I do sympathize. I upgraded to W/864 bit from XP on a 7 yr. old PC for 30.00, with the (waiting) 40.00 rebate card. I tried every major Linux distro, but i simply could not get the functionality i easily get under Windows, unless i became a coder.
Here are a couple threads which express some of my wants, plus there is the problem of not being able to legally play all media formats.
http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=55&t=99416&p=566074#p566074
http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=90&t=122989
I hate IE. Trying to put Firefox/Mozilla on a WIN7 machine. I hate Win 7 so far. Download stuff and can’t apply it. Is there some setting I know nothing about? I have Norton startup for new comp but didn’t activate it. Want another virus program but I’ve heard Norton is hard to bypass. Any advice?