Yes in RB in order for the program to be stable I have to BOTH:
1. disable hyperthreading in the BIOS AND
2. run RB in a "Discrete Thread-normal Priority"

Mac,
I believe the only time I repeat myself is when an OP tries different things and I try those same things. If I have no issues I'll repeat "works fine here". I don't like that word "hate" either. Shouldn't have used it.

So it sounds to me like a computer specific issue or maybe a corrupt install? Sounds to me that you're duel booting XP & Linux as well. There are some issues with this that can affect Windows. Mostly noted with Ubuntu 10.04 & Win 7 but.....................
I'm a Linux user and I do believe your best to forget Wine & Biab

John
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