Error message on start up

Hi

I appreciate this was posted some time ago, but I have recently also
had this problem on my new Dell Vostro 1000, running vista home premium.
Exactly the same annoying error messages appear at start up and I have
no idea why or where they have come from. Any ideas (other than
removing Dell Support Centre, because a previous entry suggested this
was of no use) would be very much appreciated!!.

Regards
MCM


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mcm

mcm wrote:
> Hi
>
> I appreciate this was posted some time ago, but I have recently also
> had this problem on my new Dell Vostro 1000, running vista home premium.
> Exactly the same annoying error messages appear at start up and I have
> no idea why or where they have come from. Any ideas (other than
> removing Dell Support Centre, because a previous entry suggested this
> was of no use) would be very much appreciated!!.
>

You're posting from one of those websites that looks like a forum but is
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"exactly the same annoying error messages" are. It would be far better
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Malke
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Apologies.

The error message is on start up of vista home basic (vostro 1000)

*'Failed on loading skin name "minibcont" The file "shell.css" is
required in your "sscommon/skins/minibcont/css/" directory'
*
Once clicked ok, the window comes up again which I have to close. This
file is not located on my local disk. A previous entry online suggested
removing the Dell support centre, but others say this didn't work for
them.

Hope this is enough info?


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mcm

mcm wrote:
> Apologies.
>
> The error message is on start up of vista home basic (vostro 1000)
>
> *'Failed on loading skin name "minibcont" The file "shell.css" is
> required in your "sscommon/skins/minibcont/css/" directory'
> *
> Once clicked ok, the window comes up again which I have to close. This
> file is not located on my local disk. A previous entry online suggested
> removing the Dell support centre, but others say this didn't work for
> them.
>
> Hope this is enough info?
>
>

Things you could try:

1. Do a clean boot to see if something running at startup is failing.

How to perform a clean boot in Vista and XP -
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/331796

2. Contact Dell tech support and see if it is a known issue to them.


Malke
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Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User

Hi
Thanks for your reply. I ended up removing the DELL support centre
after all and the error message has not reappeared, so it's possible
that the two may have been related. Not quite sure why. Helpful for
future reference, to know how to do a clean boot .

MCM


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mcm

mcm wrote:
> Hi
> Thanks for your reply. I ended up removing the DELL support centre
> after all and the error message has not reappeared, so it's possible
> that the two may have been related. Not quite sure why. Helpful for
> future reference, to know how to do a clean boot .
>
> MCM
>
>

Glad you got it sorted. Thanks for taking the time to post your solution.


Malke
--
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User