Well, when I got them the serial no. to look it up, it was not a correct enough no. they said. You know I bought this from a company that is defunct now so can't go back there for sure.

Since they had no record, I can't go to them anyway for a repair. If worst comes to worse, I have a guy that I've never used but I'll call him, don't know if he could fix the button. I haven't asked him yet. He's $70 for a 2 hr min...he was last time I checked. He knows computers, teaches computers to senior groups.

Think I'll work on changing screen saver to blank. Thanks again, you are so knowledgeable.

Here's what I've been doing, use the sleep function some nights and now know that a tap on the left side of mouse get me online pronto.

Some nights I turn off and the button works but I feel it's fragile...so use it with caution.

Thanks again for all the help.

An update, I use the sleep function MOST always. When the updates are needed then the computer turns off after updates and the turn on button is stronger as it's not used a lot. Everything seems good NOW.