thanks guys. my main office computer blew a week ago and my new one blew yesterday. i have had the blews !!!!
so i have been struggling with the hardware in my orifice

and not cruising the board like i should be. thanks so much, you bring a big smile and tear to this 50 year old mestizo
i have a new new machine and its quick as a whip and back in the saddle again.
i am now going to enjoy my birthday . got to spend til 3am rebuilding a machine so i got an early start.
love these computers. you get the all the fonts, software, data, onto a new machine. put in an extra drive for backup. the first one just dies. 4 days old. so they put in another one and you get to put all the software, data, etc on again. last thingi put on was norton antivirus. still fine then. norton wants to update. great. lost all video. lovely.
two hours later and many permutations of possibe video configurations later the video is back.
and thats the second new machine. rubbing eyes. need sleep gotta party