option, and now it will not connect to the network/internet. Obviously all cords and such are properly set up, since the internet worked fine before that. In the Networking area of the CP, it says it does not detect any networks, even though Network Discovery is on. I tried searching for new hardware, but it says everything is installed.... that ...

What do you mean by ''format''? If you have just used the manufacturer's disk to reinstall the original software as from new, my first instinct would be to start again - there's no data to lose and it shouldn't take very long. If you have manually formatted the hard drive back to empty, then you could have a real problem if the laptop held the ...

I  purchased this computer back in early April of this year. My previous one is running Windows XP home and I haven't had near the problems with it as I am having with Windows Vista Premium. Initially everything was working fine, until Windows started downloading ''Security Patches'' for this system. 74 patches in less than one week. I ...

Wow, these HDD based recovery systems suck!   My advice Ian, would be to make a backup of all your data (photos, internet favourites, videos etc), use the in-built recovery system to set the machine back to factory defaults, and then use Acronis  True Image 11 Home to make an image of the default install.  This will give you much ...