Back when memory was still pretty expensive I remember that a recommendation for the swap file was (I think) 2.5x the amount of physcial ram. My question now is what is a recommendation for the swap file now that ram is cheaper and it is not unusal to have 256mb or more of physcial ram installed. The way I understand it is that windows requires some type of swap file to run. TIA Rob Shane Infinty Web Services www.infinitydotcom.com ICQ# 3433125 "Hold No Punches.." Rode brings you great shareware/freeware programs with his honest opinions in this weekly column. http://freepctech.com/rode