all right, kinda new to forum so this may not be proper format.
i just put windows 7 enterprise on my about 7 year old laptop, which had previously become so slow it was impossible to use.
anyway, i started up windows after reinstalling it, and i kept getting stuck on the same darn screen with the annoying white pixel stuck in the left corner.
after rebooting multiple times and trying to repair with the disk, but no dice.
so i rebooted one last time, and got stuck on the same screen. what did i do? slam the keyboard a couple times (space bar and a few letters is about it) and magically, about thirty seconds later... THE FIRST TIME USE SETUP!!!!