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    Odd screen on loading.

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by Nicholas A. Suhar, Nov 2, 2011.

  1. Nicholas A. Suhar

    Nicholas A. Suhar Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hey!

    For about a year or so now I have occasionally had this odd gray box show up on my screen upon loading. Always grey in color it has the simple words 'UnLoad' and then 4 or so boxes where numbers, letters, etc can be entered. So far as I can tell nothing irregular occurs upon clicking 'UnLoad' so i've been doing it without really thinking about it for a while. For whatever reason i've finally grown curious and am wondering if anyone here would happen to know what this 'mystery box' is? Any input would be appreciated!

    I have uploaded a picture as well,
     

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    SlickDude80 Notebook Prophet

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    type msconfig in the run input box.

    look at all the apps that are starting up when you start the computer. I suspect that this is an app will show up there. Find out what it is and delete it
     
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