hello all
a couple of weeks ago i bought an hp laptop with vista home premium pre installed on it. so far, i have had to reinstall the factory settings 3 times and have done countless systems restores. i have used different windows OSs for the past 15 years and never have i had such a nightmare as this.
the thing is i havent even been able to use my computer to any extent to mess things up myself as all i have so far gotten around to doing is installing a few basic programs, viz zone alarms, spyware doctor, foxit reader, a motorola modem and firefox (nb all software is the current vista version). i havent even used the computer as such yet because after i close it down and reboot, vista suddenly 'forgets' eveything i've installed, viz it forgets to load zone alarms on start up, i lose my bookmarks and add-on in firefox, then windows explorer suddenly crashes etc etc etc. then it'll tell me i cant open control panel or system restore etc because i dont have adminstrator rights!!! what is wrong with this ****** machine? please help. this is driving me mad and i need this computer for work.
cheers and thanks in advance
shoeface
ps i really want to put xp on the laptop but i just get the bsod when i try to install it. i'm thinking about switching to linux...
a couple of weeks ago i bought an hp laptop with vista home premium pre installed on it. so far, i have had to reinstall the factory settings 3 times and have done countless systems restores. i have used different windows OSs for the past 15 years and never have i had such a nightmare as this.
the thing is i havent even been able to use my computer to any extent to mess things up myself as all i have so far gotten around to doing is installing a few basic programs, viz zone alarms, spyware doctor, foxit reader, a motorola modem and firefox (nb all software is the current vista version). i havent even used the computer as such yet because after i close it down and reboot, vista suddenly 'forgets' eveything i've installed, viz it forgets to load zone alarms on start up, i lose my bookmarks and add-on in firefox, then windows explorer suddenly crashes etc etc etc. then it'll tell me i cant open control panel or system restore etc because i dont have adminstrator rights!!! what is wrong with this ****** machine? please help. this is driving me mad and i need this computer for work.
cheers and thanks in advance
shoeface
ps i really want to put xp on the laptop but i just get the bsod when i try to install it. i'm thinking about switching to linux...