[HUH?] error.

i am working on illustrator CS3 on windows xp pro.
we have started receiving an error occasionally- usually on artwork using brushes, that says:
"the operation cannot complete because of an unknown error [HUH?]"
this error pops up during saving, after selecting to save as CS2.
it will pop up on a file during a re-save.
when this error pops up we are forced to click "ok." it goes on to save, but suddenly between 50 and 100 fills appear in the color swatch box.
once this file is closed it is sometimes impossible to re open, or opens slowly. sometimes later it cannot be printed.
if components are pulled out individually to be saved in other files, they carry the swatches, even if they have been deleted.
the only way we have found to work with this is to re-create the art. usually this is art that we do not for any reason want to re-create.
we first received this error after opening some art one of the graphic designers did on a MAC. we have not previously had problems with files created on a MAC.
since this time we have had problems with art we have personally created.
has anyone else had this error? and or know how to fix/ get around it?
thanks.

I am having the exact same problem on a Mac platform. I 've encountered this problem in CS2 in the past as well and it hasn't been resolved by bringing affected files or elements of an affected file into CS3. It is a very frustrating issue and is exactly as described in the original post by Erin Chilvers. I will add that you need an extreme amount of patience when cutting and pasting elements to and from the clip board in these affected files. However, when you option drag an element to copy, it's fine. I have found that deleting the brushes sometimes helps but like bad voodoo it only works sometimes. Dragging layers from the affected file into a new doc also helps at times. I find this issue arises initially from files supplied from prepress houses. Are they using funked out plug ins that cause grief when you don't have that plugin installed on your own machine? This IS NOT A NEW PROBLEM It's been around since CS2, so what gives?
Thanks
fat E

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We try what you suggested and the file dimension decreased to a value very similar to that before the accident.
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Il giorno 30/ago/2011, alle ore 19.40, Mike Gondek ha scritto:
Save as to a test file with no embedded or linked imaegs, is the file small and fast now?
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Consider me dyslexic about the MDD. I don't know how
to reset the PMU on it. My beige G3 had a button on
the motherboard
there is a button on the motherboard of the G4. Location and color may vary. Usually black or red, mounted on a raised silver or black square...typically about 1/4" square
the B&W had a "programmers button" on the front faceplate
That's also known as an 'interrupt switch' With the appropriate debugger software, programmers could push that button and call up the debugger, which would allow them to trace their code and issue low level commands. Sometimes useful to break out of a crashed program without pulling the plug.
I know what I know from doing & reading and yes I have a
system folder or two that began in a 6320CD Performa
I think that was one of the machines that required a special file to boot - which is the file I cannot recall the name.
If that file still exists in your system folder, then it may be the culprit.
I'm certified dangerous because of knowledge gaps....
Aren't we all?
such as CDEVs are control panels?
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init's are mostly extensions?
Yes.
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Apple calls them inits.
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It sound like you're asking me to search the system
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No. The files should be visible. Since you can't yet boot to 9 (thus might not be able to get to use startup manager), I gave you the hard way to find and disable them.
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