Sounds like you're having startup problems. This article may help:

http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;280504
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Jim Rech
Excel MVP
"osborne4" wrote in message
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| how can I get my excell to stop opening up looking like it is in MS-DOS
mode.
| I get an error message that wants to send the info to microsoft, when it
hit
| yes send or no don't send it then shuts down.