One other thing, a live database should never be left open unattended. It is all right for a few minutes, but if one is going to be gone for than 15 minutes I would close the database, but one could leave the program running. With all of the things that are run by the system including Updates, sleep, hibernation and etc, things can and will clobber a dataset. The updates may even require a restart, which we all know restarting with a database open is not good for them. When sleep or hibernation kicks in, sometimes it may take up to 20 minutes for the system to be back in full running condition. When sleep or hibernation happens, ALL open files and processes MUST be copied to the respective folders of the two. When waken, then these same files MUST be copied back to RAM and the processes restarted. With large FTM databases, this can take some time in getting it all copied back. When leaving my system(s) unattended, I do not have any OPEN files, I will save them and close the file. I do not keep my Outlook 2007 running. I have been known to leave IE and FTM (without a open file) running. I also do NOT use sleep or hibernation as I have better use of my time, in lieu of waiting for it to wake up. We also leave most of our machines on 7/24. We turned them off when not in use for 30 days and compared our power bill for the previous 30 days, and there was on $5.00 difference in the bill. In my book, no big deal. Thanks, David C Abernathy Email disclaimers ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- This message represents the official view of the voices in my head. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.SchmeckAbernathy.com == All outgoing and incoming mail is scanned by F-Prot Antivirus  == -----Original Message----- From: computers-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:computers-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Pam Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2009 5:04 AM To: computers@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [COMPUTERS] Help Please Many thanks Nivard, I turned off the machine and got it sorted again thanks Pam