[darenpenry]

Thank you for responding so quickly! I have 6GB of ram this was the top of the line HP in Jan.2011 at NFM and had the hightest of everything at that time. I could do a restore again but fear of the same thing happening again after the updates. the updates were a windows service pack, hp update for quick launch software, and 3 other windows smaller ones. After restoring I went back and did the recommended install by do each one at a time Priority first. I want to say it's not just related to the seach window, I feel it's not getting full use of the quad processers. I set the virtual memory to the recomended 2x ram. then tried letting Hp decide and it worked better. I just can't seem to run windows Media player, or use my sound effects program and be connected to the internet all at the same time like I can on my other laptop.