IE just stops responding...the hourglass mouse icon comes up and i ctr+alt+del and end the internet explorer window. and Cerbie, this didn't happen until i got LS...I do have an abundance of spyware, but i find it too much of a coincidence the fact that this only started the night i downloaded litestep. speaking of spyware, (i don't want to completely trash the subject of this thread..) any program that i've ever had (adaware, spybot, spyhunter, spywareblaster...) has not worked whatsoever. many say that the spyware/viruses have been removed and or quarantined but the problems persist...and eventually worsen. i've discovered the main problem being purityscan (sear1 etc.) but any solution that's been posted on the internet, i've tried and they have not worked. mostly being editing the registry etc. i would back up my crucial files (and i have many many mp3's) and just redo everything but i would have no clue on how to go about this. thanks for the help.