Tom, I think your laptop needs to be configured, in person.
I think that John should try over the phone, but I bet this is one of those 1-hour vs 40 hour do-hickeys. We could fix it in an hour in person, but not in person over the phone will take 40 hours.
I think you should take a weekend and fly "through" NH and visit with John.
The best way to see if it is AOL is to get with a local ISP for a 3-month membership and test it out.
However, I think the major reason is that your pictures are over 180 kilobytes. Have you ever tried posting in the Member Gallery? You literally point to where the 8 pictures are and then hit upload and it just does it for you. I think you already have a user name, if not then John could make you one.
If you want to try the size bit, I have e-mailed you a picture that is less than 100 kilobytes, try saving the attachment to your hard drive c:\ and then try uploading it back to the forum. It will be one of your piccies, so it'll look familiar.
If you are tired of this stupid game
then take a break, we don't mind helping you out, <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="wink.gif" />
Ed