On my machine buffering was ON. I will try your sugesstion - thanks.

>Well I wonder if write cacheing on the HD(s) is Enabled???... and if so, I wonder if that might be making a problem.
>
>Probably worth checking out.
>
>good luck
>
>>Hi Jim !
>>I've tried compatibility feature - it did not help :(
>>Thanks for your input anyway. I did not see any thread indicating that FP DOS did not work on XP so I tell to my customers that they can upgrade to XP and now I have a small trouble.
>>
>>
>>>Jozef,
>>>
>>>Have you tried to use the "Compatibility" features of XP?
>>>
>>>I don't know how to access them generally, but from my FPD 2.6 icon on the desktop I can rt-click the icon, click "Properties" then click the "Compatibility" page tab.
>>>
>>>good luck
>>>
>>>
>>>>I've changed my OS from Windows2000 to XP
>>>>Lately I tried to do some minor changes in my old application made in FoxProDos 2.5. On Win2000 I could work always without problem. On my winXP box FoxPro did not work properly (it suspends from time to time)
>>>>Some of my customers that changed OS to WinXP also reported to me that my application is not stable as it was before OS change. Did anybody has a similar experiences with FoxPro 2.5/2.6 for DOS and XP.