Have you updated Norton? Which version are you running?
I used to use Norton but it became such a pain in the proverbial that I got rid of it, in spite of having a nearly a years subscription still to run.
I use AVG now, free and no problems.

I shoot RAW all the time now though I shot JPEG for a very long time. I also use PSE Camera RAW to convert them - PSE6 Camera RAW is a huge improvement on PSE4 btw. If I do go for a separate converter it will probably be Bibble.
Main pain to shooting RAW for me, apart from the size/speed of the files is converting them when you have a couple of hundred "keepers" in one go.
If you are happy shooting jpegs and are getting the sort of results you want then don't feel pressured into shooting RAW. Experiment a bit more with RAW and a good conversion program - you can download a trial version of most of them - and see how you feel after giving it a bit more of a go. Nothing wrong with sticking to JPEG if it suits you best.

Have to agree with the other too. Save your money - Elements 6 can do (nearly) everything you will need, and probably more, when you learn to use it properly and learn the work arounds needed sometimes. Buy a couple of books on it and play away. It is a huge step forward from the previous Elements and they were pretty good.
Have a look at www.photoshopelementsuser.com too. The magazine is very helpful and gives loads of useful new things to try every month, plus you get access to lots more stuff on the site.

Enjoy your new purchase.

Chris sounds a bit like our local guitar shop owner - my OH goes there to buy new strings and comes away with a new guitar more often than I care for - I buy the strings now - and even then I ended up buying a guitar for my son because he went with me one time

Maybe you could send them an e-mail and see if they ship to Canada - just because the don't list shipping prices doesn't necessarily mean they aren't willing/able to send things north.

Blow the photo as large as possible and select the bulk of the sky. Hold the shift key down to add all the little areas. You could use a brush to make the selections if it is easier.
Did you try the method I described above?
Do buy the book - it will teach you so much.

This is the proven way from Scott Kelby and Matt Kloskowski:

Select the sky you want to replace using the lasso tool or the magic wand tool or even the quick selection tool, or any combination thereof.
Open your blue (or cloudy) sky picture. Either select the whole photo or use one of the selection tools as before to select the sky you want. Then press Ctr-C to copy it.
Swithc back to your original photo. Create a new layer and then under edit menu choose paste into selection. the new sky will appear over the old sky. Press ctrl-D to deselect.
If the sky seems too bright lower the opacity in the layer in the layers palette.


Can I recommend you buy their book The Photoshop Elements 6 book for digital photographers?

Thanks to Wim (Ishpuini) for the heads up.

http://www.pentax.jp/english/support/digital/k20d_s.html

Well it comes with a German handbook for a start, and because it is not through the Dutch distributor it counts as a grey import and only gets a one year international guarantee on it .
Plenty of grey imports around, Pixelmania specialise in them - though they tend to come with a French handbook. Sometimes with a UK one. But never with a two year guarantee.

Finally - I'd given up looking to be honest. Now to see if there are any in stock anywhere - though I'll still probably got for the K20D.

Edit -- eek! A quick look and they are even more that the K20-D
The cheapest Kieskeurig has the body only for is €1033.27