Maybe on someone else's computer? Perhaps someone you don't like, someone you don't care if they end up hating you. Maybe Bill Gates?
as luck would have it, i got in to an engineer at the manufacturer.
the screen i was describing to him after startup he said
was private to the manufacturer
and that someone had forgotten to seal this software off from the consumer.
then he said the same thing happened to him with the wireless keypad and mouse;
these require drivers. he said to get an old
ps2 keyboard and mouse that do not require drivers and i could reinstall vista ultimate.
i did.
and now i’m a happy camper!
thanks.
so, it ended well.