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dixieknits- sounds like a Windows 7 issue more than anything else. A good rule of thumb since Windows 3.1 is that Windoze is never any good until they get around to Service Pack 2, and then they replace it with a new unstable version.
No better time than now to put Ubuntu ( Linux ) on half your hard drive and dabble with it. After a few months you will like the fast boots, no layers of anti virus/ anti spyware crap that takes so long to load up and is always updating, no defragmenting etc. And then you will find yourself wondering why you use windoze at all.
Don't bother with the "live CD" version of Ubuntu that runs off of your CD Rom- it is too slow and gives you a poor preview of the power of Linux. Do the full installation (also an option on the live cd disk). It will not damage your Windoze installation. I eventually repartitioned my hard drive to take additional space away from windoze and give it to Linux, since windoze now occupies an insignificant corner of my hard drive in case I ever need it (once every 2 or 3 months at most).
I was so invested in widoze, I kept using it and only experimented with linux from time to time. Eventually I reached a tipping point where I strongly preferred Linux. It is a process, but it is surely worth it.
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