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    - Disappearing Blocked Senders OK, I know I should probably post this in an IE or OE group but am hoping someone in here can help. All of a sudden, my killfile is acting up. Every time I close OE, all of the Blocked Senders for News disappear. This just started on Friday (PC was defragged Saturday and no change). Anybody have this happen before and what was the fix? TIA, Marty Tag: SEARCH HELP Tag: 245314
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    - reboot freeze after VPN install I'm trying to install the VPN client on my Win ME laptop. In theory this is simply a matter of going to the Add/Remove Programs in the Control Panel and clicking on the Windows Setup tab. Then clicking on the Communications component allows me to select the VPN component. After it is installed the instructions say to reboot the PC but my laptop freezes during the boot. So I did a step-by-step reboot and found my laptop freezes after/when it loads msmouse.vxd. So does anybody have any idea what might cause this? If there is no solution to this, does anyone have any suggestion for an alternate VPN client that could be run on Win ME? Denis Tag: SEARCH HELP Tag: 245310
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    - msdos whenever I start up my computer I get this MSDOS notice on my toolbar that says "MATCLI". It stays for about a minute then disappears, what is this and how do I stop it. thanks Tag: SEARCH HELP Tag: 245306
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    - system resources keep shrinking Last Friday I got the Netsky virus on my computer. I went to Symantec and did what was advised but since then my computer has been running really slow and the System icon shows system resources to be 41% free. When I delete cookies and temp. Internet files and restart, the Resources go up to 81% free but as soon as I go on the internet to get email it just slows down and the resources go back down too. It takes a very long time to go to any dites on the internet too. When I run a virus scan the computer shows no viruses so I don't know what's making the computer run so slow. Anyone have any idea what's going on? I've also put the System restore down to the lowest level. Thanks for any help. Tag: SEARCH HELP Tag: 245301
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    - remove program from start-up Everytime I start my computer the Kodak program starts, too. It takes several minutes to load. I don't want this program to start everytime I reboot. How can I take it out of the start program? Tag: SEARCH HELP Tag: 245291
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    - Windows Update error help! Hello! When I download these 3 updates below I restart my computer and then go back to windows update and they are still there ready to be downloaded again. How can I download these and keep them on the computer? I ordered the Security Update CD and it still wouldn't update these three. I didn't get an error message with windowUpdate on the web but I did with the CD. The error message is "INF Install failure. Reason: The specified Path is Invalid." Windows Millennium Edition: -Update for windows media player 9 series (KB837272) Critical Updates & Service Packs: -Critical update for Internet explorer 6 service pack 1 (KB831167) -Cumulative security update for Internet Explorer 6 Serivce pack 1 (KB832894) Tag: SEARCH HELP Tag: 245278
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    - e mail photo. hi i am trying to send a photo by email its a bit map image,when i press send it will not send it, any one no why please. do i need to change it to jpeg if so how, cheers paul. Tag: SEARCH HELP Tag: 245277
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    - error vmm (01) when I shut down I sometimes get the error meesage vmm (01)+0000c7e2.error OE:0028:c000d7e2, & I have to Ctrl-Alt-delete to before I can shut down, any help would be apprecisted thanks! malcolm Tag: SEARCH HELP Tag: 245273
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    - How do I dump my computer? I want to totally delete everything on my computer. I am doing this because of a worm I got. I am running Milennium Edition. I still want to be able to use it afterwards, meaining I want to reinstall the OS and stuff. Tag: SEARCH HELP Tag: 245272
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    - Explorer error message HELP!! i have received an error message and dont know how to fix it.......the message is Explorer has caused an error in 5881567153.TMP..Explorer will now close. When i click close my entire desktop disappears.....I've ran scandisk and i also have Nortons systemworks...but it's still there. Also i have Windows ME and my system restore has quit working...the last restore point i have is from March 2003 but it will not even restore to that point. I dont know whats wrong with my computer...thanks for any help Tag: SEARCH HELP Tag: 245268
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    - Explorer errror I have a error message: explorer has caused an error in shell32.dll, esplorer will now close. It won't close out and I can't get rid of it. Help! Tag: SEARCH HELP Tag: 245266
