"5 weeks have passed and the machine has not been rebooted other
than for system (kernel) updates. Normally by this time I would
have done at least a couple clean up jobs and possibly one OS
re-install because of those 2 and they’re online
shenanigans.
"She uses gmail just fine, she watches youtube just fine. She
figured out on her own how to burn a cd and she’s synced her
ipod with photo’s take with her digital camera. She has not
had a problem with any of her online bill paying. She has edited
her MS Word resume and submitted to another company where she
recently landed a nicer job with OpenOffice Writer."