What I meant by "lot's nof ram"is all that this machine will hold.That shouldn't be a problem as you said.I've had to re-format a couple of times and always downloaded a fresh copy of limewire,after I've re-installed windows 98.It takes me about 2-3 hours to get evrything working again(not counting downloads),so I'm not sure if re-installing will help or not.By the way...I call this machine "UNIVAC".