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Corel Draw 10 and Windows XP Pro: an unstable relationship?

Corel Draw 10 on my machine (HP Compaq nc6120 laptop running Windows XP Pro) is immensely unstable. It bombs out roughly every five minutes, and if I'm not quick on the save, I lose work on a regular basis. I have a real clean machine, and not much else gives me problems. I've also got Corel Draw SP1 installed (10.427). I'm really starting to hate this program. Anyone else experienced this fragile relationship? Thanks
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Thanks. Some of the answers would affect the way I run the rest of my computer (like changing themes, virtual memory, hardware acceleration, etc.) but I'll certainly have a tweak and if things improve, I'll let you know.
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Thanks. I've made the changes you suggested. I'll see whether it works and get back to you.
Paul
Sorry guys. Have tried all of the suggestions you made (that I felt comfortable doing without hampering performance elsewhere) and it's still crashing like a monkey in a Ferrari. My guess is that CD10 just shouldn't really be running on an XP machine. They simply don't seem to like each other.

Any other thoughts would be greatly appreciated.

Paul
Here's a message I'm getting frequently when it crashes (though not always):

'The instruction at "0x00000000" referenced memory at "0x00000000". The memory could not be "read". Click OK to terminate the program.'

Yes, it's those clear, concise, user-friendly error messages that make Windows such a joy to use...

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Paul
I've read some people suggesting that kind of error could be something to do with RAM and they suggested using this tool:
http://www.memtest.org/  or this one:
http://www.memtest86.com/

I doubt that is the problem though.  The only other things I can think of is
A) uninstall and reinstall Corel, or
B) buy an upgrade (and you can usually get those on ebay -- CorelDraw 11 or 12 would work better on XP)

DeeDee


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Thanks for your help guys. Never really got to the bottom. Have ordered Corel X3. Hope the point split is fair. Hard to allocate sometimes, but everyone should get something for putting in the time, and that's how I've split it.

Paul