This seems like more than one problem. First you cannot turn off using the normal method of clicking Start/Shut down. Second you seem to indicate that once online you are unable to navigate from one web site to another. That about where you are? Can you enlarge on "went in and deleted some stuff, plus, replaced some wires". Were these whole programs or merely startup entries? Which wires and why did he feel the need to replace those? $70 for a visit to a tech is not too expensive so don't feel cheated there. What operating system are you using? What browser are you using to get online? Assuming it is Internet Explorer what version? You might try installing Chrome, Firefox or Opera and see if getting around online i,proves the situation. Installing any one of these will have no affect on IE.

Good morning KT friends. After a tossing and turning kind of night, I'll have to put last night and the stolen meds behind me.....with a HUGE lesson learned!! We will not be trusting of anyone again. Sad, isn't it? Yes, a big part of this is our fault, having the meds on a table out in the open, but we didn't expect any company. If any neighbors drop in, it during the daytime. There were no refills on the prescription, so that is all they will get from us, and I hope they choke on it. After talking to a couple neighbors, we think Shelly passed the pills off to a gal who is a caretaker to an elderly lady, and a real low-life type, so it was easy for her to sy the Police could search her APT, and we all know he can't unless he gets a warrant. I'm not shaking any more but I'm still really pi$$ed.

Soon-to-be, As for being attacked, I've been attacked too, when I first started to post. I suggest you try to ignore that and glean what you can from the good advice given here. You are about to make a big change in your life with marriage and becoming a step-parent. My stepdaughters were in their early 20's when my husband and I got married, so I don't have experience with a child, but when kids are spoiled and allowed or even encouraged to get away with bad behavior, it can really mold their personality as an adult. The case in point are my two stepdaughers. The older one was absolutely spoiled rotten by her Mom and Dad. My husband has even called her a spoiled, rotten brat and we're talking about a woman who is over the age of 30 with a family of her own. She was never displined and there was a huge disparity in the way she was raised versus her little sister and what she got versus her little sister. Now everyone, including both of her parents, are a little bit afraid of her because she screams and yells when things don't go exactly as she wants them to. It obviously worked when she was a kid, so why not now? She has a mean streak a mile long and I've seen this in her attitude toward her father, her mother, her younger sister and even my dog, who she kicked once simply because he was in her way. I avoid her like the plague. It is the only thing I can do and keep my sanity and sense of well-being. Is it my fault that she is like this? I didn't raise her. On the opposite side of the spectrum is the youngest SD, who has a sweet disposition and is a loving, unselfish person. She didn't receive the same physical and intellectual blessings as her older sister. Her parents were very loving with her, but didn't over-inflate her ego like they did with the oldest daughter. I absolutely love her and there isn't anything I wouldn't do for her. You are wise to take note of this child's behavior. It is a red flag of things to come. Does your fiance see her behavior as a problem? Does he have a strong enough personality to help make a change in her behavior now, before it is too late? If he doesn't see it, it will be a great source of problems for you when you are married. Best of luck and please keep posting.

Sounds like a few possibilities- if daughter/grandkids moved in recently there must be no father on a continual basis. The boy may not understand that your house is no longer 'his' home. He may have witnessed/lived with a defiant/violent/drunk male in the past where this type of behavior is all he saw. Monkey See- Monkey Do. He may be ADHD. ADD. Fetal Alcohol Sydrome Disorder child. - 91-94% of ADHD/AUTISM is later diagnosed at early school age or adolescent age as FASD. ... It IS his mother who needs to set boundaries. Grandma already raised her kids- it is not her responsibility. Is the mother an alcoholic? Drugs? Physically or mentally abused and does not have the capacity herself to guide her children. You may not know these answers yet but dig. Ask grandma over or out for a hamburger. Discuss your worries with her and she may shed some light on the situation. Or not... It is not the child's fault, as much as it puts stress on you. Be proactive- lock your garage door. Lock your home doors. Ask a legal person if YOU may put a lock on the gate. Look at your County Clerk office tax assessment/file to see who legally put up the fence- you may be surprised to find out it is really your fence. Talk to your insurance company- they will have suggestions about how you can cover yourself. Most of these things are private and the neighbor's will not know of you trying to figure out the situation. Sometimes it DOES take a village to raise a child- especially a mentally affected child. I am blessed- I too have a connecting yard because two sisters and their husbands lived side by side. Then they were widows. I was able to know/visit the sister that previously owned my house for a year, before her death a few months ago at 100 years old... Her sister is my neighbor at 90, who is a wonderful woman. Don't dispair- there is a reason you are there. Figure out why as exhausting as it is right now. Chin up!