well i'm as surprised as can be! after I posted that I sat here looking at the back of the unit and saw the main plug. I went ahead thinking ok let's see. It loaded the blue page and had about 5 options, 2 or 3 I had already tried. to start in safe mode it would ask for my password then the pen would freeze or cursor would freeze. if not that the keyboard would. when it came on I was down to two options, let it restore the pc and remove all programs except those that came with it, but i'd lose no files. the other was to wipe it clean and start over which would also destroy all my files. I chose to try the first as it all was no good to me as it was and sure enough it started and showed it's progress and sure enough, now it sits here cleaned and ready and i'm using it now. it did have the old problem of network providers and no one knew nothing. included is a pic of all network adapters and 2-3 days ago all these odd one's weren't here and now they are and earlier I had trouble getting online. I am gonna try to assess it all and get back with you this eve or tomorrow. I know this all sounds crazy but I assure you this is going on