[mrcaptainbob]

Well, I'll be dipped! The blue screen issu has disappeared! My wife wsa complaining about the HP scanner not working. I tried everything and finall;y went for the last key on the cahin-I uninstalled it. After reinstalling, it seems to work a bit better, still has some issues, but the most strange thing is that the blue screen no longer appears at shutdown! Now, if only I can get those horizontal lines out of the scan and also get rid of the hissing in the speakers when the scanner is used....Wonder what I need to reinstall to get THAT to work!