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<blockquote data-quote="Captain Holly" data-source="post: 987008" data-attributes="member: 90494">Thanks [USER=79035]@blackice[/USER] for the tip, I will run the ram test tomorrow. Every other MS update has run fine on this laptop, except for the one that wiped out my mp3 music folder last year. Luckily, I keep a copy of it on a thumb drive, but it was still a headache to sort it all out. Task Manager right now says I am using 60% of my memory and 4% of the CPU, with 2 tabs open in Edge, one here on MT and one playing Pandora.I downloaded Libre Office and tinkered around a bit with the calc spread sheet and document writer, it seems OK to me. It all looks to be less complicated than Office 365. I would use the spread sheet a lot more than the writer anyway, just to keep records of our expenses and bill payments. I had only used Word when I was job hunting last year and still have my resume&#039; and a few generic cover letter Word docs saved on a thumb drive. My wife does a lot of writing with Word, she buys the subscription every year from MS and shares it with me. I think Libre Office will work fine for what I need as long as it stays unaffected by any potential MS or other online snafu but I will still keep Office installed in case I need it later on.Thanks for the help on this.C.H.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Captain Holly, post: 987008, member: 90494"] Thanks [USER=79035]@blackice[/USER] for the tip, I will run the ram test tomorrow. Every other MS update has run fine on this laptop, except for the one that wiped out my mp3 music folder last year. Luckily, I keep a copy of it on a thumb drive, but it was still a headache to sort it all out. Task Manager right now says I am using 60% of my memory and 4% of the CPU, with 2 tabs open in Edge, one here on MT and one playing Pandora. I downloaded Libre Office and tinkered around a bit with the calc spread sheet and document writer, it seems OK to me. It all looks to be less complicated than Office 365. I would use the spread sheet a lot more than the writer anyway, just to keep records of our expenses and bill payments. I had only used Word when I was job hunting last year and still have my resume' and a few generic cover letter Word docs saved on a thumb drive. My wife does a lot of writing with Word, she buys the subscription every year from MS and shares it with me. I think Libre Office will work fine for what I need as long as it stays unaffected by any potential MS or other online snafu but I will still keep Office installed in case I need it later on. Thanks for the help on this. C.H. [/QUOTE]

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