Help Carey!!! :-(

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Sixbells

Good Day;
I wish I could attach a file of these strange dialogs. Is
there a way to attach Paint screen shots with these posts?

There are 4 of these dialogs displayed every time I boot
my machine, 2 stop dialogs and 2 warnings. The title bar
of the warning dialogs are entitled "Desktop". The text on
the stop dialogs reads:

"Windows cannot find '||||||| |||||||||' specified in the
registry. Make sure the file exists on your computer or
remove it from the registry."

How can I find these files (?) since they have no
filenames in the dialogs (the filenames look like jail bar
characters) ?? And it does appear to be affecting the
performance speed of my machine (XP Prp-1, Pentium 4
1.3GHz, 1.0GB RAM, Dell Dimension 8100 desktop)

Many Thanks in Advance,
Sixbells (Doug)
 
Go to Start > Run and type: CMD , and hit enter. In the resulting
Command Prompt window, type: SFC /SCANNOW , and hit enter.
You may be prompted to insert your Windows CD in the CD Drive.

SFC = System File Checker. SFC will scan your system and replace
missing or damaged XP system files with the correct version.

Afterward, perform the following in this order:

Description of the Disk Cleanup Tool in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;310312&Product=winxp

How to Perform Disk Error Checking in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;315265&Product=winxp

HOW TO: Analyze and Defragment a Disk in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;305781&Product=winxp

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

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| Good Day;
| I wish I could attach a file of these strange dialogs. Is
| there a way to attach Paint screen shots with these posts?
|
| There are 4 of these dialogs displayed every time I boot
| my machine, 2 stop dialogs and 2 warnings. The title bar
| of the warning dialogs are entitled "Desktop". The text on
| the stop dialogs reads:
|
| "Windows cannot find '||||||| |||||||||' specified in the
| registry. Make sure the file exists on your computer or
| remove it from the registry."
|
| How can I find these files (?) since they have no
| filenames in the dialogs (the filenames look like jail bar
| characters) ?? And it does appear to be affecting the
| performance speed of my machine (XP Prp-1, Pentium 4
| 1.3GHz, 1.0GB RAM, Dell Dimension 8100 desktop)
|
| Many Thanks in Advance,
| Sixbells (Doug)
 
Thanks for your timely and helpful response Carey. Geez,
you are up early, I see your posts at all times of the day
and night. Don't burn out on us now, besides food and
water, sleep, or the lack of it, is important for good
health! :-)

Thank You and Have a Great Day,
Sixbells
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