Perhaps your screen saver is the clue.

There are also things that the computer does all on it's own when it senses it is idle. It may be shutting down things like soundcards, video processing, etc.

And there are tons of other software products that mess with things.

The only real stable system is one that is clean of all those call home things and stupid stuff they 'give' you on a new system.

I've run the same program for a number of years and NEVER has a crash. That's on 3 different systems and for about 8 product cycles.

Certain folks seem plagued with problems and it sure is frustrating trying to help them.

In this particular case, I wonder if the program isn't trying to write a file once in a while and the o/s does a sort of soft shutdown. Now on waking the computer RealBand may want to check a setup file or write a small bit so it can do the UNDO command, and this happens before drives are ready and SMACK an error message. In the case of this program the guy who wrote powertracks may know more about what goes on. The best bet is to save the work, close the program, and then wake things up gently.

I am of course, pulling straws here, but one should work at some point in time.

The only program I'm prone to leaving open for long stretches, (Like days), is Band in a Box and I've not had a problem with it. Perhaps someone else can try the leave it on overnight and see what happens in the morning. Might be a case of waking up with a coyote.

John Conley
Musica est vita