Thanks ,
For your prompt reply. I actually figured out a work around. I was trying to render out a 1920 x 1080 movie on a 1280 x 1024 monitor. I’m not entirely sure why it didn’t render out an .AVI file when I incorporated 5 basic particle systems into the scene. But I transferred the project file to my laptop which has a 1920 x 1080 screen size and matinee rendered out a movie without any crashes or hiccups. All seems to be working well now. Maybe this info can help others. Thanks for showing me how to report a bug, that’s info I needed as well.
Take care buddy,