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Nice photo TF!  It sure is nice to see something, anything, other than snow when I look out the door!  Spring is here too. 

Yup TIGLJK and UJB - we've got a few limbs down near us from the winds yesterday.  I guess we're in for a rainy week... but hey, the grass is cut and the furnace is OFF! 

Does it start at all?  Generally, "black screen of death" means that you can't get logged in at all, which would mean we couldn't connect remotely.

It could be soooo many things Russell.  I personally would start with downloading a copy of malwarebytes onto a thumb drive (USB stick) if available from another computer.  Then try to boot into safe mode and pray (pres F8 I think on a Dell while booting up for the advanced start up options).  If it works, run malewarebytes removing anything malicious.  Then run it again to make sure everything's gone.  Try to reboot normally and pray again. 

In that advanced start up screen, you should see other options as well - like running diagnostics - you could have a bad hard drive, corrupt bios, etc

It could be that the user profile is the issue.  Again, booting into safe mode will have to be an option.  Create a new admin profile, there's some additional steps that aren't jumping out at me... trying to remember what I've gone though. But if it's a corrupt profile, you might be able to still save the computer.

I think there might be a few more options to try - system restore points and such.  Finally attempting a full OS overwrite/reinstall as a last resort (hopefully you have your disk still!). 

Honestly... I stopped buying HP computers because I had this happen to me twice and my conclusion was that the motherboard died on both.  I'd get the computer working for about 3 days, and then the SAME issue would start again.

Let it be known, Amy is awesome at frying motherboards (or the motherboards HP uses suck... I wonder if the motherboard I had to replace in my fridge was made by the same company HP gets theirs from... hmmm... or maybe it is all me)

Doug probably knows a LOT more than I do about these things.  I'm a self taught "geek-mom" - not a real true awesome geek.    But yeah... my last computer, I was sure it was the hard drive that had failed.  Bought a new one.  Bought the new OS outright (windows 8 in fact - my computer was also running 7 at the time, I believe), only to find out THAT didn't fix things either.  $300 later, I STILL needed to buy a new computer (that's when I went to a tablet and managed for the past few years on an old desktop). 

NOTE... if you get to that point don't just toss the computer - strip out the hard drive and ram.  They could be useful in updating one of your other machines!  Ram is really easy to upgrade (if it's compatible).  Buy an external dock/bay/drive holder for your extra hard drive to use as a system back up or file back up.  It's good to have pieces parts on hand sometimes.  OR - at least physically destroy the hard drive before trashing it.  All your saved info. is still on the disk.  If you use it in an external drive, you can most likely get everything off it pretty easily.

The trick is to find an older model in a Mom and Pop shop.    Jim's is a 2013.  RIGHT before Taylor made all their changes to the line up.  So the deal was amazing and right around your price point.  Don't give up!  So the 714, look at when Taylor decided to upgrade those and then find a model from the year before the change was made.  You might find just what you need!

Since UJB's recently been going back and forth between choosing a Martin or a Taylor ... and I own a Martin, Jim owns a Taylor... I thought I'd add a little input in this thread for anyone curious.  My guitar is the Martin 000-15M for comparison.  This Taylor frets nicer than my guitar, it's really smooth to fret and not too rounded on the back of the neck (exactly what I expect from Taylor).  It of course doesn't sound as woody as the Mahogany, but no one should expect it to.  It does sound nice, mellow, not tinny, smooth picker.  When you bang on it, it's got a nice heavy sound.  It's just as loud as mine if not louder (which is saying lot for both guitars being as small as they are - they've both got oomph).  Nice sustain... really all around nice guitar.  It's pretty, but not too "pretty for a guy" - some guitars just have too much bling, this one doesn't in my opinion.   It's more expensive than mine - if I had to do it over again... I'd still buy the Martin because of the sound from the Mahogany - Otherwise, the Taylor wins.   We both added K&K pur Mini's for the acoustic sound when we want to plug in.

What scares me the most, is that my Dad's side of the family is SO HUGE... we COULD actually be related and not know it.  Please... tell me you'll be at a reunion in Darien that same day! 

Maybe.  Microsoft states “once a qualified Windows device is upgraded to Windows 10, we will continue to keep it up to date for the supported lifetime of the device, keeping it more secure, and introducing new features and functionality over time – for no additional charge.”  And "eventually" there will be no more numbers.  You'll just have "Windows" not "Windows 10" or "Windows 8.1" - at which point it sounds like it will transition to a subscription product (likely a paid subscription product as Zurf states).  However, this probably won't happen for a few years (each new release has been about 3 years - so you my guess is Windows 10 will be fine for 2-3 years).  My guess is that when it does, it will be priced comparably to outright buying an OS - for example, if you have Windows 7, you can upgrade to Windows 8.1 for a cost - or you can buy a new machine that includes Windows 8.1.  My thought is the subscription service will probably be "free with a new computer" for a year - or an upgrade you can purchase for a monthly or annual fee (no different in price than what you'd currently pay to upgrade now from 7 to 8).  Difference being that it'll probably only be good for a year rather than the typical 3 years between OS upgrades (hopefully this means it will be cheaper than an outright upgrade too).

So - my thought is that it's not a new sneaky ploy, just a different way to go about upgrading - and pushing more people to upgrade (there's a lot of people still using Vista - crazy, but true). 

Of course, there's always a few options out there for free operating systems.    True computer techies love them. 

In other news... I bought a new laptop yesterday!  I'm so happy to have a machine that works properly again!  Yay!

UncleJoe - how's the shopping coming along?  Anything new and exciting? 

I'll be honest, part of the Martin appeal was had after touring their factory.  After I saw the amount of hand work that went into building these guitars, that was it for me.  I didn't want one that was made by a machine, I wanted one that some little old lady who was smiling and laughing with her friends put her hands on.  One that some tattooed up dude made sure was perfectly in tune.  One that a middle aged man hand placed the pearling.  I guess I just kind of fell in love with the factory, with the fact that they employ average Americans and allow people in to see how it runs.   

Keep looking for the right one.  It might not be a Martin.  As long as it's right for you and you're happy with it, that's all that matters!

Very interesting.  So, it's a mini amp like thingie ma jiggie kinda sorta ish.  Hmm... if it works, it will be BIG that's for sure!

Hmmm... I found links near me for last year.  Nothing updated since 2014 though.  I guess I might just have to get the front porch or back yard ready and make it a family thing. 

Never tried one that I can recall.  I guess the question is, after the long drive, , will you feel better KNOWING or will you feel worse, if its not "the one"?