Those of you who are experiencing OE: crashes, especially on ME, are any of you running any of the following programs? Norton 2001 Easy CD Creator 4 by Adaptec Easy CD Creator 5 by Roxio If you are running Norton 2001, consider 2002. If you are running any of the Easy CD Creator programs, consider uninstalling and going to Nero instead. If you get an error message that is defined, go to the microsoft knowledge base site and put in the error code (OE:018) etc., and read the knowledge base. Its very possible for a program install that is totally innocent to manifest an instability that is known to exist with some of the above mentioned programs.