Two repeated startup errors

laezyre

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Apr 19, 2008
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I had a failing hardrive(after only one year), and replaced it recently with the 1tb wd black drive. I used acronis to copy the old HD, so two errors came to my new drive.

1) The first error is that my HP deskjet printer software needs to be installed. I click that it's ok for windows to install it. Windows installs it successfully and the printer works. When I restart my pc, I get the same error and same result. It keeps happening. Everything works, I just keep having to click ok for windows to install the software, and it keeps installing it.

2) I get a message that windows defender is not working. It tells me to restart the pc or start it manually. I try to manually start it, but get the same error. Once I click away the error message, the computer works just fine. I don't need defender, but the message is anoying and it would be nice to fix the problem.

I have done a chkdsk, mcaffe virus scan, and adaware spyware scans. My OS is vista 32.

Thanks for any help.