So, I finally got brave and did a factory reset like I was recommended do do, and now my computer is having no issues what-so-ever. It's still an old piece of crap, but it should hold me over now until I can afford a nice, new computer. The only set back is now I have to re-load pretty much all of my programs, but that isn't so bad; I was smart and backed up everything important and I've already re-loaded Photoshop, the only thing giving me fits is trying to get MS Word back and that is a program a college student cannot live without, but if push comes to shove I can always use Word on my uncle's computer (of which my family has been borrowing for going on 5 years now). I prefer to write my stories on my own computer though, just for privacy reasons (don't want my siblings looking over my shoulder), but that is what flash drives are for, so I'm all good!
And since I am just about fully functional now I am re-opening commissions to help raise some money to make getting that new computer happen a bit sooner.