hey everyone,

thanks a lot for all of your replies. i think i'm going to take the easy way out (well maybe easy, but definitely long) and install windows xp back onto my computer. i have been playing around with vista for about 4 days now and even though it is a step in the right direction with the SP1 update (i had vista before when it came out - terrible), the OS is not completely ready, in my opinion.

but, like i already said (since this is a vista forum - i don't want to anger anyone), the OS is MUCH better with the SP1 update so i will wait a little longer for more critical updates before i install it again.

thank you all for your time,

sebastian