If you have a page at Rootsweb and are using code such as: You are our <!--#exec cgi="/cgi-bin/counterord"--> visitor since 14 Jan 2001 -- thanks for stopping by! on your pages - and getting this message when visiting there: 'timeout locking file' in place of a number you need to know the following: According to Rootsweb guru MadDoc - The file that is hit for incrementing the counters is now trying to keep counts for 1.2 million pages - in a file that is 104 megs in size and has basically died for the moment. They will fix this problem but when is the question. So if you can't wait he suggests using counter.rootsweb.com as an alternative. Tim