Thanks a bunch to all who responded!

Unfortunately, the laptop is 140 miles away from me so I can't post the blue
screen message. I will try to do so next time I visit them. I installed
Norton and the anti-spyware for them at my house when the purchased the
laptop and we used for several days on my internet connection and everything
worked fine. The problem started when they got their own DSL setup (as I
mentioned earlier with a static IP which is not the norm nowadays). So I
have a feeling it is not related to Norton or the Anti-Spyware. The only
other thing installed on the laptop was Google Updater. No other older
software was installed. The last time I visited, I uninstalled Google
Updater and it seemed to correct the problem. I used the laptop for a couple
of days without any Blue Screens. Now it seems the problem has re-appeared.
Was just hoping there was some known issue out there with Vista.

"Joe Guidera" wrote:
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> Unfortunately, without seeing what the message is that is produced when it
> blue screens, we're all guessing at the cause.
>
> Joe
>
> "Luke Bailey" <LukeBailey@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:C4218272-B3A6-4A91-B41E-149E5FEE9C11@microsoft.com...[color=green]
> >I have a general question on VISTA. My parents recently bought a new
> >laptop
> > with Widnwos VISTA loaded. The computer worked fine, but recently has
> > started blue-screening after it starts. I know this may be a shortage of
> > information to help diagnose, but if anyone has thoughts, I would
> > appreciate
> > any ideas. Here's some additional info.
> >
> > Computer only blue-screens if they have an internet connection (wirless or
> > LAN connection).
> > There internet provider is a small local telephone company who set them up
> > with a static IP.
> > Only third-party software added was Norton AntiVirus and an Anti-Spyware
> > program.[/color]
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