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    - format I put a new hard drive as slave in window Me. Bios detect it but window me won't show. Where is disk management tool in Window ME? How could I format the disk? Tag: SEARCH HELP Tag: 245264
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    - Disk Boot Failure? When I boot WinME sometimes, I get a error msg "Disk Boot Failure, Insert System Disk and Press Enter..." What is this all about? I have to hit Alt-Ctrl-Delete to proceed. I do not have a boot disk either, that I know of. Thanks... Tag: SEARCH HELP Tag: 245263
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    - Avsynmgr caused error in MCSCAN 32.Dll I defragmented My C-drive A few days ago. I have Windows ME Since then I get an Error messege when I open the computer. "Avsynmng has caused an error in MCSCAN 32.Dll Avsynmgr will close now" It does't seem to be bothing the functions of the cpu yet. Can someone please tell me what is happening and how to FIX it? Tag: SEARCH HELP Tag: 245254
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    - Error MSIMN does anyone know how to get this eror to stop popping up everytime I close my e-mail it says MSIMN has caused an error in KERNEL32.DLL Also, my computer WILL NOT scan disk or drfrag for me another thing my computer freezes up when we are on a web site then we have to shut it down. PLEASE HELP Tag: SEARCH HELP Tag: 245253
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    - spyware I received a popup window stating that I have spyware on my computer. It gave a click here icon to delete it but I am weary that is valid. I somehow,in my mind,think that it could be a virus. Does anyone know if this popup is valid? and how do I delete this spyware? Tag: SEARCH HELP Tag: 245252
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    - Unable to Open Windows I can not boot up my home PC because it is giving me a message that something is wrong with Windows. The PC is a HP Pavilion which came with three restore disks, however given the condition I am in I am not sure how to get myself back into play. Can anyone out there help me?? Thanks. LP. Tag: SEARCH HELP Tag: 245251
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    - Error in PDF21a2.DLL I am running Windows ME and whenever I try to access explorer or my documents ect.I keep getting a pop up which reads: 'Explorer has caused an error in PDF21A2.DLL. Explorer will now close'. This stops me from accessing windows explorer & contol panel ect. Does anyone know how I can fix this problem without having to re-boot the whole sytem, thus meaning loosing allot of stored data & emails ect. I would appreciate any helpful information. Regards Neil. Tag: SEARCH HELP Tag: 245249
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    - mmtask.tsk Dr Watson Reports "If the Taskbar Is Behaving Strangely, Try Exiting Multimedia Background Task Support Module how do I fix this. Please help!!!! Tag: SEARCH HELP Tag: 245247
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    - upgrade me to xp i am currently running me on my computer and have tried upgrading to xp! every time i do xp loads then when it goes to restart it comes up saying-NTLDR is missing! can anyone help rectify this please? thanks Tag: SEARCH HELP Tag: 245240
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    - no search menu When I go to Start,Search a line shows up that I can't click on to start a search. I don't have a search option from the tools menu in My Computer, explorer.exe, etc. I can right-click the start menu to do a search, but this is the only way. I had problems with fonts before this especially with WM9, but fontreg.exe fixed that. Any help is appreciated. Thanks Eric Tag: SEARCH HELP Tag: 245239
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    - Remove Win98 CAB folders ? Three weeks ago I upgraded Win98 to WinME using an upgrade disk. Everything went well and the PC is stable. I have now been to Control Panel/Add Remove and uninstalled the option to revert to Win98. The WinME upgrade has put its install files into c:\windows\options\install folder. I still have a c:\windows\options\cabs full of the Win98 install files, and taking up 141Mb. I presume that it is safe to just delete this folder ? I still have the original Win98 OEM install cd, and don't envision ever having to re-install Win98. The PC is getting near the end of its useful life (300Mhz P2 and just 3.2Gb hard drive) and HD space is at a premium now. Also, under the ..cabs folder are other folders that the 98 OEM install (HP) created, folders called CHANNELS, CONTENT, Money98, MSWorks, oldinf, OLS, PWS, TOUR and wininf. These are all features/programs that I do not use or have installed. All have files that pre-date the original installation. Safe to just delete these folders too ? Deleting the cabs folder and subfolders will free 302Mb of disk space, which I find I now need as I sometimes get low disk space warnings and have to run disk cleanup every few days. I am fairly certain that deleting these folders will be just fine and dandy, but would love a 2nd opinion or two. Thanks, Doc -- aardvark (ard'-vark) a controversial animal with a long probing nose used for sniffing out the facts and stimulating thought and discussion. Tag: SEARCH HELP Tag: 245238
