It flashed something. Hard to say for sure because it was so quick, but I think it was an HP startup screen. Then it went dark for a few seconds, and up came the blue screen. If I hit F8 when restarting, it would give me a timed black screen with 5 or 6 starting options , including 3 different safe modes. None of the options worked. All eventually led back to the blue screen. When I tried starting from the last good whatever, it brought me to another black screen with one OS option, which was Windows something something something, I don't remember exactly, but it wasn't anything I had heard of before. Anyway, it was the only option on that page, and it led back to the blue screen. Also, the only way to get it to restart was to shut it off by depressing and holding the power button, and then pressing it again to start. Once the blue screen appeared, the keyboard became useless. FWIW, when I first showed up, the NUM LOCK was stuck on too. I didn't feel worthy of my A+ certification.
She had repacked the thing away by the time I left, and was going to return it. She bought it on impulse, and didn't like it anyway. Her boyfriend kept ragging on her about not buying a Mac, and I guess a friend of hers at work said the same thing. She didn't have to ask my opinion. Still, I'm curious to know if anyone recognizes the problem.
Take care,
-Chris
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