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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