I took it to a new computer store near us on a whim. As my dad said when he pointed the place out to me, "You've got nothing to lose by taking it in." So, even though
The guy at the store plugs it in and tells me that all of the hardware seems OK, and that the problem may be Win XP, and not the computer itself. He suggests installing an earlier version of Windows, as it is an earlier-model laptop. So I thank him, take the laptop back, and tell
Last night,