Hi Big Jim ~ Thank you for the suggestions on Audacity. I haven't a clue which one I've got. Will check. We are running Vista with 7...had no huge problems with anything until acquiring
Audacity and 7, at about the same time. The blame for the probem continues to shift. The PC should be fine; it's a Dell 64 byte.

And I do need to remember to shut Internet down before opening the music stuff. It is still unreal to me that people actually invade your computer & do damage... Kate