Airport Extreme making PC crash + slow

I just got the Airport extreme 801.11n and I have a linksys wireless G.
I got the Airport extreme setup with my wifes PC notebook and my intel Macbook Pro.
When my wife uses google's Picasa photo program to send pictures over email, it works fine until she sends 6 or more then the laptop crashes. When I hook her up to the Linksys she can send as many as she wants (she just sent 15).
As some of the other posts indicate, it is noticeably slower.

Also, have you considered installing an Airport Monitoring widget that will tell you at what speed you are connected to your network at? http://www.apple.com/downloads/.../airtrafficcontrol.html
Unfortunately AirPortTrafficControl doesn't tell you the real speed. If you are connected to a 802.11g network it just generically states "54 Mbps".

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  • Airport Extreme, single band crashes, TimeMachine & iTunes 7.4.2 & 7.4.1

    Hi,
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    Yes, thank you, I did read your post. I took the time to try to offer ideas on why you may be experiencing the crashes to help you resolve them.

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  • Connecting AirPort Extreme

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