Computer doing better....one last issue!
Followed all your last steps....my only problem was in trying to do the defrag (which apparently I never have done....) I got an error which prohibited me from doing it - the error said I needed to do the chkdsk utility on /f ? Needless to say.....I have no idea what this means? I did the disk cleanup, but now I'm at a loss. If you doubted my level of idiocy before (haha) now you're certain?!?!
Everything else seems to be fine though.....and I'm very appreciative!!!! :)