Hi Michael, I hope you make you're way over here as I cannot write a PM. I can only post using the old 'standard version' as I don't have an up-dated computer and it won't allow me to do anything but 'Post'. I can read PM's, but that's it. To answer your question, my CPU automatically installed a 'Windows Update'. After it downloaded, the CPU went into 'Configuring Updates' mode. After that the CPU shut down to 're-start' , which is normal. However, the CPU failed to 're-start' and started to 'Configure Updates' again. Now it's in an eternal loop of re-configuring, shutting down and then re-configutres again. That's all it does. It won't let me re-boot or anything!!! Now, I've put together this monster of out-dated parts to get me to at least ck e-mails and make simple posts, but that's it...AND I'M GLAD TO HAVE THAT!!! I've missed all my friends here terribly, and 'sorry' Deep Freeze, but I don't have my spell check anymore either!!! (lol)