Good point and thank you sooo much. i will go to ATI's website and update my driver i am assuming that is the problem, it has to be...when i got the PC about 2 months ago i told the manufacturers rep i need the PC primarily for SL matter of fact i returned another one that was too slow for SL and got this one he assured the video card is good for SL so yes...you're right i may need a new one since i got the PC right before the new version was released i guess i was too hype on getting a new PC i got it a week before they released window 7 smh lol