Thank you Johnny V.
I went through your process and the following is happening:
A) for one reason or other, my sound card, Realtek Audio, does not operate under ASIO only MME. So I do not know if this could be part of my problem.
B) again, I do not know why, but the Master buss seems to be locked in to the computer sound card. I cannot bring up a menu that would show me the various options to change it to the audio interface.
C) my buffer was set at 30msec. I have now changed it to 200msec. I this OK?
 
You see, I am a retired vet trying to have fun. I know certain things but am not as advanced or savvy as some of you guys, so I appreciate all that you are doing to help me.
 
Thank you again.
 
Gerry
 
 

Why are you attempting to use the onboard Realtek? 
 
You should be using the Presonus exclusively
 
Go to Preferences > Audio > Devices. What's listed there?

Thank you Jonesey. Like I said earlier, this is my first try at audio.
As I had never used audio, I was always using  the sound card only.
Now I will try and record the audio track and come back if I have any other issues.
 
Thank you.

Make sure you don't have a punch-in/out region active. I had that happen once and lost a day trying to figure out why recording was broken. 
 
Edit. Doh. Didn't read the question right. Not going to delete my post though because it may save someone else some headaches.

Gerry 1943
Thank you Jonesey. Like I said earlier, this is my first try at audio.
As I had never used audio, I was always using  the sound card only.
Now I will try and record the audio track and come back if I have any other issues.
 
Thank you.

I  know a lot of people, myself included, have disabled and uninstalled any onboard sounds/software/drivers and use their interface for everything - Windows sounds, Media players etc

 
 

 

 

Thank you all. Problem now solved with the help of all of you.
Greatly appreciate it.
 
Regards 
 
Gerry