I hear you, damccoy....my memory is NOT what it used to be either and my attitude is NOT what it used to be either. I find myself "cranky" about having to spend my valuable time learning something new when what I was doing was perfectly fine and suited my needs. AND I would really prefer spending my time doing something else more fun...like quilting or sewing or reading on my kindle or gardening or scrapbooking or cooking or most anything than sitting in front of a computer screen. And I know that I may learn a new trick or two but I really don't care....I was a happy camper with things the way they were! "Obstinate and cranky in her old age" Murphy

Google has great tools as an alternative, too! From your google account, go to More.. (in the top tool bar) Even More... scroll down to Home and Office and select Drive. When you click on the Compose button, you'll see Docs, spreadsheets, forms, drawings. I like it because I create docs and store them on one machine, and access them from my phone or tablet when needed. https://drive.google.com/ Open Office is great, too...

Pam, I am trying to remember my initial cleanup / setup procedure on the Asus because it was well over a year ago but it was along these lines (bear in mind that I delete files/programmes and edit the registry to eliminate as much rubbish as possible - which I don't recommend others to do!): Turn off Windows auto updates to stop it jumping online before you are ready. First priority - remove Norton before you go online otherwise it will auto-install. I definitely downloaded Norton's Uninstall programme from their site using my desktop computer and a usb stick. I can't remember the order in which I did the cleanup but it included run uninstaller; delete all Norton, Symantec and Liveupdate files, folders and registry entries. Normal Second priority (not sure if these were on the Asus) - remove trial versions of MS Office 2007 / Works. Turn on Asus Windows Firewall. Using desktop computer, get latest AVG onto usb stick and install on Asus. Asus will go online but will be protected. Install all your usual security programmes. Turn off Windows Firewall once your own is running. Turn on Windows updates and choose which ones to install (e.g not IE8???). Install Firefox, Thunderbird and anything else you want - there is plenty of room. (I use my Asus as a truly portable photo storage and video editing tool so I rapidly fill up my hard drive.) Emails on more than one computer always pose questions about which is the best way to do everything - security, synchronising, duplicates, which copy is in the master file, etc. The Asus, being small and very attractive to thieves when travelling, poses even more questions because email is a direct route to all your personal details. Even if you are exceptionally careful then e.g. your Bank's name together with the account number etc. that they sent you using their secure email when you signed up will probably still be in there. Possibly the simplest/safest??? way with the Asus would be to use your ISP's webmail and only download essential emails onto the Asus and continue to use your desktop computer to store all of your emails as you do at present. I had forgotten that there is a card slot on the Asus! Don't forget to use the "Safely Remove" feature to avoid destroying the card (been there, done that - 3 times!). I haven't looked at your Asus spec but mine came with Open Office installed but, having used MS Office 2000 (not Windows 2000) for so long, I much prefer it but I had to buy an external CD/DVD drive to install it. Colin

Microsoft sells MS Office Home and Business for $229.99. Most places sell it anywhere from $185 - $230. Found a Download Version on Softwarekeep.com for $157, but the reviews weren't that great, seems everyone leaving a review had a problem (some resolved, some not). I am receiving a Norton's Shopping Guarantee in the lower Left Corner of the webpage. At the bottom of the Webpage is shows Google Trusted and MS Certified. They accept Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Discover. I wish they accepted Paypal, but it's not listed! If it were me, I'd go buy mine at a place like Best Buy or Office Depot. I like having the Discs or Flash Drives for things like this, that is if they even use discs or flash drives any longer, it may all be a Download you're paying for? Last time I purchased MS Office it was 2007 MS Office Professional and I also purchased 2007 MS Office Business. One was for me and the other for my wife (yes I have the Discs).