Hi, i got a copy of norton360, a family member installed it onto my now old laptop and fiddled around with the startup manager section turning certain programmes to "Off" - he thought he knew what he was doing!! lol. Since then it won't log on, i get to the password screen and it goes to log on but then instantly logs off again. I can only presume he "turned off" a programme which was vital in the startup process!!?!? Please please help, i have a lot of holiday photos and music on my old laptop which i really don't want to lose!! If i can just turn it on once i can transfer all my files to a hard drive dead easily and wave goodbye to the old laptop. It's a Compaq Presario and i've tried various reboot options via the F8, F10 and F11 buttons on the Compaq screen but nothing seems to work. Thanks for your help. Dave