u could try increasing the size of ur swap file. goto control panel -> system -> advanced -> performance options... then under the virtual memory click change.... and put in a new larger size. that is how it is done under windows 2000... xp must b something similar i guess. other thing u can do is open task manager end all the tasks u dont want running 2 free up memory. basically anything listed as homeuser besides explorer.exe and svchost is fine 2 close. dont close system tasks.