@PaperPusher 

I'm glad this helped you and you did not waste money on a new computer.

The fact that and EMPL of the QuickBooks Team (@Maybelle_S)  thinks buying a new computer is an acceptable fix and is sharing it with the "the team" as a solution is outrageous. Even if a new computer did resolve the problem, (in my experience it did not) that would absolutely be an unacceptable solution. Most QuickBook customers are small businesses that do not have thousands of extra dollars to buy a new computer every year for their accounting software.

It was time for me to upgrade my computer or I would be even more unhappy about this situation.