Thanks for the support!
Battery does seem to charge up. left it plugged in all night. Did try two other usb ports. Also rebooted my lappy just to try that. Next? Well even though the wizard program worked before I am going to uninstall it and reinstall it then try again, again. Frustrated.
Also wrote to Nokia and they advised me to take the machine in to an authorized repair place and see. Hum. They know something we don't?

Will try a friend's. It is just that they all have Macs and I'd have to learn how to do it that way.

Brick? Hockey puck would be more satisfying.