First of all this is my first Vista machine kinda like having first child, excited & elated in the same sentence I did not do the install the owner did, so please ask alot of ?s because I am bound to forget something. First I will give you the specs on the PC, its an HP media center m 1070n Intel P4 2.80 ghz.,1.5gb pc3200 ddr sdram,160gb serial ATA hd plus removable onboard 300 gb personal media hd, & upgraded NVIDIA GeForce 6600 graphics card. Original Win Xp Upgraded to Windows Vista Home Premium. Now here is how the error reads Runtime error! program:C:\Program Files\HP\hpcoretech\comp\hptskmgr.exe