Hi Sir, I changed the settings to WINDOWS managed. And the settings came back after restart to 1533mb which was the stated maximum. I will see how it works from here. Thank you everyone for your responses. tannis z TN > Kenneth Whyman > [log in to unmask] > Chance favors the prepared mind. > > Do you want to signoff PCBUILD or just change to Digest mode - visit our web site: http://freepctech.com/pcbuild.shtml