Hello. Creaky, you da man! Must be nice to live on a boat!Linuxman, I had issues like you were having when I first started using dvd shrink. I ended up putting in a new heatsink fan,a blower, and an extra 120 mm fan on the back of my tower. That took care of most of my problems. Unfortunantly a powersurge started the whole process over again and a new mobo took care of that.You may also try a registry cleaner program for errors. I use registry mechanic.I'm sure there are better ones out there-I'm still looking.I hope this may help you out some and good luck. 07 Apr 2005 @ 14:46HP a1118x-b/athlon 64-3300+/BenQ 1650 BCDC/LG 8163B/Modded Wii/Epson-R300 and Ty Watershields!!!