ok, one thing before I proceed… since I’m continuing to have issues with windows I plan on eventually having a friend help me wipe the computer and re-install the OS (he has done this for me in the past). He says we will be able to use the windows 7 recovery disk to get a fresh start. Is this safe to do? Will anything we’ve done here interfere with that process? I understand I will lose any data I haven’t backed up and I’m fine with that.