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And reset the Tablets OS?

Slayer's "Reply" can't be Replied to and I've been treated this way before for some reason by some folks on this site. But I really do need a bit of help. My PC won't work on Facebook or on Microsoft Answers so I'm stuck in a ditch.
You probably know the gig that's being done here and I've learned it the hard way thru trial & error. Slayer Replies to my question saying "Have you tried resetting the tablet back to factory defaults?
And reset the Tablets OS?"
And then when I try to Reply to Slayer, and I'm already logged in, he has probably removed his Reply after someone probably told him to and so since it is gone I'm sent to a page saying "We???re sorry, but the page you requested could not be found.
Try searching for the page you???re looking for:" that is at http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/questions/101-392104-3672056/reply?messageView=basic
with me now logged out!
My Reply to him would have been to say that I've tried lots of stuff and even did a clean install / start over a few months ago and I've just been swamped since then trying to get all of my programs reinstalled, a new max RAM installed and operating and my Docs with all of my Pics Restored plus my remote USB backup drive working. Oh, and then reinstalling my big Outlook PST file with its Notes, Tasks, Contacts and all of its saved Email folders viewable and organized!
I'm sure no IT pro or even an amateur wanna-be. I'm just a person who has always had a strong interest in computer since being introduced to them in grade school in the 1960's. I've even taken programming in college at IUPUI for fortran and cobol back when we were still just using punch cards and waiting overnight for them to "run" our program after we went home!
So I really just want to get this thing working and I'd prefer not to to start over on any or all of it by doing any "resets to factory defaults" stuff if I can avoid it.
I'd really prefer to have someone help me who is very well qualified and is also reasonable and kind and has enough patience to help someone. And I'll even throw in some saddness. I was disabled a few years ago while jumping a Friend's motocross motorcycle on a practice day. I lost my own real estate business at a huge financial loss which we're still hoping to recover from. AND my wife was layed off from a 22+ year job with a property/casualty insurance headquarter's career last year a few years after Bank Of America bought out her company and then decided that they shouldn't be in the insurance industry since it was apparently a "conflict of interest" for them to be doing that for some unknown reason.
GRRRRR
So anyway, can I please ask for some personal help on this computer mess that I've found myself in? I really just want to get my Facebook working and my computer happy with its life and then I PROMISE that I'll move on and let this IT group do its thing. Honest .... I WILL go away!

Have you tried using an alternative browser such as Chrome or Firefox?
I also would not completely discount malware especially if these don't function correctly.
If you have not changed any settings but behaviour of the browsers has changed then something has caused it. I would reccomend downloading spybot search and destroy to scan your system. If there is malware there it removes most infections and at least lets you identify the infection if it cannot remove it completely. I would also recommend running a scan on a regular basis going forwards and to make it an initial diagnostic step in looking at future problems.

Opera browser is good as well.

I agree with John, don't discount malware as the problem. If you're having trouble with IE you could try restoring it to it's default condition. Assuming you have IE 8 or 9 click on tools, Internet Options. On the Advanced tab under Reset Internet Explorer settings click the Reset... button. This should restore factory default settings.