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    - MEs hidden program autostart location(s) Greetings, All I want to resolve a nuisance problem: a recently installed program starts up automatically along side MEs activation. Can't find its 'launch pad'. I did check the startup folder. Thanks for any responses, GA Tag: SEARCH HELP Tag: 245228
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    - Audio Gain Controller I watch TV (using Tuner Card). The TV card's output is in sound card's (Built-in Avance AC97)input. Some channels have very loud settings compare to others. This really disturbs when changing from low to high setting or vice versa. Is there any programe (free of course) which control low/high voice settings? Thanx in advance Farhan Tag: SEARCH HELP Tag: 245221
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    - startup programmes These are appearing in my startup list. fppsys.exe gain_trickler.exe What do they do? With which program they came? Should thy stay there or safe to remove? Thanx in advance Farhan Tag: SEARCH HELP Tag: 245220
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    - AVG Disablility/Limitations I asked this question sometime ago: Which one is better----Norton, McAfee or PCCillin? After a long thread all the Gurus of this NG were agreed on AVG (Free Edition). :-(*) I did that after removing PCCillin (Which came with computer). 8-) Now I was struck with Chernobyl Virus with AVG real-time enabled. ;( All my EXEs (Also included in ZIPs) were infected on all partitions. AVGW.EXE itself was infected (My guardian needs a guardian :)). :-@ I used my old AV CD and Clean it. :-(*) What are the AVG limitations? Does it works on small viruses only and disable to locate big ones? If I start not to rely on it then what is the need of it? Why all these Gurus suggesting a less powerful tool leaving computer in danger? :-? Though I have survived but I am still using AVG because I really admire the suggestions/efforts of these Gurus and hope they will come with some strong logic. Don't even think my AVG was not updated, its quite an old virus. Farhan Tag: SEARCH HELP Tag: 245219
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    - Java and WinMe Is there any big advantage in installing the Java plug-in on a computer with WinMe? Is it superior to the MS Virtual Machine? Tag: SEARCH HELP Tag: 245205
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    - Camera picture download Why can't I download pictures from my HP315 camera like I used to with Windows98? Very frustrated with ME. Tag: SEARCH HELP Tag: 245154
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    - save data before reinstall help Hello, While running an online virus scanner my Norton Antivirus popped up a warning and I followed the prompts. After a few minutes the system became unstable and I had to shut it down. When I restarted some of my data was gone. For instance if I click on "favorites" some links are there, but many are not. If I click on my "casio" icon none of my digital photos are there. I ran a couple of data recovery programs and they found nothing. Somewhere along the way Windows ME became REALLY screwed up so I changed that drive over as a slave. I then went to "my computer" and did a search on the bad drive for "favorites" and "casio". Both searches found all of the missing data and what appears to be numerous duplicate folders with the same name. Some of them have the same data and others have only partial or no data at all. This affects more than just to two mentioned folders used as examples. What I need to do is make back ups of my data and then wipe the drive and start again. Is there a method to this or a program that I can run that will help me with this. I will be doing back ups to a cd burner and the drive is 100 gig at about 40% full. Some thoughts I had were to delete data as it is transfered to the cd to eliminate clutter. I also was concidering running a program that compares like files to eliminate duplicates and when everything is complete I was going to use the Western Digital site to "write zeros" to this drive so I can have a clean drive to start from. Any advice offered would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, jeff Tag: SEARCH HELP Tag: 245139
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    - java not working I downloaded the sun systems java runtime evironment, it installed itself but i'm still not able to view pages requiring it. (Yahoo games and stuff.) What else should I do? I have Win XP Home. Thanks!! Tag: SEARCH HELP Tag: 245130
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    - startup help i need to find a nvcpl.dll file my computer says its missing Tag: SEARCH HELP Tag: 245125
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    - Windows Me boot I used spyhunter to remove spyware. On the next boot I got a message like "building hardware database" and the computer locked up when booting repeatedly. I re- installed windows Me and it continues to lock when booting. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Tag: SEARCH HELP Tag: 245103
