What do you mean by "hang up"? Is the computer shutting down or is there an internet connection problem?
How are both computers connected to the router.. Wired or wireless? Have you tried updating the ethernet or wireless adapter on your wife's computer? If wireless access is being used, tried changing the channels on the router signal?
Hope this helps and let us know more.
Grif
I recently got married and we bought a router to hook both our computers up. My computer works pretty well, only an occasional hang up but hers is continually hanging up and stopping and getting stuck which makes her fuss, yell and threaten to throw it out the window.
Are there any suggestions on how to fix this problem? I know just enough about computers to really screw one up so please keep it simple...
She has an older computer and is running XP, mine is newer and is running Vista. The router is Netgear wireless GR-614.

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