[smoothy]

Thx for the tips guys. Cajalat, I will go through your suggestions and I agree with you and smoothy that I'm not really comfortable baking anything in the oven that I can't put into my mouth afterwards :) I also found that in the USA (I'm in Canada) there was a class action lawsuit over this issue, and it seems that my particular laptop is in fact in the long list of HP units affected by or are part of this lawsuit. Unfortunately, I don't qualify as I'm not a US citizen, but additionally the deadline has passed. I wonder if I were to reinstall Vista if the problem would still exist. I'm guessing it would, but only one way to find out.

Thanks for the time you all have spent trying to assist me with this. I recommend askmehelpdesk.com to a lot of people because of people like you folks. Thanks so much once again.

As was suggested... pick up a wireless adapter for your USB port... its cheap, its easy. Just know the differences between wireless G and wireless N... know what your Xbox supports and purchace accordingly.

As was mentioned you can get wireless N usb adapters for as low as $10, and Wireless G for less than that. Cheap fix for for the problem you have. And I assume the Laptop works well otherwise. No need for a new laptop unless you really want one.

[cajalat]

You're welcome. Good luck and let us know what the results are (for the next person to run into this).