What does this sound like to the computer savy?

My computer first started running real slow, it was acting like it was freezing. Then the start up screen upon start up turned white, with a big ! saying my active desktop was turned off. When I click on restore active desktop I get the message it can not be done, some sort of error.

ALSO MY windows live 1 care security system has been turned off & it will not allow me to turn it back on. I tried un-installing it, it worked for awhile but got turned off again & will not allow me to turn it back on. I've tried calling microsoft but keep getting bounced around from one foreginer to another, & they can not even attempt to tell me what to do, they keep sending my call to someone else.

Now my computer will hardly pull up a program to even get back in there & remove windows live 1 care again & try another security program.

SO what does everybody think, what 's going on with my computer.

Oh by the way it's a HP laptop , only about 8 months old.

RIght now I'm using my husbands desk top.