> > > > > When I start my XCC Mixer it starts to load as normal but halfway through loading it freezes and doesnt do anything after that. It has worked fine in the past. I tried downloading a fresh copy of the program but have had no sucess, re-installing RA2&YR hasnt helped either. Does anyone know whats wrong here?

> > > > Sometimes it just takes a loooooong time to load, be a little more patient. Start it up, and go make yourself a coffee or something. It'll be loaded by the time you get back.

> > > I left it for half-an-hour and it just stuck. Each time it did that I had to Ctrl-Alt-Dlte it and it said "XCC Mixer 1.21 (not responding)"

> > > It was to do with renegade. I uninstalled Renegade and it works fine now. thanks

> > Strange. Thirty minutes should be long enough. Is your HDD very fragmented? How much RAM do you have?

> Do you mean my hard drive? cos thats fine I run disk defrag everynight. I have NO idea how much RAM I have.

> Anyway its fixed now so...

defrag EVERY night?! I've heard that defragging regularly damages the HD. To find out how much RAM u have, open the Control Panel in Windows and double-click on the System icon. After a couple of seconds your RAM should be listed near the bottom.