Thanks Brian, I think your comment was directed my way - if not, I'll still take what I can get :p

Bill
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The machines must not wiiiiin... :)

Windows 8 is reinstalled and the...

Why... Mr. Fast... that's amazing. Wouldn't you know that Asus likes to say your ONLY OPTION is to send the item into them for repair. What a bunch of twats.

Thank you SO MUCH for your help...

Mmm... wish I had done this.

I had Windows 8 on my laptop at purchase. (I hate having to buy pre-built machines, but there's little option on laptops.) I decided to try to dual boot with linux....