Thank you so much for your suggestions. I'll give it another try and see what happens. The game was working great <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/up.gif" alt="" /> before I had to do a restore. That and I installed a new video card, but all the drivers have been updated, so should work ok. I'll make sure to turn off Norton's and zone controle...ect. as well as using the play cd to run the game with. Then see what happens. Thanks again.....I'll give you an update later. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/delight.gif" alt="" /> Lady E