Hey pirky, cetainly nothing to lose by sending the faulty one back and getting a new one. If it works, test it and decide what you want to do from there. Send the new ones back, or sell the old ones. Gateway may even send something reliable this time, you never know.

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I was thinking (thats how I get in trouble) I may change it to Vista . But first work out the bugs in XP.

Some will disagree-- but I'd stick with XP-- once you do get things straightened out it'll be plenty fast. Unless you are a "must have the latest game" user, of course. I was commenting on the RAM-- because it's a known issue-- and what can you do with 4 gigs, anyway?
2 is plenty-- 3 is overkill
Vista is not worth the trouble OR the money in my opinion.
I may just skip it completely....
Microsoft is already working on Windows "7".

This is all my personal opinion... and even some of my fellow staffers will disagree, no doubt... it's free country.
Paul Thurrott's SuperSite for Windows: Windows "7" FAQ

Well I for one totally agree.

Well so much for the replaceing of the memory from Gateway. They sent an email so I could put in the address and other info. But there seems to be a problem with there link. It will not work. I has tried to phone them but that to is a waste of time for they just tell you to call a different number and after 5 different phone numbers I feel that it is there way of saying you are not going to get the memory stick.
So anyone who has a gateway you may be better off with a different brand . Gatewate tells you one thing and dose another.

The link they sent to me takes me to some wed site call lap top guy. This is what I got the first two times I tried there link. The next link got me to gateway but it said page error. The second time I tried that link a white box came up telling me that my info had been sent?
Now they send me another email telling me if I do not respond in 24 hours the case will be closed and they will take it that I do not wont the new memory stick. (in other words they most likly never were going to send it in the first place)
Any other ideas from anyone.
Hope the new memory comes soon for now it will not allow me to logon to the Internet can't find the modem.

Stick at it Pirky (< sorry for the bad joke), but try not to use that PC, or at least make sure the faulty stick is removed first.

Do a disk check to clean up the disk of any errors that would have been caused as a result of bad RAM by going to My Computer, right click on your local disk (c) and go to Properties. Click on the Tools tab, and under "Error Checking", click Check Now. Tick all options and press Start. Reboot your PC and let scandisk run. Once your back in Windows after that, go to Start, Run and type in sfc /scannow with the Windows Setup CD in the drive to make sure that all your system files are all correct, present and accounted for.