Browser problems.

Hi folks,

I just bought a laptop with Vista. I'd heard a lot of bad stuff about Vista
and wasn't really interested in getting it, but found a good deal on a
laptop right when I needed one, and Vista was the only option. I've been
having so many problems in the week I've had it that I'm already pretty sick
of it.

Okay, here's what's happening.

On my XP desktop, I've been using Firefox for ages, never had any trouble
with it, really like Firefox much better than IE. Loaded it onto the Vista
laptop and within hours, problems start. I'll be trying to get webpages to
load and it just freezes up, won't do anything. Sometimes it'll close
normally, sometimes it won't. When it won't close, even ending the process
in Task Manager won't close it. If I do get it to close and reopen, the
only way to be able to load webpages again is to reboot, where I encounter
another problem--it won't reboot on its own unless I let it sit there for
like 30 minutes. If I hold the power button down and reboot that way, it
gives me the options for how I want to boot, etc, implying that it was
shutdown improperly. It seems like most of the time, the problem starts
when I'm trying to open a link from one page into a new tab. I've
reinstalled Firefox twice and still had problems, so I got sick of that and
tried other browsers. This is where it gets really weird. I had the same
problem with Opera--almost exactly the same kind of issue.

So please could someone help me? I have no idea what information you might
need... um... it's a Compaq... Vista SP1 (with all the windows updates I can
find except the windows search thing)... um... And I was trying to use the
latest version of Firefox--3.0.3? Let me know anything else you might need
and I'll gladly provide it.

Thanks in advance,

Jamie

In article <5RiEk.4081$>,
"Jamie" <> wrote:

> Hi folks,
>
> I just bought a laptop with Vista. I'd heard a lot of bad stuff about Vista
> and wasn't really interested in getting it, but found a good deal on a
> laptop right when I needed one, and Vista was the only option. I've been
> having so many problems in the week I've had it that I'm already pretty sick
> of it.
>
> Okay, here's what's happening.
>
> On my XP desktop, I've been using Firefox for ages, never had any trouble
> with it, really like Firefox much better than IE. Loaded it onto the Vista
> laptop and within hours, problems start. I'll be trying to get webpages to
> load and it just freezes up, won't do anything. Sometimes it'll close
> normally, sometimes it won't. When it won't close, even ending the process
> in Task Manager won't close it. If I do get it to close and reopen, the
> only way to be able to load webpages again is to reboot, where I encounter
> another problem--it won't reboot on its own unless I let it sit there for
> like 30 minutes. If I hold the power button down and reboot that way, it
> gives me the options for how I want to boot, etc, implying that it was
> shutdown improperly. It seems like most of the time, the problem starts
> when I'm trying to open a link from one page into a new tab. I've
> reinstalled Firefox twice and still had problems, so I got sick of that and
> tried other browsers. This is where it gets really weird. I had the same
> problem with Opera--almost exactly the same kind of issue.
>
> So please could someone help me? I have no idea what information you might
> need... um... it's a Compaq... Vista SP1 (with all the windows updates I can
> find except the windows search thing)... um... And I was trying to use the
> latest version of Firefox--3.0.3? Let me know anything else you might need
> and I'll gladly provide it.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Jamie

Install XP on it.
Why fight the problem, OS?

> Install XP on it.
> Why fight the problem, OS?

Because I can't afford to buy a copy of XP.

Any other suggestions, please? I'm begging... I'm now having trouble with
IE, too.

Jamie