In a message dated 3/7/2001 12:48:07 AM Eastern Standard Time, [log in to unmask] writes: << Why do I keep getting the error message,waol has performed an illegal > operation and will be shut down? Does anyone know how I can fix this? >> Then Philippe J Beaulieu wrote: <The main cause for this is because AOL is very resource intensive. I usually do the old Ctrl-Alt-Del and close most of what else is running in the background. This has worked like a charm for me and I have not had any more problems> I write: Also I advise those with this problem to put a shortcut to the Windows RSRCMTR.EXE in their Startup folder and modify the shortcut to start minimized. This way it will show in the tray and be obvious that resources are running low by turning yellow from its normal green. I advise them to then start taking action to reduce the number of programs open. Doug PCSOFT's List Owner's: Bob Wright<[log in to unmask]> Drew Dunn<[log in to unmask]>