Well, I've no fondness for XP (use 2K myself) but I do have a bit of a dying maya problem that I fully blame on my crap video card. Every now and again, maya will just quietly close, no error, no beeping, just....disappear. It's definitely taught me to save often As for the graphic problem, all I can suggest are the normal things: * get the XP service pack SP1a (XP loves its service packs) * make sure your vid drivers are up to date (unless they're the cat 3.7 ATI drivers, then get the cat3.6, as the 3.7s are crap) * check background programs running that eat up memory usage (IMs, IE, etc)