plus mom keeps downloading all these Internet Explorer toolbars and spyware components and all sorts of crap, and I keep having to uninstall them and tell her not to go to certain websites, because they install the crap without permission. I'm about to install Spybot: Search and Destroy on there, and just let it tell her what she should and shouldn't do.
here's a hint. if you're looking for Pampered Chef recipes, don't go to some crappy website like "8034.com/pampered_chef_recipes_tools_fr