I have 128MB Ram. I ran into this problem several months ago. This mailing list has helped resolve the majority of the problem as it relates to memory. Through time, and although I have no infallible proof, it is clear and peaceful in my mind that I have this problem only when I have four or more FO databases open and I am trying to edit one of them and even then it may or may not occur. If I have one database open and am editing and I have word open, paintshop open, my email software open, my browser open, etc or all of them, it does not matter, I just don't have the problem. Although it is very convenient when I open FO to have all my databases opened; I've learned that when I plan on doing a lot of editing, I get down to the basic number of databases. Sincerely, Mike Peterson ----- Original Message ----- From: Wayne League To: FAMILY-ORIGINS-USERS-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, August 25, 2001 7:32 AM Subject: Re: [FO] Advice needed please! "Nori Witter" <nori@eisa.net.au> wrote: >My problem is that everything turns to grey and then I loose all ability to >access and the only way to solve this is to close down and re-open. This sounds sort of like the problem some are having with the tool bar buttons disappearing and then the computer hangs up. It is thought to be a memory management problem. Some computers that even have 128mb or more of RAM have the problem. Windows is a very poor memory manager and that is believed to be the problem. You might try running as few programs at the same time as possible. Also, check the task bar tray and see if you have an unusually large amount of things running all the time there. It would be best to get rid of as many of those as you can do without. There are RAM memory restoring programs that will restore the memory that has been lost during a computer session that might help the problem. One is called "RamBooster" and you can get it at http://www.saunalahti.fi/~borg/rambooster/ It may or may not help your problem but it won't hurt to try it because it is free. Wayne League ______________________________