David, I just had this happen to me a few days ago. I only have 1 machine. I know that Melco recommends not having anything else on the computer running the OS but I have quite a few things on my computer relating to my business and until the other day have never had any trouble stitching and using another program at the same time. Anyways, I opened up Print Shop while my machine was stitching (I even asked myself if I should try using Print Shop while I was stitching) and I think the problem occurred at that instant. Anyways, I shut everything down and started it back up again and stitched without a problem. Susan Susan Riedlinger Embroidery Station Columbus, OH __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com =========================================================== The AmayaUsers Mailing List Website: http://www.amayausers.com Discussion Board: http://www.amayausers.com/boards Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://www.amayausers.com/list ===========================================================