Ok, well I guess the 1st techs i talked to about my computer were right. Shit got nutty again last night, and so I finally ran a current virus scan (havent renewed norton in over a year) and yikes, had 12 worms and trojans and other nasty shit. Tried fixing them but it just got worse and worse. SO, had the fun time of reinstalling everything again. Went out and bought the latest Norton also. I think I went too nuts with bittorrent stuff - ugh, I'm dumb. Well, guess you gotta get bit in the ass once in awhile!