Well, things have taken a turn for the better! I went to Nvidia's site and installed their latest drivers... no more 4 colors! I can see! And no more boot issues! I am back at an operable state. I guess I lost some windows stuff because windows update is goig nuts with a million updates. Oh well. I can't thank you guys enough. Much better than the other board that told me reformatting was my only option!
Time for a beer. Here's a round for everyone.
Hopefully I won't need to be back for a while!