I appreciate all of the help.
I'm sad to say I might be keeping my old (11 year old) PC around and I guess just replug when I want to play ET, and replug when I play COD. Kinda dumb, but I can't get the stuttering out of ET on win11 and really don't like starting over on legacy. I turned all of the bull sh*t off on win 11. Changed compatibility modes.....running admin...I give up. You guys are right, new games run pretty sweet...... or do they? I still got my win7 disc......Just didn't install a CD drive, lol.
Hope you guys are enjoying the influx from steam. I wish this would have happened years ago, but !cheers to new life!