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babybare,

You need to make sure your sceensaver is off,power theme
always on,turn off monitor is set to never, and turn off hard disk is set to never and you can so this at setting on the same screen where the screensaver is.Scan disk proceedures are on Dennys web page.
Go here: http://www.djdenham.com/Basic_Windows.htm

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Babybare,

Thank you for using the DellTalk forum.

Try the following steps.

1.Shut down all background programs using MSconfig.

Left-click on START | RUN.
Type in "msconfig" in the "Open" dialog box and left-click on "OK."
When the "System Configuration Utility" window appears, the "General" tab will be visible. Left-click on "Selective Startup."
Remove the check marks from each choice except "System.ini," by left clicking on the check marks.
Click the Startup tab.
Uncheck every entry except SystemTray.
Left-click on "Apply" and then left-click on "OK."
A message will appear stating that "For the changes to take place, the system must be restarted." Left-click on the "OK" button, and the system will begin the restart.

2.Once you have booted back to Windows, try to run
Scandisk again.

3.If Scandisk is successful, return the system back to normal.

Click the Start button, click Run, and then type msconfig in the Open box.
Click OK.The System Configuration Utility window appears.
Under the "General Tab", click the radio button next to "Normal Startup."
This should take the check out of the radio button next to "Selective Startup"
Then click Apply and OK.
Then restart the system.

After reading your post, in msconfig, I changed my setting from selective to Normal. Now instead of five programs in my taskbar, I have fifteen. When I tried to change back to selective startup, I get the blue screen and this notice. "KERNEL32 caused a general protection fault in module KRNL 386.EXE.
When I click msconfig, I get the same message. How do I remove the programs from the task bar?

Thank You, Frank

Frankm,

Boot into Windows Safe Mode, then change
the MSconfig setting to what you want. From there, reboot
the system and it should be the way you want it.

How do I enter Windows Safe Mode?

For Windows 95------------------------------------------------------------------

Method 1
Restart your computer.
Press the key at the Starting Windows 95 message.

Method 2
Restart your computer.
Press the key at the Starting Windows 95 message.
Choose Safe Mode from the Windows 95 Startup menu.
Press the key.

Method 3
Automatically, when Windows 95 did not start on the previous attempt.

For Windows 98------------------------------------------------------------------

Method 1
Restart your computer.
While your computer restarts, press down and hold the [Ctrl] key until the Windows 98 Startup menu appears.
Choose Safe Mode from the Startup menu.
Press the key.

Method 2
Click the Start button, click Run, and then type Msconfig in the Open box. Click OK.
Click Advanced.
Click to select the Enable Startup Menu check box.
Click OK, click OK, and then restart your computer when you are prompted.
Choose Safe Mode from the Startup menu, and then press the key.

Method 3
Insert a non-bootable floppy disk in the floppy drive, and then restart your computer.
When the message Non-system disk or disk error. Replace and strike any key when ready appears, remove the floppy disk from the drive.
Press the key twice.
The Windows 98 Startup menu appears.
Choose Safe Mode from the list, and then press the key.

Method 4
Automatically, when Windows 98 did not start on the previous attempt.
For Windows Me

Windows ME----------------------------------------------------------------------

Method 1
Restart your computer.
The Windows Millennium screen appears.
Press down and hold the key until the Microsoft Windows Millennium Startup Menu appears.
Choose Safe Mode from the Startup menu, and press enter.

For Windows 2000---------------------------------------------------------------

Restart your computer.
The message For troubleshooting and advanced startup options for Windows 2000, press F8 appears.
Press down and hold the key until the Windows 2000 Advanced Options Menu appears.
Safe Mode should be highlighted by default; press the key.