Computer help

Running Vista Home Basic in Safe Mode right now. Otherwise Windows shuts down automatically with some weird error message. We don't have any important files on at the moment, so if worst comes to worst we'll just do a fresh install; but I'd like to figure things out before then.

FF3 has been crashing randomly in recent days, so I suspect that may be the problem. But it's Firefox.

Tips and things to try are much appreciated. First, I need to go Google how to find System Restore in Vista.

ETA: System restoring to 1AM (the last restore point) seems to have resolved the issue, whatever it was. Now let's hope Firefox has also fixed itself...

ETA2: I declared victory too early. The same problem has reared up--"Host Process for Windows Services" has shut down, and I think that may be the epicenter. Anyone know what the hell it is? 

ETA3: Uninstalled FF3 and using IE7 (yech) right now. It seems to be working fine, and my dad reports that he was browsing (on IE) earlier today. So now I need to find the latest version of Firefox 2... not exactly an easy task.

...reverted back now to v.2.0.0.1.4. Let's see how this goes.

Link Anthology 6/22/08, Humanist Edition

All via Greta Christina:

1. Would Creating Human-Animal Hybrids Be Immortal and Unethical? Not an answer to the question, but an argument that the question should be asked at all.

2. Help! There's an Atheist in My Garden! Why it's important to come out of the closet. The difference between "Atheists are evil, but fortunately I've never met one" and "Atheists are evil, although I know a couple that actually seem nice."

3. Of Life and Death; an atheist perspective on death: greater appreciation for life itself.