Thanks yall. I dont know what happened.....but when I went back in the dining room the screen said windows has recovered from a serious error blah blah and everything is fine now.
next time before you fire up the computer..make sure you have your pants on....
there is about half dozen computers in this house...only one has windoze...and it is a dual boot too...rest has linux of some sort..GF and her son have a different Distro..I use Mint..cause it is simple...
and yes..no virus....
I am in the process of upgrading from mint 14 to 15...computer used to be my other hobby...got 3 or 4 in the garage to play with...still got my old Packard Bell P166 Mintower...bought new back in 1995.....cost $2150.....dam...