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    - MSVBVM60.DLL DOWNLOAD HELP! Internet shuts down - says I need this download. I'm a computer-dunce! HELP! Tag: Start menu problems Tag: 211230
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    - Error Message Every time I try to log off I get this error message OE: 0028 C002E FDA Can anyone help. Thank You ED Tag: Start menu problems Tag: 211225
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    - Security Update 823559 wont install "update progress" always completes but then "install progress" will only briefly show 1 bar and then "X No Updates Were Installed". I was told a patch would be available on the 10th of this month to fix this problem. Any help? Tag: Start menu problems Tag: 211221
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    - Help with JPEG attachments everytime I receive an attachment with a jpg or jpeg attchment it is grayed out so I can`t save it or open it. GIF attachments work fine. Any ideas on how I can fix this. It was working properly yesterday. Tag: Start menu problems Tag: 211214
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    - windows update will not load I keep getting message ' current security settings prohibit running activeX controls on this page. As a result the page maynot display correctly.' I have reset my web options to default, the update software says it is loading, then comes up with same thing, & on the main page it says, 'New windows Update Software required'. PLEASE, I need help. Tag: Start menu problems Tag: 211204
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    - Is there a way to stop Program checking for update Hello All: I have been running on win ME, Int. Explorer vs. 6.01 sp - a licensed version of a Shareware Indexing (file management for Hard drive and removeable media) Program. Within past week when Program is opened - a small screen flashes saying checking for update. Program then shuts down and my monitor goes black with error message: Vwin32(05)T 000012DO Error OE: 0028: CO2AB4A8. I press any key and get back into windows. But Program will not run. Authors of Program will not respond - though their online Registration Agent still is willing to accept licensing money. But, not answer why this is happening. If I discontinue cable connection - Program runs fine. Reinstallation clearly shows registered to me. Everything else on system just fine. Problem only with this paid for Program -which I suspect Author wishes would go away - so they can offer an updated/changed version. . Is there a way to disable the auto checking feature that occurs after attempt is made to open program/ and I am on line (always on - cable connection). bardot Tag: Start menu problems Tag: 211203
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    - java script Can you please help me.I have windows me.My pc will not shut down properly.In fact,while my sceensaver is on,i get a repetitive message from internet explorer,it says searver cannot be found,it repeats this message on the bottom of my tool bar for like 10 to 15 times.Then my pc freezes.I belive this is a java script error and problem,how can i sut this off> Tag: Start menu problems Tag: 211202
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    - win me upgrade to xp I recently purchesed win xp pro to upgrade an ibm system running win me. I put in the win xp cd and get the following message Windows XP Setup does not support upgrading from Microsoft Windows Millenium to Microsoft Windows XP Professional. Setup cannot continue. OK seems the left hand does not know what the right hand is doing ( windows me page suggests upgrading me to xp ) <8)> Tag: Start menu problems Tag: 211200
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    - Dll error message I use Me and have a error message as follows: Cannot find HCAPPRES.Dll I tried to find it by run-files and folders and it's not found. How do I get it back? Please, I'm desperate. :-{ Helen Tag: Start menu problems Tag: 211198
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    - Clean the Hard Disk Hi, Is there a easy way to remove all the directories and files in the C drive (hard drive) instead of re- format it? Thanks! Rob Tag: Start menu problems Tag: 211197
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    - Windows ME password protection Is there any way, possibly a program or utility, to password protect my Windows ME system. I do not want to password protect any individual files or folders but rather the entire computer, like Windows 2000 and XP. Thanks in advance. Tag: Start menu problems Tag: 211196
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    - Network Error I followed a Microsoft help file that told me to choose another registry file so I could start using system restor again. Now when I boot I get several error messages. I am going to work on them one at a time. I think I can take care of the Norton error message by reinstalling. The one that I think I need so I can get back on the internet is the following: Network Error The Support Tuner has encountered a network error. Check the state of the network and try again. I already looked in the microsoft help files and can't find this one. Thanks in advance for your help Tag: Start menu problems Tag: 211189
