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To: Garlic Breath who wrote (9072)	4/7/2000 8:42:00 PM
From: Tom Swift	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 110626

Well, I recently found out that Quicken has memory limits. I had to start a new file to eliminate the "Too many open windows" error. I had nine accounts spanning the last five years before I ran out of hooks trying to add a new online broker account. My question is: what is the easiest way to move my old accounts to a new file without losing any data? Copy and delete, or is there anything simpler.

To: Garlic Breath who wrote (9072)	4/8/2000 11:19:00 AM
From: PMS Witch	Respond to of 110626

Inappropriate A: drive accessing... Your system may be looking for something on A: drive. A couple of thoughts. Back-up your registry before trying this. Take a look in your registry under the key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\CLASSES\* for anything that looks like it could cause this behaviour. If you find something suspicious, export it, then delete it. Another thing to try: Use Edit/Search to find A: in your registry and see if it's found in a place it doesn't belong. If the problem is fixed, you're done; If not, you can import the stuff you deleted. If you find you've a mess on your hands, restore your registry. Cheers, PW. P.S. A few posts back (on this thread) someone posted links to Windows tweaks and annoyances. Following those links will lead to a more detailed investigation of the problem(s) you're experiencing. I can't remember 'exactly' what was suggested, but if you're still stuck, take a moment and explore this stuff. Can't hurt. (Look at mark's posts. He finds stuff Superman would overlook.)

To: Garlic Breath who wrote (9072)	4/8/2000 12:16:00 PM
From: mr.mark	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 110626

hi steve, your prob has been bugging me. i see that pw has made some suggestions. hopefully they will lead you to a solution. i just want to add one more to the mix... this may be a case of overkill, but then again it may be what the doctor ordered. from a winmag.com article on slow windows startups winmag.com "Skip the Floppy Check You may not know it, but Windows 98 checks to see if you've added or changed floppy drives each time it starts up. If you're like 95 percent of people, you'll never reconfigure your floppy as long as your PC lives. So tell Windows to stop checking, it will save you some time. Click Start \| Settings \| Control Panel, then double-click the System icon. Click the Performance tab, the File System button, then the Floppy Disk tab. Clear the "Search for new floppy disk drives each time your computer starts" check box." remember to hit 'apply' and 'ok'. good luck :) mark