Hi Maureen Does this happen when you do a certain action, like closing or opening a particular application? What programmes are running when the error appears? Cheers, Tim -----Original Message----- From: vicsireland-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:vicsireland-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of maureen newell Sent: 09 January 2007 15:15 To: vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [vicsireland] Simn prob Simn has caused a problem in OLE32.dll, simn will now close, etc., how do I rectify this? It is coming up all too frequently. Thanks in advance, Maureen.