that cleared up its issues as well. So, once again, I am happy with my little old laptop. When I was running Vista, my computer would boot in about four to six minutes. Now, with Windows 8, I can have the computer booted and software running in less than ONE minute. I am ecstatic! Windows is a cute little OS now. I flushed out my computer after the first time, because something on my Sony Vaio wasn't playing nice, and I had a registry error crash. But now it's been working wonderfully. There's always that option to try, if you back up everything first!