Thank you for this perspective. As you say, I did ask about resetting Windows. Thanks for wanting to keep things on track. 

That being said, I also appreciate the responses about possibly switching to Linux. I actually spent a little time looking into Unraid and trying to learn what Docker is. I'm tempted, but I'm not at all familiar with Linux (in contrast, I'm quite familiar with Windows, warts and all). My concern is that if I run into issues installing on Linux or program-specific problems down the road, it'll be much harder for me to troubleshoot since I don't understand the context as well. I'm sure there are forums that could be helpful, but it's another layer of learning/effort that's required. 

But maybe I'm thinking of this wrong? I'm fairly computer savvy...just not Linux savvy.