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    - Jumpdrive 2.0 pro and win98se I purchased a jumpdrive 2.0 pro and downloaded the driver for win98se but I have to reboot my computer everytime I hook it up in order to be recognized. Any ideas ? Thanx. Tag: SEARCH HELP Tag: 245086
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    - windows error thanks to mike m thanks for the info mike m. i used some of your advice and so far things seem to be ok. i installed the spyware. i'm still leary of it because it takes out so many things and i don't understand all of it. thanks again. Tag: SEARCH HELP Tag: 245070
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    - Windows ME Restore and Autorun glitches: any advice to solve? I have recently made several changes to my Compaq Presario 5000, running Windows ME. I now have a situation where System Restore Points are not being retained (I can create a restore point, but when I go back, they are not there.) The computer also does respond to Autorun when I insert CD-ROMS into my internal or external drive (Yes, I do have "Autorun Notification checked for both drives.) I did a Restore point set before making several modifications, and noted a previous restore point reflected at that time, but none since and all the old ones are gone. The modifications were that I installed an additional 256K RAM (to now total 384) plus a second (85GB) internal hard drive to the system. I encountered no real problems installing, formatting and having the system recognize these additions. I then tried to install and run Pinnacle Studio 8. While this software seemed to install properly, I have ongoing hangups in the process, it was not able to recognize my CD burner, etc. I have done several deinstall/reinstalls of Studio, downloaded a registry patch for this s/w, etc. Studio has continued to de-evolve in its ability to operate and I have picked up the restore point/autorun issue. Any sage advice for "nip and tuck" solutions, or am I facing the dreaded "system restore" option? I also have a Windows ME installation disk, so I could try to reinstall just the operating system, but do not know how that would impact programs already installed, data on the hard drive, MSIE 6, etc. I have backed up all of my data, including Outlook Express mail and address book, but I am concerned about the ability to run other software that I have installed. All ideas most gratefully accepted, Brian Tag: SEARCH HELP Tag: 245069
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    - msgsrv32 error message during startup I receive an "mgsrv32 has caused an error in IPHLPAPI.DLL. I don't know what this means or how to fix it without completely reinstalling the OS. If someone can help I would appreciate it. Tag: SEARCH HELP Tag: 245063
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    - msgsrv32 error during start up a message appears "msgsrv32 has caused an error in IPHLPAPI.DLL. I don't know what this means or how to fix it. If anyone knows it would be appreciated. Tag: SEARCH HELP Tag: 245062
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    - formating hardrive from Me how do I format my hardrive using ME it always says that the c drive is being used by another program Tag: SEARCH HELP Tag: 245022
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    - driver not loading. ntkern.vxd I just put win Me on an old win 95 computer that had crashed (I reformated the drive before upgrading). I previously had cable modem to the internet. after the upgrade, I cannot connect to the internet. When I look in device manager under the ethernet adaptor it gives me the message "the NDIS.VXD, NTKERN.VXD device loaders for this device could not load the device driver (code 2)." I searched my hard drive and I do not have ntkern.vxd. I do have ndis.vxd in c:/windows/system. I added it to c:/windows.system/vmm32. I looked over my old win 95 installation disc to see if I could extract ntkern from it, but it isn't there. I scanned my win Me disk, but it isn't there either. Apparently I need it for running the ethernet card. Any suggestions? Tag: SEARCH HELP Tag: 245018
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    - Adware - NDrv.exe Hi, I have something running in my processes called NDrv.exe, I looked it up on google and believe it's adware/spyware because it seems to be robbing my computer of CPU. Just wondering if you guys you know how to delete this and everything related to it safely. It appears to be a hidden folder and when using Norton AV 2004 or Ad Aware 6.0 they don't detect it. Thanks in advance Tag: SEARCH HELP Tag: 245017
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    - HELP! I need to replace NOTEPAD.exe Hi, A couple of days ago, I contracted a nasty CWS variant hijacker, which also changed/hijacked my notepad.exe and corrupted it, so that anytime I would try to open notepad, it would attempt to connect with a website(my firewall would warn me). After I got rid of the trojan with CWShredder....I no longer had a copy of notepad.exe on my ME computer, and no way of reinstalling it. Any ideas? Thanks! Tag: SEARCH HELP Tag: 245016
