I've posted a few messages before thanks for the help but still not having any help! Programs randomly crash including ie, explorer and systry etc etc they perform illegal operations or they have to be 'terminated'! I've formated and reinstalled me but still no luck I've run scandisk memdoc and virus checks and systemworks but I still can't sort this problem out! Any help would be appreciated, THanks, Andy

When you reinstall ME, go to the homepage link on this response and set up the operating system as suggested before you install any programs. Then test between each program and you will see which is causing the problem. If there is a persistent crashing or freezing problem before you install programs, consider hardware problems, particularly overheating or bad RAM. To test overheating, remove the cover and blow a cool fan (cool heater or hairdrier) into it and see if the problems go away. To test RAM go here and test it overnight www.memtest86.com

hello do scan disk from dos any bad sectors on hard drive? d/l hard drive diagnostic tool from hard drive maker. try a diferant stick of ram if all the above checks out normal.