That Does It !!!

I feel your pain!

I had a PC last year that was SO SCREWED UP! Installing updates always failed. Full of script errors that we couldn't get fixed. Couldn't access the User Accounts section, flash player wouldn't install, & things just kept getting progressively worse. We finally gave up on it & in February bought a new one with a bunch of bells & whistles. Within about 6 months it was dying at the drop of a hat. Might work fine for hours or might not even finish booting up & suddenly it was like you pulled the plug. Then it got to where it would take half an hour just for it to load a desktop & then it would shut down. Windows Vista was totally corrupted & the hard drive crashed. And, yes, we did have anti-virus software installed. It got to the point where it wouldn't load the anti-virus software updates so that program refused to run because the virus definitions were out of date. Even under warranty it cost me $100 & 3 220 mile round trips to get it fixed!

COMPUTERS ARE A PITA!

It's working fine now but no telling how long it will last. I'm keeping my fingers crossed. Hope you get yours straightened out.