Thanks all. I have learnt much from these tips. Long story short - DW became tired of the way I always checked what she did on our pc plus the questionable sites she called up, etc. With her (own) newly purchased lap top she immediately got into a 'bind' and now wants moi to correct "her" mistakes. Best Buy asked her to fork over $250 to fix her pc issues. About half the cost of the device!! Go figure!
I'm tempted to leave her be and download whatever she wants but I know it will backfire and leave me holding a wet, soggy bag of crap!! Costing me time and money - so she can play on line games and god only knows whatelse. bb
p.s. Problem is now corrected (for now) but I know a repeat will come; likely sooner then later