I assume that the problem is that I haven't updated as regularly as I should (gots no time for dat!) and since you have a newer and improveder edition, my thingamareader doesn't understand its language.
The one I "puck up at Walmart" is just an HP (which I consider a step back because the first one had the same issue of overheating and regularly requiring a battery replacement). I was willing to offer only a couple of franklins since the only real use I have for it atm is ccchat. If just for the convenience of not having to move camp going from office to living room and back again, it'll suffice for a backup. I haven't set it up yet, however, but I once I do, I should be able to figure out the glitch this one is experiencing. More than likely, I'll end up having to do the leg work and search out troubleshoots.
It comes with a free year of office though, so I might fiddle around with that a bit to get a general idea of its capabilities, although I'm not expecting very much. But I've wanted to write a book or something as far back as my first pc purchase in '98 but my ADD only allows for the equivalent of pilots that other people pick up and make something of, but that goes with the territory putting ideas 'out there' in public chat on the www. I've arrived at the realization that is exactly my niche market, although it doesn't pay any sort of material returns. Lol, if you haven't noticed any good series or movies coming out for a while, it's probably because I haven't chatted in any other general forums for as long as I've been a member here at cc, so they have to do a lot of unimaginative remakes...
See, it seems like I'm making all of this up right now, doesn't it?