I hate windows 7

Spot on advice, Layback Bear.

dolittle said:

Lastly give yourself and Windows 7 a little time to get to know each other.

That's always a better experience if things are working somewhat like they are supposed to. Unfortunately, if you have a major software or hardware problems, it can make the entire experience miserable.

Looking forward to hearing how this clean install goes. I've been nothing but happy with Win7. I use 64-bit at home and 32-bit at work. Both are very solid, I run things like Paint.net, Office, Trend AV, Firefox, a messenger, Filezilla, vmware player, etc....all on a daily basis and have next to no issues whatsoever.

There are only a couple of things that I can not do in 7 that I could do in XP.
Play Scarface - The Game (doesn't work in 7) and using Win 7 64-bit to record/edit/author video (ONLY because some of my software is not supported on 64-bit, regardless of Windows version Xp or 7).

So beyond that, i have not had 7 crash, slow down, stutter, grumble, cry or even whimper about anything I have thrown at it, other than when I do something stupid and cause it to crash.

I agree with everyone else,, you have a Major Messed up Factory install, and probably some not so good/corrupted software.

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Also, others,,, please keep in mind that when XP first came out, people were luck to ahve 128M of ram in thier systems, and XP ran like garbage. Xp didn't start running good till you hit 256M+ and 512M was awesome. Now, you need at least 1G for XP, and no less than 2G for 7, on Win 7, 3G to 4G is definitely what you want.

Anyway, I digress..

MacGyvr said:

I think it's obvious that there is something corrupted in this installation. Trying to fix it only prolongs the agony and frustration. I think the OP should wipe, format and reinstall Win 7, then install any missing drivers, followed by Firefox. At that point, he should STOP and evaluate the performance of the system before continuing to install ANY additional software.

I know I'm late, but make that a +6

That was excellent advice.

Layback Bear said:

ihatewin7 good day to you. Just some little rules I go by. After your clean install and adding MSE and installing updates and so far every thing is working properly Stop. Make a list of programs you need and a list of programs that you want. Start with the NEED first. Take baby steps. Add a program and reboot. Check it out for a while and if everything is still to your liking do another one. Make a restore point. It takes a little longer but you have had your share of problems. If you do install a program that gives your computer problems you will know which one it is. When your done check msconfig/start up and choose which programs you want at bootup. If you and your computer are happy at that time defrag. Lastly give yourself and Windows 7 a little time to get to know each other. Note! A bunch of add ons to any browser has been known to cause problems for many people and can be a security risk.

+1 for that advice. That was Spot On!

any update from OP , im sure as so many people responded to this thread they would like to know how things have gone.