Hi Tom, I noticed that some (not all) old *.PRO files that ran OK in the past, become slow when you open them after a time. A workaround that uses to work nicely is the copy of the *.PRO elements to a fresh and empty file. Notice that this doesn't mean "Save As", this means--> Select All--> Copy--> Go to the empty file--> Paste Hope this helps Patricia

Hi Tom, If the speed problem is related with the objects, the copy and paste work will not help. Let me know what I noticed and why I do the "copy and paste" thing. Some CAD programs (as Autocad,for example) have a function called "purge" that cleans all the auxiliary elements used during the work. Punch hasn't a purge function. Now, I noticed that, if you copy and paste the drawing, the size of the file is reduced, especially if you opened - worked - and closed the drawing lots of times. So I guess this is working like a "purge function" and then, helps to speed the file Patricia

Hi Tom, Marry Christmas for you too... and of course to all the Punch users!! Patricia

Suddenly my AS4000 won't open, nor will Google Earth. Those are the only two graphics programs on my XP SP2/750MB RAM computer; both programs worked okay in the past. I don't mess with the internal workings of a computer; I'd have no idea what to look for or do. I have no idea what to do; an email to Punch several months ago was apparently never answered, and they have no phone number, as I recall. To me, this software is now worthless, after having upgraded at least twice. I've lost hundreds of dollars in income from this problem. Can anyone help? Thanks

Hi trekker, you may want to try looking at your task manager on the processes tab. If you see Google Earth or PunchHomeAS4000.exe present, select them one at a time and click end. Reboot your computer and try to open them again. Also try some of the basics, from the browser, clear your cookies, temp files and hold down Crtl and hit f5. <-- This one should clear your cache. I will look in my XP book to see if it mentiones anything about programs not opening and what to do to fix it. If I find anything, I will post the answer this evening. I found the subject posted on the web here http://bbs.keyhole.com/u...mber/137982/page/vc/vc/1 I found about half dozen others here with the same issue but have hot gotten a fix yet. Dolly

Hi trekker, I checked my files, and I found a case similar with yours. A Punch user didn't use the program for 3 months and after this time, liveview was not working and the program was extremely slow This is what happened--> during the period he didn't use the program, Microsoft released and installed automatically some patches in the User's computer, and they unbalanced the VC driver. So, first of all... the old advice--> update the drivers!!! The second thing happening--> a spyware was affecting the Registry as well as some programs, therefore, I strongly recommend the use of "Adware". Is a free application (for personal use) You can download and install it at http://www.lavasoftusa.com/ Patricia