You will not believe this, but the problem has gone slightly away as of noon today.  Not only did the file open properly,  but Ben is movable with the parameter dials, though with some jerkyness. The only thing I can think of is that the problem started about  1 to 2 am.  (Yes, I am a nightbird).  I can only speculate that something may be running in the background at night that's not showing up on task manager window, because I shut down the HP update task and Norton Center.   Another good reason for Nuke Norton Day.

**JJ, while I was looking in the MyComputer/ControlPanel//performance and maitenance, I saw  "adjust visual effects."  There is a button for "adjust for best performance." clicking on it changes the look and feel of the HP screens but frees up a little bit more resources. To get back its:  Start/ControlPanel/System/Advanced/Performance/Settings/VisualEffects.

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