At Robert Holmgren's invitation on the 25th, I'm posting my messed-up Startup.int. To make best use of your offer of first aid on this mess, I've added some possibly helpful specifics below.

ÿ‚«DEFAULT DR=C:\XY4ÿ‚;*;
ÿ‚«LOGIN STEVEÿ‚;*;
ÿ‚«LOAD C:\Xy4\SETTINGS.DFLÿ‚;*;
ÿ‚«LOAD C:\Xy4\Xy4,KBDÿ‚;*;
ÿ‚«LOAD C:\Xy4\PERS.SPLÿ‚;*;
ÿ‚«DA=84ÿ‚;*;
ÿ‚«LOAD C:\Xy4\BUSINESS.SPLÿ‚;*;
ÿ‚«LOAD C:\Xy4\DICT.HYPÿ‚;*;
<<PRHere>><<Ex1>>
ÿ‚«LOAD C:\Xy4\DICT.SPLÿ‚;*;
ÿ‚«LOAD C:\Xy4\XY4.MNU+xy4.dlgÿ‚;*;
ÿ‚«LOAD C:\Xy4\XY4.HLPÿ‚;*;
ÿ‚«LDSGT C:\XY4\saveget.sgtÿ‚;*;
ÿ‚«SETP 1ÿ‚;*;
ÿ‚«<<SV652,W98>>ÿ‚;*;
ÿ‚«DSORT R,D,Fÿ‚;*;

1. On startup I get about 6 prompts, the first one is "Logon completed," but the next whiz by so fast I can't accurately report them. I spent the better part of the whole weekend trying to slow 'em down, using a <<PRHere>><<EX1>> suggestion and various combinations df wa=. Neither to any good use. At various times I was able to pick off some roughly like "Not enough memory to perform function," "Command is not recognized," "Customization file requires a file label." 

2. My printer wont print, using ctrl+P or the Action Bar.

3. My spellchecker wont check, using F7 or the Action Bar.

4. I ran and reran all the Readme.1st suggestions and settings.

5. Before all this, I had a fairly normal system, back with v112 of U2. But things began to deteriorate, as I vaguely recall, when I failed to observe, in the Reg-Read.me file, the instruction to un-zip xyweb114.zip into a temporary directory.  I think I just overwrote the old xywwweb.u2 file right there in \xy4 directory - corrupting God knows what?.  

6. I'm also not sure that I've corectly interpreted/applied the Win98SE "workaround," <<SV652,W98>> (which I've tried with and without the BX Q2s) that was posted here a few weeks back.

7. This might belong back up in point 1.: my dict.spl file, in expanded view is most peculiar looking. Maybe totally corrupted?  Unlike the others in startup.int.  And seems not to have a file label.  I tried putting one on, to no good purpose. I'd try substituting a a clean copy, but I don't know where to get one.

Some other error messages I've been getting at various times are "cannot read/write string," "Error loading macros," and "Menu/help file not loaded."

Another concern is that I've not yet learned how to examine my Save/Get Range.  I don't know whether the 2 or 3 save/get sets I've created and use may be violating the "Stay out of the 600-799 range" instruction. For all I know at this point some MAY be in that range and messing up stuff.

Carl, in his constructive response to my attempt to line out my oringal "speedo" problem suggested: "Or is func EX assigned to key 83 in TABLE=CTRL+ALT in your KBD?" It was, so  as an experiment I ";ed" it. Perhaps I should un-";" it?

Robert, I've listed these things in no logical order, just as they've come up in rifling thru a mountain of notes here in effort to keep track.

It is, perhaps, as you suggested: "hundreds of potential causes - - but probably just one that is the culprit."
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