Lazlo wrote: <I have a problem with an app. ... <the app crashes immediately with a type 1 error ... <This happens on a PB 1400.> Virtual memory can do some strange things. Like erasing fields in an app when you click in the edit field (this happened to my app so I turned Virtual mem off - app worked perfectly). Perhaps it could also interfere with the way your application handles memory. Try turning it off if you have the original PowerBook settings which uses this. Another posssibility would be to check the app with/without RAM Doubler if you use it. When programming I don't run any program that plays around with memory. If this helps, I don't know the permanent solution to what Virtual memory does to some apps IS - except to complain to Apple and to be careful about using it. Bob Bryce Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, CANADA eh?