Hello everyone

I keep getting a 'Sharing Violation' on start-up. Anyone know what this means please?

regards

grimerz

Sharing Violation:

An attempt to open a file that is being used by another program. In a normal single-user environment, if an application has already called in a file (document, spreadsheet, etc.), and another program tries to read it, a sharing violation occurs. The solution is to close the file, which releases the "lock" placed on it by the application that opened it.

Thank you kindly, jephree, but is any harm done please? As it occurs most regularly now?

regards

grimerz

If it occurs on start up I would monitor your starting programs.

One must be trying to get the same file as another.

You can go to start Run... msconfig | Startup

Here you can "un-tick" programs from starting. You can pick and choose to try and ferret it out or you can "un-tick" the lot.

You can always go back and "re-tick" them back. The only thing that you really need starting is your anti-virus and firewall. Everything else in that list has been added by third party programs and is not necessary to load Windows.

On reboot you will be warned that you are in a diagnostic mode. Just check the box that reads: Don't show me this again.