What you are describing sounds like hardware problems. I'd check flakey RAM
and/or CPU overheating as possible causes for the spontaneous reboots and
crashes.

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"michael e dziatkowicz" <mnmma@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:uLedlA3OHHA.4332@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> Stay Away from VISTA until SP1. I'm telling you it's pure EVIL!!!! It
> trashed my computer totally. It will restart every so often with NO
> WARNING!!!! IE7 crashes more than IE7 in xp did which is more than I can
> stand!!!!
> "SDR" <NOSPAMdfriedl@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:OmNSkD2OHHA.780@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> If I upgrade my XP Pro to Vista can I still install my copy of XP Pro on
>> another machine?
>>
>> TIA
>>
>> SDR
>>
>