So DrawX4 crashes constantly.  I can reproduce 1 type of crash without exception every time, but its those random WTF crashes that really get you.  And to make matters worse autosave didnt work, CARM didnt work, and i KNOW i saved.  Any comments or revoery methods?

As an aside -- a reproducable way to crash X4 that needs addressing:

Open a .CDR

draw a bit

Ctrl + C your work

try to open a muti-page .CDT

say hello to CARM *wave*

 There's a service pack in beta testing right now that should help to address a lot of known issues.  No idea when it will come out.

 ...CARM is only for Windows XP. So, if you're OS is Vista.

I have autosave backup to the same folder every 15 minutes-have never had that fail. If you have another drive other than the one you are saving to, you might want to create a temp area there for backups.

Why are you copying all of your work to the clipboard, instead of importing the file into the template or even dragging it to the new location? My suspicion would be your clipboard and your ram if you are copying large amounts. And I would investigate some other possiblities (e.g. videocard, drivers, security software) that might be conflicting to create crashes.

 yeah, im using XPpro.  I have no plans to ever use vista.  My office would buy macs or go to Linux first.

I have autosave working on 15 min cycles too.  But when i went to grab the autosave out of my folder it wasnt there.

As far as the crashing goes you may be right.  I'm thinking that some part of my hardware and corel dont like each other.  I just tried the same process on a lesser computer and had no issues.

You mention "office" are you on a network saving your work to a server? If so, this might be another area to look at?

As for Vista... well I've had some frustration - but then I did with XP in the beginning too. I try to not be the first person on the block, but this upgrade didn't work that way.

Our memories are short after several years of stable performance. Many of the issues that are blamed on Vista, aren't it's shortcomings, many were third party drivers. Vista has settled down to be in my opinion very stable and fast. You will still run into issues with software development lagging behind for Vista, but that too will catch up. As for a company investing in new technology it's not cheap and they need to squeeze every last penny. Just wait 2 more years and then you can really catch up with Windows 7! 

 No, i learned a long time ago not to work off the server.  And for those of you who dont know STOP WORKING OFF YOUR COMPANYS' SERVERS!  haha

Im just not happy with Vista as a product.  I comes with all sorts of useless garbage, and they completely changed the file structure that everyone was used to.  If I'm gonna retrain my employees it's going to be on a *NIX based system for sure.  Not to mention you have to pay an extra $200 or so to get Vista to work with server solutions.  We shall see what becomes of vista as version 7 approaches.  Another 2years should about finish it up it think.