Don and Don Jr - are you using Internet Explorer? I went to Mozilla Firefox a few years ago to try to stop lock ups and lost posts. So far, that has gotten me to a point where the computer freezes on an average of maybe once a month instead of several times a day. I have seldom had a problem here except when someone at the other end pulls the server plug. Like I've said before, the worst I get is "No Packets to Send ......." or it's a bit slow. I'm currently sitting in a heavy rain and wind storm in Upstate NY and the forum loading is actually fast so far today - subject to change once a few more folks decide to turn on their computers.