Well at my uncles house at the moment on my cousins pc, cause we couldnt pay the electric bill so they turned our power off and we have had to live in the dark for a few weeks now. have to come over here to cook and stuff. its hard living with no power....we have had to use candles and stuff. plus before our power cut off my laptop just randomly crashed (stupid HP) so i have been without a pc for a few weeks, but it seems like forever.... i brough it over here to see what my uncle could do with it (and my cousin as well) and they have been working on it. my cousin put linux on there to see what he could do, and linux is looking like a better option, although i have no idea how to use it....but im not sure yet, i might be able to get windows back, im just really pissed at HP at the moment, they are now on my blacklist lol. My laptop is a HP Pavillion dv8000. it was my moms but she gave it to me after she got a new pc frm my uncle (although she got it from cheap guys computers HAH!). they have recently changed their name to smart guys computers....hah my ass. the are not gonna fool me. they sell piece of shit pc's, ripping people off.