That makes a lot of sense, gmpcv; I'd been having the problem since I bought my HP dv5 notebook just a fortnight ago, and although TabletPCGuy's solution re: msconfig has worked, I'd always wondered about the characterisation of the problem being about having a printer installed, as the only things I'd installed were programs like iTunes and my internet provider software prior to the problem occuring.
But the 'external drive' variable being at issue makes sense. My wireless modem USB shows up as having an external drive, and that would have been one of the first things I installed. I'll try to install that patch, I'll re-enable recovery for windows in msconfig, and see if I have any luck.
So is it confirmed now that BLService.exe is a microsoft program: i.e. part of bitlocker? Strange that neither HP nor Microsoft seem to want to claim ownership of what is obviously pre-loaded software on lots of PC notebooks out there.
