first hello everybody as this is my first post

ive looked around the forums and coul not find anything related to my problem

everytime i load up maya 6, i dont have a grid, grid is shown as on in options

if i open up a previous project then the grid is there, but if i then go on to new scene it dissapears again

ive never come cross this problem before so im quite frankly stuck

any help appreciated

Thanks
Jay

Version:
Maya 6

Specs:
AMD Athlon 3200+
1Gig RAM
nVidia FX5700 256mb