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I am not sure what is going on, but when I try to start either ani pro or ani pro 1.3, my computer just stays at the prompt and the cursor flashes while nothing happens on the harddisk light side. Sometimes, if I am lucky, the program pops up, either in 320 x 200 or 640 x 480, I haven't figured out why it does which, or what makes it wake up. I have previously run the last version of Ani Pro without difficulty, including the full tutorial (which involved my using a different video driver, TLivesa, for my Tseng 4000 based video card.) When it stopped working is beyond me, since I have been primarily using 3D studio, Aldus Photostyler, etc. To the best of my knowledge I have not changed anything directly involving Animator Pro. I tried installing version 1.3 into a different directory, ani2, since I figured maybe something had gone wrong with the first version —-same problem. To list all the possibilities would be exhausting for everyone, just wondering if any of the following changes made since I first ran AniPro are known offenders: 1. Norton Utilities 2. Central Point antivirus 3. Pro Audio Spectrum 16 audio board 4. Colorado tape backup 5. Toshiba 3401 external CD ROM, SCSI If it is nothing obvious, I think I'll just do without since I have had more than my share of grief trying to get programs to run peaceably together on my system. I am anxious to actually do some graphics work–what a concept! No program has had the nerve to do what Ani Pro does however.