So in between restoring your PC to Factory specs and it all going wrong what
exactly did you do/install on your PC?

"minnieme" wrote in message
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I got a new 64 bit HP laptop about a month ago and have recently completed
the second complete rebuild. System restore did not work last time.

My control panel launches and is blank; then the window closes. From my
start menu, I cannot access any default program settings. My printer
would
not install initially, but I got that online and added last week. I went
to
print this morning and it's gone again; says printer cannot spool. I also
have no games (Windows, HP) that can be accessed.

These are all the same issues that I had initially that resulted in the
rebuild. I have done registry repair; spyware scans; adware scans, etc
etc.
I have Norton antivirus that came with the machine. I am frustrated and
don't have time to continue to rebuild my computer every two weeks.

How can I fix this and prevent it from happening again?

Thanks,
Minnie