and buy Acronis TI or Norton Ghost.) The problem is not the Operating System... Is how you use it. In any Operating System you shouldn't use an account with administration privileges. Many of your problems are gone if your daily account as limited permitions... I don't think you can beat Norton Security Suite from XFINITY (comcast) . It does EVERYTHING, and has all the tasks like registry cleanup, Norton Insight, disc optimization, full scan, quick scan, great Firewall options, etc., etc. Never had a virus with it, and it doesn't bog down my PC when doing silent tasks in the background during idle time. I HIGHLY recommend it. kind of pricey, but comes FREE with Comcast Internet...................... Daily Email Updates You can get our how-to articles in your inbox each day for free. Just enter your email below: Email: Meet the Author Chris Hoffman is a technology writer and all-around computer geek. He's as at home using the Linux terminal as he is digging into the Windows registry. Connect with him on Google+ .