Why you should not be using MSconfig to control startups!! http://forums.majorgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=149804 Many people frequently use MSconfig as a long term solution to control startup processes and services. You will also see many websites condoning use of MSconfig and teaching you how to use it for controlling startups. This is a very bad idea for many reasons. 1. MSconfig was designed to be used only as a temporary debugging/troubleshooting tool. It was not meant to be used for long term solutions. 2. MSconfig does not show all startups anyway. 3. If you uninstall programs while they are being disabled with MSconfig, they will not be uninstall properly and you will have to resort to manual registry editing to properly get everything removed. MSconfig will leave orphan entries if/when installed software is uninstalled while under the control of MSconfig . When/if MSconfig is turned back to normal startup, it will give errors on boot due to those orphan entries. 4. MSconfig and Services: o If you uninstall programs while you have some of the programs services being controlled with MSconfig, the programs will not be uninstall properly and you will have to resort to manual registry editing to get everything properly removed. o When you uncheck a service in msconfig, you completely disable it. If you uncheck the wrong one, you may not be able to restart your computer. o It is safer to control services by using Control Panel, Administrative Tools, Services (this runs services.msc). 5. You can lock malware items into your registry that you may not see anymore until some point in time where you switch back to Normal Startup mode and now you can cause total reinfection of your PC with the malware. You need to remove the malware not mask it. If you still don't understand why not to use MSconfig, see what Microsoft writes here: The key point is stated as such: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310560

Thank you so much, RavenCajun. I will continue with my little chore of removal and install now.

" ... I would like a pdf reader that's not tied into/with MS Edge. I don't want to create a new account with MS." . I don't understand the need to create a new account with MS? I sign in using a local account the same as I did in Windows 7. When I view a PDF in Edge (or Firefox), I don't get asked to sign into an MS account (or create a new one). . Personally, I don't have a standalone PDF reader installed but if I did, I'd probably go with Adobe Reader. Only reasons being that I'm familiar with it and have had no problems with it.

I've always had Adobe reader but don't ever remember installing it. Thanks for the links! I'm still getting used to it but so far like it. Thankfully I have a nephew that I can call for help. We bought it at Staples and in under 3 hours he had the hard drive from the old on in a case so I could pull off the information I needed to work with and had everything else up and running, with scanners and printer installed. Now if the darn thing wouldn't keep telling me the printer is off line when I'm standing there looking at it on and with wifi on......