I think that you have gotten the database corrupted in some way, sometimes it only takes hitting the right two keys in the wrong order to confuse these computers. Have you applied the patch? Some of the problems with Family Origins 9.0 are addressed in a program patch. This patch upgrades Family Origins 9.0 to 9.02, and is a free download of about 1MB found at: http://formalsoft.com/files.htm Once that is done, you can try again, but I don't think it will work right until you restore a backup. I wonder, if you had started a new instance of FOW after the shutdown what the system resources would have been. Most programs use very few resources when first started. Good Luck, Alfred ================ ----- Original Message ----- From: <sysite@swbell.net> > No other programs running in background except Antivirus, Zone Alarm, > a display manager, Explorer and the usual four or five Windows > 98-related files. FO9 is freezing and requires Control-Alt-Delete to > exit. Restarting machine and bringing up FO yields: system resources > 38% free; user resources 80% free, GDI resources 36% free. Exiting FO > and bringing up TMG yields 82%; 82%; 91% free. System is P2-266, 128 > ram, and 15 mb HD. This is the first time I have had this problem. Can > anyone offer a suggestion? > > Marilyn >

Thank you Alfred and Betty. I believe I have found the problem. I have 9.02 FO and had structured the system by putting the several data files in separate folders into another Origins data folder. I had just created a new file and had begun to enter individuals. After the "troubles" and as a trial, I moved the Origins Data folder with contents to the program folder, and the system resources did respond by jumping up. Too long a road between program and data may have been the problem. However, what seemed to be the clue to the nature of the problem was that upon exiting the program with the option of "Skip all databases", the screen "flashed" about as many times as I have databases. Marilyn