This is a general query. When I get a lock up in XP with AH or any other game, (not that often) usually it needs a complete reset to get the computer started again. No ammount of ctrl-alt-del will get the pc out (in spite of claims for XP) . Aso, when I get the machine up again, there never seems to be any report in any of the logs or alerts to give a clue as to why the lockup. I thought XP was supposed to be better at managing this kind of thing?