Well hallelujah...I finally was able to catch Windows 10 updates after one of their tweaks, and my computer was actually working correctly. I put a stop to the updates so fast, it made their head spin....choked the stuff right out of it....haha. Now my workstation is staying up. Before, if I turned my back for any reason...just to do something at the sink or fridge, and then turned back around, it would freeze up and I'd have to power it off in order to reboot...and keeping on doing that is hard on the system. Now it's not freezing up, and I can actually run a long render without it freezing. I will never turn Windows updates on again....security is one thing, but Microsoft is far more careless and reckless than any hacker out there.
Anyway, I finally am getting to see a quick render of Moshi the kitten

This is exciting...tomorrow my new office chair is being delivered, just in time for my being able to use my workstation again....yay!! I guess we call this render a "leap of faith"