I turned off Hibernate-thank you! I was gone for a couple of hours and my computer came right back up when I touched the mouse. As for sending it back, I really don't want to go through unstalling everything-would have to pay someone to do that-then pack it up and return it, and then have to go looking for a new one because I am not ready to deal with Vista-when I can resolve these issues that I have. Then I would have to pay again-to hook me back up again. DH & I are not computer savvy and I have one of the wireless adapters in my computer which would need tranferring. I have been emailing back & forth with HP Help and they do respond within an hour, it is just some of the things they tell me to do are beyond my understanding! Pat

I have some of my towers under the desk on small pedestals and some on top of the desk, I have a ceiling fan in the room that usually is on except in the dead of winter and under the desk I have a small fan that runs circulating air around those towers at all times, it can get warm under that desk and the fan does help keep air moving. My husband uses his laptop all day long at work, he puts it in the docking station when he gets there in the morning and it stays there and on and running till he comes home at night unless he has a meeting to take it to, but it gets good air flow being on the desk and in the docking station. I think if a laptop caught fire like that it had a serious over heating problem, if it did not have it's vents blocked. I know a lot of bad batteries in laptops have caused fires. they do make laptop bases that have additional fans built in them to help keep them cool.

Please download Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware to your desktop. Click here Double Click mbam-setup.exe to install the application. Â Make sure a checkmark is placed next to Update Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware and Launch Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware, then click Finish. Â If an update is found, it will download and install the latest version. Â Once the program has loaded, select "Perform Full Scan", then click Scan. Â The scan may take some time to finish,so please be patient. Â When the scan is complete, click OK, then Show Results to view the results. Â Make sure that everything is checked, and click Remove Selected. Â When disinfection is completed, a log will open in Notepad and you may be prompted to Restart.(See Extra Note) Â The log is automatically saved by MBAM and can be viewed by clicking the Logs tab in MBAM. Â Copy&Paste the entire report in your next reply. Extra Note: If MBAM encounters a file that is difficult to remove,you will be presented with 1 of 2 prompts,click OK to either and let MBAM proceed with the disinfection process,if asked to restart the computer,please do so immediately.

Many here feel that Superantispyware is superior to both Ad-Aware and Spybot Search and Destroy; perhaps it is. It is never harmful to have several programs for the spyware/malware stuff. I have these as well as Windows Defender. You are right about having only one anti-virus program, but in the spyware department, more is better. By the way, Avast is a great free anti-virus program, but don't run it along with McAfee.