Re JiKs comments on WIn98 - the version of 98SE I have allows one to set things so that it doesn't hog the RAM - I'm not on my machine now, but I also have an addon that untangles RAM and that means with my 512Mb that I never run out of RAM. Now 'Resources' - GDI etc, that's still a chronic problem with Win9x.... :-P

"'Onspeed' data compressor" - any prog that compreses and uncompresses data is going to slow the processor down if the CPU needsto look at it...