Skelator & Eddy,
I found the problem but not the cure. The problem: AOL. My old computer took ill and died. The one I am on now is a resurrection from the bone yard. It had AOL in it and a lot of my online actions could not work because I am not a member of AOL. Why? Dunno.
I called AOL and together the tech and I removed all files with AOL in them, addressing AOL not part of an unrelated word. Now when I try to take some actions on the net I get an error pop-up that states, "aol.exe" cannot be found. This is the explanation to the error I get when I try to register with avast. AOL now tells me it is not their fault and to have a nice day.
Is there some way I can get a message to avast technical?
Thanks, rondlac