[Bikkuri]

Win 7 boots up a lot faster on VB than the real thing.. worth a try

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Right, but I'm running VB on XP. I've spent my last dime with Microsoft. My VM is running Mint 15. XP has no connectivity to the internet but the VM does. XP is for offline utility and game use only.

I may have to give Mint 17 a try on my VM.