Thank you again, gentlemen. I was already hip to most of that, but certainly appreciate the affirmation and reminders!

The time/beer relationship is hopelessly inadequate for me to rebuild this machine.

I already suggested he get a Mac. No sale at this time. Will definitely look at the RAM.

Another tool I like is to initiate dxdiag from the Run prompt. Nice, concise snapshot of what you've got to work with.

Thank you so much for your time and expertise!

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