Recent content by Matto

Drew, Thanks. I'm likely to experiment more and run whatever diagnostics I can before I start replacing hardware. I definitely appreciate the suggestion, but am kind of surprised that replacing the hard drive is where we would begin. edit: Also, I will verify what speed the DVD was burnt at...

reghakr, Thanks for your response! The computer currently has 2 Gb of RAM. I like the idea of starting over and approving individual updates, but how will I know which ones I should allow and which I shouldn't? I could do them one by one until I figure out which one kills it (and then start...

Hello, I recently bought Windows 7 Pro from Microsoft's The Ultimate Steal program (I downloaded an ISO from them and burned it to a DVD). I am installing on a Dell inspiron 1525 laptop, which originally came with Vista. The Vista installation had become corrupt so I took the oportunity to...