[protext] Downloading LaTeX

[Karl Berry]

    success, to download the proTeXt-MiKTeX Windows ensemble for the past 
    two hours.  Each download page I am sent to provides only tons more text 
    about the next layer of components.

The protext web page http://tug.org/protext/ has a direct link to a .exe
to download: http://tug.org/protext/ftp/protext.exe.

    Give me a good understandable MS Office download anytime.

So then it seems unlikely you will be happy with TeX even if you do get
through the download and install.  Sorry to hear it.  Maybe your physics
instructor will let you do your report in Word ...

Regards,
karl