vista problem on laptop?

When you switch on the lap top keep pressing F8 button until you get into the hidden section of the operating system.
Simply follow the repair my computer prompts from there.

Lambchops
January 2010

Your computer question is in the Washing Machines category but no matter...

From what you say it appears that you may have illegal software - Microsoft's Operating Systems come with a Product Activation Key... Sometimes you can find it on a sticker on the outside of the machine. Other times on the media package.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Product_Activation

Good luck...

Peccavi
January 2010