billyhank ... yes I did, but I got a message saying Windows couldn't open it ...

Brian ... yes, that's why I was asking for advice ... I did receive advice from a friend of mine who said he would not use it ...

Bill (abacus) the place I had the PC checked out said that they think a Windows OS file may be corrupted ... if I back up my data, they will clean the hard drive and reload Win7 at no charge because I (actually my wife) am a pretty good customer ...

I guess I am going to have to 'bite that bullet' ... it's just that I have a LOT of other programs that I will have to load back in ...