Thanks for that, but its been back to the shop twice at ?25 each time. Each time they said "software... we tried it on a new hard disk with only xp and nero ... it was ok." ? Chris, http://www.chrisspages.co.uk In Memory of Maia, a sad, sad story. -----Original Message----- From: owner-photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of James B. Davis Sent: 10 August 2004 23:27 To: List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students Subject: RE: Digital Photography On Tue, 10 Aug 2004 22:48:35 +0100, Steve Harris <dshlaw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote/replied to: >XP Home >Therein may be the problem. >I try to use Windows 2000, because of >the problems that I had with XP Home and >XP pro. I have XP home. It's the best and most stable Windoze ever. My wife had 2000 and lots of problems running 'older' programs. It would not run office 97 properly, but XP does a fine job. Anyway, may I suggest that Chris look into properly cooling his computer. Overheating CPU Power supply or video card can cause video corruption. It's even possible he has a fan not working. The Power supply is the first place to look. make sure that fan always works. I had one where it would not work sometimes and gave me big problem until I replaced it. A fan and temperature monitoring program like Motherboard Monitor can really help. -- Jim Davis, Nature Photography http://jimdavis.oberro.com/ Standard Poodles for fun BMW motorcycle for pleasure
