... Win7 just 'closed down' on me twice in the last two days ... anyone else having any problems with Win7 ? ... I have been using it for some time, and this is the first bad experience with it ...

I'm using Win7 and have had no issues since the beginning, Tony, and that's going back to when I got this PC several years ago.

Would a power drop cause it to shut down? I'm not at all PC literate so this is a wild stab in the dark...maybe a lot of power drain due to Christmas lights?

Did your email go down as well?

Ian

the entire PC went black screen - fortunately not BLUE screen ... after about a minute - maybe less - it powered up again ...

Could it be a loose connection? Did you move anything recently, or hook up anything new?

Did it start after you started doing recordings lately?

Ian

XP rocks.....thats all I use.

Ian, I actually thought of that, as this time it happened when I went to 'submit' Lady Wants To Know to S-Z ... I am not certain when it occurred the first time ...

Tony, Carol's laptop does the exact same thing. Happens at least once a day. I have Windows 7 in my desktop PC and no problems. There is a repair feature in the program that allows you to essentially reinstall windows 7 without destroying all your files. I've never used it, though, but it may solve the problem.

Gary

Tony, the only time it happened to me was after checking my sys tem I found my cooling fan had STB

If I ever switch from XP I'm going to a MAC for sure!

Tony I had it happen. I move the laptop from my lap to my coffee table 20 - 50 times a day and the power adapter works it's way loose from the laptop with all of the moving I suppose. Maybe you need a new outlet if it is old or maybe you need a new jack in the laptop if you've plugged and unplugged it many time over a period of time.
Just a thought.