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    - Upgrading from ME to XP Can anybody tell me whether or not Microsoft Works will upgrade to Office XP. I want to upgrade this but I also want to know whether or not I will get Excel, PowerPoint, Access and so forth. Those are the programs that I want, however Microsoft Works doesn't have them so I want to know if I will get them with Office XP. Email me with the news if you know. Thanks!! Donisha Tag: Start menu problems Tag: 211188
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    - error message in Windows Me For about a week I have been getting an error massage that sometimes causes the system to lock up. When I hit my documents or my computer and hit search I get Explorer has caused an error in winshow dll Explorer will now close. What is happening and how can I correct it? JMC j Tag: Start menu problems Tag: 211182
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    - add/remove components nopt working anybody knows how to repair "add/remove components" under win me?! I see only winpop-up as a component there. Wich files, utilities are involvere there?! I can't use the graphic component from control panel (doesn't work right?) Thx! Tag: Start menu problems Tag: 211181
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    - cannot open microsoft works 4.0 file it is football fantasy results sheet . BOXFOOTBALLSTANDINGS wks.(275KB) IT OPENS WITH SQUARES @ MINUSES Tag: Start menu problems Tag: 211180
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    - Missing icons I do not have one icon on my desktop. Nothing!!! Where could they possibly have gone? Any suggestions would be appreciated. Tag: Start menu problems Tag: 211178
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    - Falling leaves A couple of years ago Windowsupdate.com offered Falling Leaves and Science Fiction themes which I installed. Something has changed and now when I try the screensavers from those themes I get couldn't find any scene definitions in location " . " -reinstall? as an error message. If I sample the screen saver from Themes setup it works. If I run it from its directory under Program Files\Plus!\Themes\FALLINGL it works. Same goes for Science Fiction. I've tried this on 98SE and Me with the same results. There is a matching .SCN file I even copied to the Windows directory to accompany the screensaver. Any ides where else the .SCN file should be? Tag: Start menu problems Tag: 211174
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    - Office 2003, Does this only work with win XP? Surely not __________________________________________________________________ Graeme Glendinning Mr ICQ#: 24158233 Current ICQ status: + More ways to contact me __________________________________________________________________ Tag: Start menu problems Tag: 211173
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    - Mmsystem.dll Need additional help with Mmsystem.dll error. I have made the changes in the "System.ini" file, by adding in a line which states drivers=mmsystem.dll. This was from the Microsoft knowledge base article - 138835. This did elimate the error message,and gave me sound back, but now I have no mouse response. An error message now appears which shows the color is set to 256 and change to 16 bit. The computer I am trying repair is a HP 7905 running Windows ME. Any help with this would be greatly appreaciated. Thanks Tag: Start menu problems Tag: 211172
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    - Split pane in Windows Explorer missing Had to reinstall and clean up some programs Now left side of split pane in Win Explorer is grayed out and does not show any intormation any help?? Henry Tag: Start menu problems Tag: 211166
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    - me crash upon start up of my home pc running me edition, I get a completely blank screen. No start button, task bar, or operating icons (explorer etc.)I have tried to start in safe mode but cannot get past the blank screen again. I have inserted several discs but these are not recognized either. Please reply with any considerations you might have. Frustrated Wayne Fras Tag: Start menu problems Tag: 211165
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    - Ststem Resources - Windows ME Please tell me where I can find some information on exactly what items need to be checked for startup so that my system resources are higher. Also, I need some assistance withwhat needs to be in the system tray, etc., since this effecys system resources. Is there a publication on items like this? Thanks Tag: Start menu problems Tag: 211163
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    - Windows XP Can I install XP Home edition or XP Pro onto a bare hard- drive that has no operating system on it at all? I can't seem to install over the following: Have Windows 95 OEM and the Windows 98 Upgrade, And then Windows ME Upgrade. I can't install. Too many error messages when trying to install XP. Also messages about it leaving out files and or not being able to find files come up when trying to load XP. I try retry loading files, that does not work; So I select skip file; Which leads me to skiping a whole lot of files because it won't or can't load them from the disc. It will load to 100% even though I had to skip files to get it unto 100% But then it won't finalize the installation. It would seem I need to format and install on a clean hard-drive. But I was told I have to have a previous windows operating system on my hard drive before I can install any version of XP. Is that true? Tag: Start menu problems Tag: 211158
