Well, this laptop is working okay with the desktop turned off.

And my husband just got a new spiffy HP from work and they gave him a HP keyboard which we just plugged in. Next will be the mouse. I was right into the last minutes of a bid on Ebay--- you know how that can be! Whew.

Now, I have not had problems with AT&T itself. But the router software has
been in conflict with IE 7.0 download. We fixed that last year.

Now my son says to just uninstall the two updates. I've never done a "restore"
before. It gives me the willies...I have to confess.

We have to go out for some errands now, that the bidding is over ( I did win) so
at least I feel good about SOMETHING!!... Later we will think about what to do.
I'll call my son, and have him talk me thru a restore perhaps. Thanks, curious for the recommendation.

Our DSL has been very inexpensive, and we are close to the hub so we get fast enough service for our pokey lives. We are like the turtles on the comcast commercials!! LOL