Doug, you may be angry about the computer, however it seems you really know what you are doing, which means you must have some patience! I have virtually none, my children solve all computer issues for me! From what I do know however, I agree with Anthony, games are notorious for crashing windows. My daughter now has a Mac, so she is not using windows at all anymore. My children mostly play games using gaming systems such as Nintendo and Playstation rather than the computer, in any event.