Happens with other LVL files (Although it seems to take longer before I get an error). Other people can open and edit the file I was trying to (so I've got a slave doing my work for me now). My desktop has been throwing up other error messages relating to DCME (which I'm having trouble replicating right now, just getting the error 9 at the moment). I've got a lot of shared programs and configurations between the two computers, probably too numerous to list. Firefox, continuum, MS Office, winamp, VLC, mIRC, winzip, winrar, nero... theres a pretty long list. One possible culprit is a program called synergy that lets me share one mouse and keyboard between all my computers, but I've never had a problem with it before.. Anyways, not a big issue not that I've got a slave doing my work, but I thought it would be best if you knew about the bug. LEM