I remember when the Ver 7 patch came out shortly after I purchased the upgrade I tried to install, not once but twice and both times my computer crashed and I had to use a restore point to repair - very irritating! I think at the time I found a bunch of stuff that I was supposed to do to my computer to allow this patch to work and frankly, at the time, I said - forget it, wasn't worth the trouble and just went on. I am NOT comfortable working on the "innards" of my computer's operating system. Only have enough knowledge to be dangerous!

WELL, I'm having real trouble with the software now, it could be a combination of the software and I suspect my DVD drive. BUT I must fix this - it is driving me nuts (and unfortunately for me that is a short trip )

Anyway, I can't seem to find the instructions for what I need to do to my computer before this patch can be downloaded without crashing my system. Can anyone point me in the correct directions for "computer fixin' for dummies so patches can be installed and you don't have to shut down your computer and restart 6 times trying to burn a DVD!"

Thanks

I'm running Vista