My thinking is, HP screwed up with their drive images. All computer OEMs (this includes Apple) have drive images set up for each model/type of computer, saves time (and money) manually installing applications and configuration for each machine that goes out the door. They also have preset "diagnostic" images for testing/repair purposes. If they bundled Restore discs, you could wipe it and fix it. But yeah, someone accidentally shipped out that machine with a diagnostic image. Pretty weird.
It didn't come with restore discs, which are unfortunately becoming the standard practise... or has it already became the standard? I haven't seen a Windows restore disc for a long time to be honest, they seem to only come with a restore partition these days...
A friend told me he had to burn the recovery discs himself... Windows notified him (about having to burn the discs) the first time he booted his laptop.. or smth like that.
Someone at HP obviously goofed on this. All OEMs will have a few different drive images that are used for hardware testing and diagnosis. There are likely a lot of HP internal applications and debugging tools there, too, some of which may provide rather deep hardware-level access. Poke around at whats there, you're bound to find some interesting stuff.
I've seen this happen to a few different OEMs, including Apple.
Oh I would love to poke around and stuff and I did a little... but this is really not my toy to play with so I couldn't really dig too deep. Me and my friend have returned it for a refund today and I will do an update video of what happened. We'll be shopping around for a new laptop tomorrow.
To be honest I always flatline my laptops when I buy them. I always install a clean version of the OS and reinstall the extra software that I want that came with it afterward.
The magic of HP. Screwing the Personal Computer market since 1995. They should really just stick to printers if their technicians are this irresponsible. However, I HATE HP WITH A VENGEANCE. Ever heard of the HP Pavilion dv6000 series (google if not)? I had one of those laptops, died within 2 years. The processor had internal crystallisation from overheating and the mainboard was warped and had electrical issues. Severely dissapointed as that laptop never really left the house. :(
Exactly what Zoul said. Those are factory diagnostic tools straight from HP. It's apparent they forgot to do a clean install so nothing seems wrong with the laptop, just do a fresh install and you'll be set.
This doesn't look like crapware, it looks more like the apps an HP builder would use to test the product before ship, which seems to have been left on, my sister has same laptop without this problem
Yea its got fan control, mouse and things like that... and the fan goes way up after a few seconds of the video, probably testing the fan or something... I really like to ask HP what do they expect the user to do with all these?
What do you mean? This happened on the *first boot*. No one has installed anything. All those start up programs are preinstalled by the manufacturer. (HP?)
If those are the today's standard "crapware" then I am very disgusted with PC makers... I mean seriously 10 windows on the first boot so that you can test Flip3D?
Tuxxy87, I've look up all the tabs in msconfig, everything seem to have normal settings, it is not a safe boot, debugging features are not turned on, etc...
shhould of went into Run, typed Msconfig, and click startup, and tick what you want to start up or not.
mustiwii 2 years ago
format it with windows 7
Jullzzzz 2 years ago
The DERP is strong with this one.
RPCJerkobi 2 years ago 2
Calling DrSunnz an idiot? Look in the mirror first before you start calling anyone an idiot macward.
MinimeDrummerBoi 2 years ago 2
Dont listen to macward this not the norm!! Looks to me like there is test diagnsotic software on this machine which is not meant for the consumer.
douguk47 2 years ago 2
lol I think macward is one-starring my videos anyway, but yeh me and my friend returned the laptop today and got a full refund, not hassles here.
DrSunnz 2 years ago
dont think macward can figure out the rating system. choice of 5 options??? nah he will fail
douguk47 2 years ago
My thinking is, HP screwed up with their drive images. All computer OEMs (this includes Apple) have drive images set up for each model/type of computer, saves time (and money) manually installing applications and configuration for each machine that goes out the door. They also have preset "diagnostic" images for testing/repair purposes. If they bundled Restore discs, you could wipe it and fix it. But yeah, someone accidentally shipped out that machine with a diagnostic image. Pretty weird.
