Alright~ tried restore point, and no luck.
I also went to look at windows updates, and just to see if it would, I clicked "check for updates" and it gives me an error code
"WindowsUpdate_80072EE2" "WindowsUpdate_dt000"
I looked around online for "can't upload anything" and some say firewall is the culprit, others IP blockers. I'm out of my league here. Sorry for all the trouble... I almost wish this had been malware!!!