Hmmm.. just thinking out loud here, I will look into more details today.. how empty is your Hard drive? If you have installed lots of programs which edit your registry, it could be some reg settings messing you up. I had huge problems with Corel like that.. I cleaned the hard drive and did a fresh install, worked great... also, what is your Vmemory set at? do a defrag on your HD... I will get back to you with more later (once my brain starts working today.)