I now have the laptop working much better. Ran 10 or 12 lesson videos and all ran smooth.
I think the main reason I was having trouble on the LT is I had a old version of Jave that could possibly be a surety risk..
Lot of clearing out progs and about 10 updates. It may not work next time I log on, but at least I got this far.
The old tower is still trucking on too.
I hope other get thing straighten out.