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    - Mike Mike you gave me info on how to change my stacks some months ago and I just had to clean my hard drive and have lost everything, could you please pass that info on again, as soon as I get a chance I'm going to go through back letters on here to get my anti virus etc. Would appreciate it very much. If you do, thanks for your trouble, I wouldn't ask again but it really helped before. Again Thanks, Mary Tag: SEARCH HELP Tag: 245015
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    - Opening Slowly I'm experiencing a weird "slowness" problem that manifests itself with documents and web sites. If I double-click on a Word document to open it, it takes forever (60-90 seconds) to open. If I start Word (which only takes a second or two), then go to File/Open and open the same document, it opens quickly. Similarly, if I click Start/Run and enter a website (e.g., http://www.microsoft.com) it takes forever to open. If I start Internet Explorer and type the same website address, it opens quickly. In both instances, the mouse pointer turns into the hourglass icon when the pointer is positioned over the taskbar. The machine is up-to-date on all Windows updates, is virus- free (according to NAV and McAfee) and spyware-free (according to Ad-Aware and Spybot S&D), and freshly defragged. Any ideas what might be causing this? Tag: SEARCH HELP Tag: 245014
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    - ME error mesage HIDSERV Kernell32.DLL I keep getting this error meseage when the screen kicks back in after the computer has been hibernating for a while What can I do to fix this without paying $$$ Thanks Tag: SEARCH HELP Tag: 245004
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    - Updating Problems "Windows could not upgrade the file %1 from %2" & "Windows could not upgrade one or more system files before starting. Windows may not start or run properly." I'm getting this problem. Windows update does not seem to fix. Attempting to install a new program, I get a message saying that a previous program's removal requires a reboot. Rebooting only gets this message above. Suggestions? Tag: SEARCH HELP Tag: 245000
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    - Ad-aware [01R325] 27.06.2004 http://www.lavasoftsupport.com/index.php?showtopic=33474 ~Silj -- siljaline MS - MVP Windows (IE/OE) AH-VSOP ________________________________ Anti-Parasite Definition Updates http://forum.aumha.org/viewforum.php?f=31 (Reply to group, as return address is invalid - that we may all benefit) Tag: SEARCH HELP Tag: 244990
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    - minimal drivers on startup I'd like to boot up WinME with the absolute minimum amount of drivers and TSR's so that I can play my games (for example, Superbike 2001) running smoother without unnecessary programs running in the background. I figure running a selective startup through the System Configuration Utility would be the best way to go about that. My question is, which items do I absolutely need to keep checked in order for the games to run properly (ie., sound, video, mouse drivers, direct x, etc.). The names of some items aren't very descriptive, so unchecking them is uncertain what effect it will have on the system. I'd like to prevent Norton Antivirus from starting up at all, as well. Can I uncheck all static VxDs and startup items? How about any items in system.ini and win.ini? Tag: SEARCH HELP Tag: 244988
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    - Am I posting this in the wrong place I must always use the refresh button can someone please help. Does anyone have a clue whats wrong. Thanks in advance Lois Tag: SEARCH HELP Tag: 244987
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    - EXE files won't run! A friend of mine has a Windows ME system that developed a terrible problem after a reboot. No .EXE program will run. When she tries to launch an .EXE file, the unknown file type window opens to ask what program to open "EXPLORER.EXE" with (or whichever program is being opened). We can't get any program to open, EXCEPT through file association. For example, we can open a document after telling the system that .DOC files are opened with Word. Then Word will launch, strangely enough. But try to run Word by itself and the .EXE fault occurs. The System Restore program is an .EXE file, or we'd run that to restore the registry. Also, and I guess that this shows the deep-level file-type associations have been clobbered, all .EXE programs show up without their icons. Hoping someone can point me to a file or files that are probably missing. Thanks in advance, Martin Murray Tag: SEARCH HELP Tag: 244981
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    - Microsoft ME, Help & Support Files When I press Help, the Help & Support File tries to open up,the download does not complete. I get a message which reads , "Report to Microsoft Support 2147143678" I have recently compressed a lot of files, don't know if that could have anything to do with the problem. When I use Bug Doctor, it reports 2 corrupt help files, but, corrects them. Any help would be appreciated. Tag: SEARCH HELP Tag: 244975

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