glad it works for you, however that doesnt help me one bit.

as i said the figures above are from a fresh instal of 6.03, several other people have reproduced it. the ram usage speaks for itself.

i am not saying its a mirc problem, could well be a XP problem, but only mirc cuases it and closing mirc resolves it.

apart from stating these facts i am no further ahead in working out why than i was a month ago. confused