escorial,

Welcome to the Dell Community Forum (DCF).
* Click Start- Run
* Type MSCONFIG [press the Enter key]
* Insert the dot to Normal Startup
* Click Apply- OK (Don't restart the system)
* Right-click the [Start] button
* Left-click Open
* Double-click Programs
* Double-click Startup (Everything you see in the start up group is actually running all the time, which just takes away from your resources)
* Move ALL the icons in the Startup box to the desktop. Here is how too move the icons:
* Right-click the icon [hold the button down]
* Drag the icon out of the Start Up box
* Let go on the desktop
* Left-click "Move Here")
* After you have moved all the icons onto the desktop, close all the boxes

* Right click anywhere on the desktop
* Click Properties
* Click the Screen Saver tab
* Choose one and set it for one minute (or whatever you want)
* Click Apply
* Click the settings or Power button to the right of the globe
* You should be on the Power Schemes tab
* Under the heading Power Schemes choose Home/Office Desk
* Under Settings for Home/Office Desk
- set the monitor to never
- set the hard disks to never
* Click Apply
* Click the Advanced tab (if listed)
remove any checks
* Click Apply if you made any changes
* Click the Hibernate tab
remove any checks
* Click Apply if you made any changes
* Click OK
* Click OK
* Click Start- Shutdown- Restart- OK or Click Start- Turn Off Computer- Restart

Chris,

How does removing some items in my start area have anything to do with a  Error or opening a langauge file?

Also Cant I just right click on my items above my start button and just remove them?

I have always had basically the same programs above the start button for quite some time and it never seemed to affect anything.

 

My system is a Dimension 8200 with 40 gig hd and 720 rdram   I have the XP home.

TIA

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Chris,

I re-read your message and I guess I understand now what your taking about. When I removed the 2 files in the Start> Right Click>Open>Programs>Startup> and pu them on the desktop. And did everything else you mentioned and restarted the computer. Now my system tray is filled with about every thing I have on the computer.

 

So now I had to go into MSconfig and reconfigure everything back to where it was before as everything was checked off to start when the computer did. I unchecked everything but the essentials.  Then restarted the computer so now it was back as before. So now I still had the two files that you had me move onto the desctop from the Startup folder. So now I took and slid them back into through the start button and back into the Start folder then erased them. One was a cameo viewr and the other I really did not knowwhat that was but there long gone.

Everything is not as before but again ask what does that have to do with a Langauge File Error?????

 

TIA

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escorial,

Items running in the background can conflict with software. So I was just starting with basic troubleshooting.

Chris,

Thanks~!