. I am still using it, but have not had any creashes. Having MS Word 2000 on my system seem to have offset the possibility. Please note that is is not a definite answer but just my assumption. Do download and upgrade your Win98 from MS site and that's what I did. Also, the latest of "RegClean version 4.XX" which helps remove a bunch of unwanted residues. I haven't had any crashes for a long time (I had both 1st and 2nd MS Win98 edition) on two different system and the first version with the regular update from MS site seem to be more stable, somewhat...touch wood. Bill