Hi, this is the geneshaper. I must weigh in here regarding never #1, IMHO >1. Never run Classic from 10.1.5. It'll hose OS9. If you want OS9, >boot that. I routinely boot to classic from 10.1.5 and have no problems, I run MS Office, and scan into photoshop 7 from classic. I do not know why your situation is different but , I know that this works. I have heard some problems with 10.2.5 regarding classic however. How much RAM do you have? for some reason the 9.2.2 and OS X systems are very suceptible to erratic behaviour when cramped for space. I had the problem of Illustrator nor running, but quitting mid startup, or crashing when switching between documents. I added 512MB to bring the system to 704MB and all my problems went away. i had the same issue woth a g3 imac and boosted the ram to 256 and again the problems went away. There is something else causing this, besides just the issues discussed in this thread. D geneshaper ===== The Tao is Life Using the Bow of Honesty Shoot the Arrow of Clarity Into the Heart of Illusion Satori appears Balance and Harmony __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo http://search.yahoo.com