thanks ken for suggestions,

when my game crashed i was using internet explorer
{latest version}. but the game has also crashed
with netscape 4.73 {newest version}. so i dont
know if that matters in my case or not.

i used zd benchmark to close all my startup
programs. it does the same thing as msconfig-
startup.

i didnt have the resource meter installed so i
wasnt able to check my resources. this could be
a possible problem.because if you say we should have
88 % resources i may have been a little low.
so i just installed my resource meter- rebooted
my computer with no statup programs and
then checked my resource meter readings.
system-98% user-98% gdi-99%

i then logged on to purebaseball and checked my
resources.
system-86% user-86% gdi-91%
and the more information i downloaded on the
purebaseball site the resources went down even
more to 82%.

when i log off my recources went back up to
90%.

i just played my 4 remaining games 3 offline and
the last online without any problems.

what does gdi {resource meter} stand for ?