Ok now for my turn to be long winded I guess. The first thing I would do if you start to uninstall the programs is after you get back up to windows, is to run a thorough scandisk and a defrag of the hard drive.

From what I have heard, Norton has alot of conflicts with alot different programs.

If you continue having problems Lixy, Let me know and I will try catching you online and helping you try to get it all figured out.

DL