Whatevernever001 2 years ago 2
It didn't come with restore discs, which are unfortunately becoming the standard practise... or has it already became the standard? I haven't seen a Windows restore disc for a long time to be honest, they seem to only come with a restore partition these days...
DrSunnz 2 years ago
A friend told me he had to burn the recovery discs himself... Windows notified him (about having to burn the discs) the first time he booted his laptop.. or smth like that.
geekfreackz 2 years ago
Someone at HP obviously goofed on this. All OEMs will have a few different drive images that are used for hardware testing and diagnosis. There are likely a lot of HP internal applications and debugging tools there, too, some of which may provide rather deep hardware-level access. Poke around at whats there, you're bound to find some interesting stuff.
I've seen this happen to a few different OEMs, including Apple.
tnoyca 2 years ago 2
Oh I would love to poke around and stuff and I did a little... but this is really not my toy to play with so I couldn't really dig too deep. Me and my friend have returned it for a refund today and I will do an update video of what happened. We'll be shopping around for a new laptop tomorrow.
DrSunnz 2 years ago
I agree, some employee building/prepping the machine made an obvious mistake. I can see him now going "OW! Thank you sir, may I have another?" lol.
Whatevernever001 2 years ago 2
Fuck HP in the ass. If I got that I would shit on HPs doorstep.
JamesManes 2 years ago 4
To be honest I always flatline my laptops when I buy them. I always install a clean version of the OS and reinstall the extra software that I want that came with it afterward.
zoulkyud 2 years ago 3
Wow that is amazing, looks like whoever was testing that laptop forgot to remove the tools LMAO
I would just do a reinstall, I have seen anything like this before to be honest.
ASCII808 2 years ago 2
The magic of HP. Screwing the Personal Computer market since 1995. They should really just stick to printers if their technicians are this irresponsible. However, I HATE HP WITH A VENGEANCE. Ever heard of the HP Pavilion dv6000 series (google if not)? I had one of those laptops, died within 2 years. The processor had internal crystallisation from overheating and the mainboard was warped and had electrical issues. Severely dissapointed as that laptop never really left the house. :(
RPCJerkobi 2 years ago 2
Exactly what Zoul said. Those are factory diagnostic tools straight from HP. It's apparent they forgot to do a clean install so nothing seems wrong with the laptop, just do a fresh install and you'll be set.
UnrelentingAssault 2 years ago 3
Probably accidentally skipped the process where they do a fresh install to remove all their diagnostic apps.
zoulkyud 2 years ago 3
Take it back!! looks likes like they gave you a Laptop from display
oOADROo 2 years ago 2
This doesn't look like crapware, it looks more like the apps an HP builder would use to test the product before ship, which seems to have been left on, my sister has same laptop without this problem
grayfox106 2 years ago 2
It looks like some kind of diagnostics.
user12119 2 years ago 2
Yea its got fan control, mouse and things like that... and the fan goes way up after a few seconds of the video, probably testing the fan or something... I really like to ask HP what do they expect the user to do with all these?
DrSunnz 2 years ago
Can you find any diagnostics software installed on this laptop?
user12119 2 years ago
You have way too many startup programs.
commodore256 2 years ago
What do you mean? This happened on the *first boot*. No one has installed anything. All those start up programs are preinstalled by the manufacturer. (HP?)
DrSunnz 2 years ago
I guess you have to uninstall all of the "Crapware" that HP installed and remove the autostart.
go into the command prompt and type "msconfig" and edit the auto-start.
commodore256 2 years ago
If those are the today's standard "crapware" then I am very disgusted with PC makers... I mean seriously 10 windows on the first boot so that you can test Flip3D?
DrSunnz 2 years ago
Check the bootup tab in msconfig, could be some bug from the manufacturer, I've never seen such a problem before.
It shouldn't do it either way, so you best go check it out with the seller.
Tuxxy87 2 years ago
So start - run - msconfig?
DrSunnz 2 years ago
Tuxxy87, I've look up all the tabs in msconfig, everything seem to have normal settings, it is not a safe boot, debugging features are not turned on, etc...
It is so weird...
DrSunnz 2 years ago