Good News all the way around! Sounds like I only have some minor fine tuning to do. I do use Bing, only because of the bad press that Google gets sometimes about using information it gathers. I used Google until recently. However, if it is causing a lot of useless junk to be on my computer I may have to revisit my decision on that. I also use MSN as my homepage and Bing is their browser of choice. MSN may not bee the best choice for my homepage either, not sure why I am using that. The main issue with my laptop is it is slow to boot up and I am wondering if all of this extra stuff is causing that. I used to know how to go in and check my boot options but have not done that in quite a while. Thanks for looking and glad to hear you have power again. I know this will make your life a little easier.