Hello All,
Well, I downloaded the 7x version, 32 bit, as mentioned above by SweX. It went in fine with no problem at all, then promptly updated its VSD. It has been working great. Thank you so much Swex. I may try still to get to a library somewhere and use a high speed system to download the Service Pak 3 for XP and try once again to install SS 8 (or 2015 if you will), but at least I know that I can always go back to the 7 if things still don't work.
Funny thing is that when I installed the 7 again, it said that there was a prior installation still in progress, even though I had used the Wizard to remove the 8 version, and had gone to a command prompt to delete what was left in by the Wizard. The 7 version "rolled" it back and got it all out, then did its own thing successfully.
TOM FACE: No, I have not looked into satellite internet. I am not into WiFi or any type of "radio beam" if you will. Just the old fashioned land lines and that's it. Thank you for the thought though, interesting.
JK still getting cooked in Arizona boondocks........ Hah, hah..... SS updated while I was typing this!