1. Make sure your virus scan dat files are up to date and WORKING....... There are viruses/worms out there that shut your system down during operations

2. Use a surge protector - they can run as high as $100, and I think I spent somewhere around $75 for mine........

I have a pavilion at home and rather like it. I did have some problems at the beginning, as I recall and I finally stopped having them after reloading the system a couple of times.

Sometimes software collides.

I hate computers too.