WhoCrashed is a simple little program that often can give you an indication of what the problem might be. Here is a link that might be useful: http://www.resplendence.com/whocrashed

Had a guy come and he said it might be that my video card is going out... so he said he would get a new one for me... hope that works. I don't have any games downloaded... and I have tons of RAM.... and no Red x''s or exclamations points either. Got another computer that I am haveing revamped a bit to get it up and running long enough to save up for a new computer... Hope this one holds up... Thanks, Carolyn

camp56, As it stands now, we only have one user account, but we have two FF profiles, each with its own quicklaunch icon. I tried loading the Window Resize add-on to the other user's profile (since she uses FF all the time, while I use Opera most of the time). I thought I could set it up so that when she would open her FF it would automatically show an 800 x 600 resolution. But it didn't. The add-on doesn't really do what I'm looking for, I'm afraid. It resizes the window but doesn't change the resolution. It may be that I will need to set up the two-user situation you mentioned, though, just fyi, the other user is a senior citizen who isn't that proficient with computers and needs the fonts AND pics a bit larger. And she plays Pogo games, which are better and easier to see in the 800 x 600 resolution. Plus, I'd rather not do something (setting up a second user account) requiring her to do a lot of navigating and switching around just for her brief internet sessions. But I'll see if it works out. If not, I can live with the larger sizes of the 800 x 600 if necessary. Thanks !

Sorry, I should have added that any other games we have downloaded onto the laptop computer from computer game sites have worked fine on the default screen setting.