Sometimes you just have to reload Windows.

[spookyturtle 9,465]

A good source of Windows and computer info is http://forum.notebookreview.com/

Lots of helpful people there. Don't be afraid to register and ask questions.

[Ali G. 37]

Another annoyance I have with Vista is that extraordinary long reboot time when you are forced to hit restart. Wouldn't be bad if MS would give me a two week paid vacation between reboot cycles. Most of the time, it would be ready for the next upgrade when you got back.

Vista and 7 boots up in under 40 seconds for me; with 7 being quite fast.

What sort of CPU is she using? Even though you have 4gig, what are the specs? DDR2 or 3 etc etc.. Gone are the days when you just look at at the size of memory. Even motherboards now go up to $350. Other extremely important component is the video card. Without a top notch card, your PC will suffer period.

[Christi and Ian 24]

A few things:

1.) Chrome does have an adblocker extension. One that comes to mind is AdBlock+, but there might be others too. Google doesn't really have control over extensions, they can be developed by 3rd-parties.

2.) What editing software does you husband use? Avid by any chance?

3.) I use OpenOffice. It's free, it works pretty well, and it reads and writes Office files. Actually I've been using Google Docs a lot more lately - also free & all of your work is stored in a "cloud".

4.) You can disable that annoying permissions system in Vista (UAC).

He uses iMovie & Quicktime, but is thinking about moving to FinalCut Pro