Something in the theme you are running is clashing with your system. Try deleting each individual object until you find which one is stressing the sytem. I have run into clocks that use alot of sytem recources. After I delete it things run smooth. You should be using minimal sytem resources around 5-10% if I remember correctly. It's been awhile since I used DX. Try deleting any weather objects also. I have seen others have problems with them.

it not that my system is running slow or anyting, infact it seems to run just fine with DX, i just noticed that dx uses about 18meg of memory, which seemed like a lot to me. more just wonding what other folk are using in the way of memory then anything else. Juat a point of reference, I have a weather object, a calendar object, 5 "icon" objects, and a single "living" (it a character that my daughter drew and I animated).

Also incase anyone was wondering my spects:

AMD XP 2800+
1 gig ram
lots of hard drive space

Jose

If it is only using 18MB with a 1GB system, I wouldn't worry about it. YOu can try removing all the objects and add them one at a time until you find out the one that uses the most. My guess is the Weather object.