Originally Posted by Peerless

scrëw the repair...full clean install...

if I were you, which I'm glad I'm not because I HATE HP, I would backup, reformat, reinstall, then immediately download AdAwareSE and Spybot Search & Destroy, update them, and then run them....and find any other malware scanner available to try and rid your new OS of the cr@p HP bundles in...

hell...I'd just go get a copy of XP, download the chipset and other drivers for the MoBo, and throw the GödDåmñed recovery discs into a fire! (that's how much I hate HP systems!)