I bought three identical used HP small profile PCs from a local library. They came with VISTA Business Edition 32 bit OS Disks.

The first one installed, runs and updates with no problem.

The second one installed and runs with no problem. However, when I try to install the updates the Monitor Goes to Sleep after the installation completes!!! I must Restore the PC to the original installed point to get the PC to run again. All indications are that the Product Key is valid and has been accepted.

Any suggestions would be appreciated....

Ron

If it was me, the very first thing I'd do is check the condition of the hard drive with hdtune which can easily be found with google. Do a full error scan with it. If it comes up with bad sectors then replace it with a new hard drive.

If your hardware is faulty you will never fix your software.

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