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My system is 8 years old. 512 ram. xp home edition ===============================Adding more RAM would be a good place to start.Have you tried increasing the size your Virtual Memory Paging File? The following article explains how:(308417) HOW TO: Set Performance Optionsin Windows XPhttp://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=308417Virtual Memory in Windows XPhttp://aumha.org/win5/a/xpvm.htmDo you run Disk Cleanup, Error Checking and Defrag on a regular schedule?Is your hard drive at least 50% free space? John Inzer - MS-MVP - Digital Media Experience - Notice_This is not tech support_I am a volunteer - Solutions that work for me may not work for you - ***Proceed at your own risk***