Andy, You'll need to increase your Virtual Memory. In Control Panel. To set these values, click System, click Advanced system settings , and then click Settings under Performance. Typically 1.5 times your installed RAM is the number most home-users need. How much RAM do you have int hat machine? It may be an idea to upgrade. Cheers, Barry From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of ANDY COLLINS Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2010 9:20 AM To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] Swap file help please Hi all - Can somebody give me some pointers regarding the swap file for an XP machine? A message pops ups saying something about shortage of virtual space or memory, and if I recall correctly, this is something to do with the swap file, but I don't know where to access it, or what to do with it <smile> Help appreciated - Andy