Hmmm, it's not Vista 64bit...

I've been having problems with my computer and I assumed it was becaus eI was running Vista 64bit. A couple of weeks ago i downgraded to 32bit Vista. All of the same problems occur.

First, my computer will randomly blue screen with the same error. It appears Vista doesn't like my onboard network card. This is why I assumed it was a 64bit problem as Vista 64bit is known to have hardware issues.

Second, when I open hotmail in IE it opens opens a ton of windows. On my XP laptop it doesn't do that. Again, I thought maybe it was the 64bit version of IE. This is on a fresh install with only trusted software installed (virus scanner, spyware remover, AIM and Messenger clients, Visual Studio 2008 Express, and SQL server).

Third, my video card driver would randomly crash during games. Again, doing research I found Vista 64bit doesn't completely like my video card (xfx 8800GTS 320meg).

So at the risk of not being able to use all of my 4gig of memory I downgraded to Vista 32bit. Well, all of the same problems have occured. For the video card and network card I think the hardware may not be functioning properly. As for IE I have no idea why it does that. It doesn't do it on my work machine with is a Vista machine. I have a theory. I need to test it out after I install each bit of software. I have a feeling the problem is the virus scanner or spyware remover since those interact with the browser. I will do a fresh install. Then after each program I install I will check hotmail.

So now I am debating about going back to Vista 64 so I have a reason to test this.