From: jk20@hotmail.com   
      
   Hi Peter,   
      
   Vanguard has given you a very full answer regarding Digital Line Detect   
   - worth reading.   
      
   Short answer though: you can safely delete it from startup.   
      
   Please do so and tell us whether your problem is resolved.   
      
   JK   
      
   On 2/12/2015 07:37, Peter Bennett wrote:   
   > On Mon, 30 Nov 2015 23:47:11 -0600, VanguardLH  wrote:   
   >   
   >> john kruiniger wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> On 1/12/2015 14:00, Peter Bennett wrote:   
   >>>> When I boot my XP notebook, a Windows File Explorer window always   
   >>>> opens showing "Program Files".   
   >>>>   
   >>>> How can I stop that from appearing (or perhaps make it show a more   
   >>>> useful directory, like "My Documents")?   
   >>>   
   >>> Have a look under Start -> Programs -> Startup  and if you see Windows   
   >>> Explorer in there,  just delete it.  Reboot and it should be gone.   
   >>   
   >> Peter really doesn't care.  I gave him a similar response (but using   
   >> msconfig to look at most startup items) to his same but disconnected   
   >> multi-post over in alt.windows-xp 3 days earlier.  He never bothered to   
   >> respond over there.   
   >   
   > Sorry I didn't respond to your post.  Using msconfig, I couldn't find   
   > anything  that appeared to cause the problem.   
   >   
   > Looking at Start/Programs/Startup, the only items listed there are   
   > Bluetooth and Digital Line Detect - no mention of Explorer.   
   >   
   > What is "Digital Line Detect"?  Any problem if I delete that?   
   >   
   > The computer is a Dell notebook.   
   >   
      
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