Well, this computer has both installed "side by side" (Mint and "7"), mainly so I can run "View NX2" and "Silkypix" for Raw image manipulation using Windoze, and frankly, it's a running joke every time I fire up Windoze - it's SOOOOOO slow firing up that you can wander off, walk the dogs, and cook a seven course meal before it's even worth trying to fire up the imaging programmes - when they're finally up and running they'll often freeze the whole thing solid (ctrl-alt-del, don't be silly!) and you have to resort to switching the bally thing off (this just doesn't happen in Mint - ever!)

I do agree that it looks like KLW's install may well have a trojan or similar making things even worse than normal............
