I have a Toshiba Satellite running Vista and am having all kinds of trouble lately. I'm getting blue screens, trouble shutting down, 'Not Responding', etc errors. I use this laptop for both personal and work. It has been suggested that it is a Vista issue and either reloading Vista or upgrading to Windows 7 would likely take care of the problem....any suggestions?

As long as you are not having a hardware issue, windows 7 fixes alot of vistanogo's problems. i would recommend windows 7 professional for mixed home office use and 64 bit. if you are having alot of blue screens, i recommend trying to reload windows to factory settings. the 0(zero) key is the one you press and hold with eht battery out and connected to dc power to get to the restore partition. follow the prompts and reinstall. if this works reinstall all the updates for vista up to and to include service pack 2. then purchase windows 7(do not recommend pirated software because of the risk of viruses and errors). install the update to windows 7 option and repost on your findings.