To My Friends, Yes, I must echo what Elaine has said - well personally I can't qualify as "younger and more acquainted with computers." However, even as I age I am still "so" fascinated with these wonderful machines. From the bottom of my heart I thank all of you for all of your help and willingness to answer the call for help. George, I have spent the day attempting to understand the event log - whew. I can't by any stretch of the imagination say whether I found anything or not. I felt like I was reading a foreign language. Yep, this computer still is hanging but not quite as much as it was and seems to recover a bit quicker after I updated 17 drivers. I wonder how long this machine was on on the Floor at Office Max. I bet it's a couple of years old - dumb me well not dumb, but I was desperate to find a Windows 7. Well, I found one. About the only thing I haven't tried is to try a new browser, a new email program and remove AVG and go back to ME for my virus program. Oh, and as George says "take the system back to the original install." I am about ready to take you up on that offer. And yes, I miss the chatter we used to enjoy so much. Once again thank you, thank you, thank you. Yvonne On 3/20/2013 7:38 PM, List Administration wrote: > One of the best features of Gen-Newbie is that it > is a community willing to share information and > knowledge. I missed any previous conversation > about SlimDrivers but installed the free version > this evening and ran it. I had six updates for > major items on this one year old laptop. I went > for them, it took longer than I expected (which > made me think the paid pro version might be real > nice) and I think after a restart that my graphics > may look better. Could be a placebo effect, but I > am happy to hear about SlimDrivers and thank you, > too, Cathy. > > This is no longer a talkative group like we once > were. I think we are more serious, perhaps > younger, more acquainted with computers than our > previous generations here on Gen-Newbie. But we > still share and help and that makes me > happy. > > Elaine > > Happiness is good health and a bad memory. > --Ingrid Bergman (1917-1982) > > Hello Cathy > > On Tuesday, March 19, 2013, you wrote > >> You are very welcome! I've tried a lot of >> driver update programs and this one seems to >> very the easiest, doesn't put you through a lot of steps. >> >> My computer is doing some weird stuff too but >> I'm in the middle of uploading my largest tree >> with a huge media file. It's been processing >> for five days now. I called Ancestry to check >> the actual progress and they told me that while >> it's taking a long time it IS progressing, and to leave it finish. >> >> Once it does and I'm able to back it up I plan >> to split it into two trees, and then maybe two >> more so it doesn't take so long to update. >> >> I love this group; always someone has an >> answer, or at least a suggestion. >> >> Keep us informed! > >> Cathy Champion Fenton, MO 63026 (near St. Louis) >> >> Make yourself familiar with the angels and >> behold them frequently in spirit; for without >> being seen, they are present with you. - St. Francis De Sales >> --- On Tue, 3/19/13, Yvonne Strong >> <[email protected]> wrote: > >> From: Yvonne Strong <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [GN] Computer Woes >> To: [email protected] >> Date: Tuesday, March 19, 2013, 9:02 PM > >> Cathy, >> Thanks so much for telling me of about >> SlimDrivers. I had many drivers >> that needed updating. It is sure a spiffy little tool. Maybe the >> updated drivers will take care of my problem. >> I am going to do all my >> normal stuff tonight and see what happens. >> Yvonne >> On 3/19/2013 11:35 AM, Cathy Champion wrote: >>> Hi Yvonne, >>> >>> Have you checked to see if your drivers need updating? I use SlimDrivers and it's pretty fast to use. > > ******************** > > Gen-Newbie's website: > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~newbie/ > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message