Computer trouble. Help, I've fallen and I can't get up.

[Timothy]

I bought a basic Dell on sale, they always are BTW, for about 450 bucks.  It has nothing I don't want, wasn't canned with a bunch of useless applications and came with a usable MS office starter.  Fast enough even with a dsl telephone connection.

Five years......move on...if you make your living with it, you can write it off anyway...trade your DPMS for a new one..