Someone put a dirty bug in my laptop netbook. From the looks of it they used White Papper on me. I cant uninstall anything and i am no longer the Computers Admistraton.

You may need to yank the disk and recover files that way if you cannot enter as administrator Windows MVP, paid Remote Assistance is available for XP, Vista and Windows 7. My page on Video Card Problems is now my most popular landing page. See my gaming site for game reviews etc. Developer | Windows IT | Chess | Economics | Hardcore Games | Vegan Advocate | PC Reviews

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Also try to recovery factory settings to check if it works. If it doesn't work, I suggest you contact the manufacture for hardware check. Regards, Miya This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. | Please remember to click "Mark as Answer" on the post that helps you, and to click "Unmark as Answer" if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.

did factory reset but when i did windows update the drive locked up again on me. tried doing another reset now its giving me an error message and will not restore=( i feel so stupid please help ! i called dell and they did a hardware check and it checked out OK.Mishael S. Tutana

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Hi Mishael S. Tutana, If the factory settings still not work, I suggest you contact DELL support for futher research. Because the OEM may have some changes in their version. Regards, MiyaThis posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. | Please remember to click "Mark as Answer" on the post that helps you, and to click "Unmark as Answer" if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.

Thank you Miya. Dell sent someone over to change the hard drive thank you for your helpMishael S. Tutana

Glad to hear that. Regards, MiyaThis posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. | Please remember to click "Mark as Answer" on the post that helps you, and to click "Unmark as Answer" if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.