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    Solution To Blinking Hourglass

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by chucknorrisrules, Apr 19, 2006.

  1. chucknorrisrules

    chucknorrisrules Notebook Enthusiast

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    I like a few other people have had a blinking hourglass next to our cursors when we got out new laptops and here is the steps i took to solve this problem on my computer!

    1. Click the Start button. 2. Click Run. 3. In the Open: text box, type MSCONFIG. 4. Click the OK button. The System Configuration Utility window appears" "5. Click to select Selective Startup. 6. Click to remove the check next to Load Startup Items 7. Click the Apply button""8. Click the OK button. A dialogue box appears prompting you to restart the computer 9. Click the Restart button." "And also do the steps below"
    "Click the Start button, and then click Run. The Run window appears. Type msconfig in the Open: field, and then click the OK button.The System Configuration Utility window appears Click the radio button for Selective Startup. Click to deselect Process SYST"
    "Click to deselect Load Startup Items. Click the Services tab. The Services pane appears. Click to select Hide All Microsoft Services. Click the Disable All button. Click the OK button. A restart request window appears. Click the Yes button to restart the"

    Hope this helps if anyone else is having this problem


    *edit- make sure you dont disable your antivirus software when doing thing