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    - Defrag won't work just tryed to Defrag my C drive and it won't work. Worked ok on my D drive (split drive same hard drive). Also won't verify the C drive in the event of an illegal shut down. Did a Virus scan and updated Windows ME with the latest updates. Any Ideas. Thabk you, Joel Windows ME 1.4 mhz PC 256 K RAM C drive ~ 10G D Drive~ 30G Tag: Start menu problems Tag: 211155
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    - Defrag won't work just tryed to Defrag my C drive and it won't work. Worked ok on my D drive (split drive same hard drive). Also won't verify the C drive in the event of an illegal shut down. Did a Virus scan and updated Windows ME with the latest updates. Any Ideas. Thabk you, Joel Windows ME 1.4 mhz PC 256 K RAM C drive ~ 10G D Drive~ 30G Tag: Start menu problems Tag: 211154
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    - Defrag won't work just tryed to Defrag my C drive and it won't work. Worked ok on my D drive (split drive same hard drive). Also won't verify the C drive in the event of an illegal shut down. Did a Virus scan and updated Windows ME with the latest updates. Any Ideas. Thabk you, Joel Windows ME 1.4 mhz PC 256 K RAM C drive ~ 10G D Drive~ 30G Tag: Start menu problems Tag: 211153
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    - Wscript has caused error Every time I turn on the computer I get a message saying "Wscript has caused error in ADVAPI32.DLL. Wscript will now close." Well, I have done a search for the DLL file and cannot find it on my machine. I don't know what happens if Wscript closes. The message just appeared several days ago and appears now like clock work. Have check for viruses - none. Help! Please. Mary Tag: Start menu problems Tag: 211152
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    - ME updates screwed my computer I decided to install updates to ME which I have never done before. The last update installed was s system restore update. After that install I restarted my computer and everything had changed. All of my dialog boxes are now very small, also my mouse and all fonts. I tried all kind of changes in display appearances but nothing is changing the box or mouse size. It also changed all my font types everywhere on my computer, so then I tried system restore and the only restore point that is available is what I did today and the system restore is unsuccessful. Any info would be greatly appreciated as I have been playing with this for the last five hours. Thanks Tag: Start menu problems Tag: 211151
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    - Lost my Documents Folders When Upgrading From ME To XP I just upgraded my Windows ME to XP Home Edition. When it finished all the folders under MY DOCUMENTS were missing. I called Microsoft and they didn't really help me. They said to uninstall XP and go back to ME edition and they should be there. Well, they weren't.. Can anyone help me get them back. I have several thousand photos that are lost at present that were in MY Pictures folder. I kept meaning to back them up, but didn't. I am NEW to your Forum, so if this question has been asked before, don't come down on me too hard. Your help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks much, Don Tag: Start menu problems Tag: 211150
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    - Defrag won't work I just tryed to Defrag my C drive and it won't work. Worked ok on my D drive (split drive same hard drive). Also won't verify the C drive in the event of an illegal shut down. Did a Virus scan and updated Windows ME with the latest updates. Any Ideas. Thabk you, Joel Windows ME 1.4 mhz PC 256 K RAM C drive ~ 10G D Drive~ 30G Tag: Start menu problems Tag: 211143
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    - Error Message on Windows ME Shutdown Using Windows ME - shutting down the computer through the Start menu. Error message on a blue screen "An exception OD has occurred at 0028:00000003 in VxD---. This was called from 0028:C002F285 in VxD---. It may be possible to continue normally *Press any key to continue *Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart your computer. You will lose any unsaved information in all applications. Press any key to continue. " Doing either of these results in a black screen with a white dot pattern and the system is locked up and must be powered down. Any Ideas?......Thanks! I have a HP Pavillion 800MHz Celeron and installed a Radeon 7500LE graphics card along with this I downloaded the latest version of the Radeon driver from the Radeon website along with Microsofts DirectX 9.0 as required. Tag: Start menu problems Tag: 211140
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    - windows me wont load desktop items After windows me starts up it wont go past the wallpaper, I also get a quick message updating shortcuts then it will freeze, no startup icons of any kind. also it will not reconized the floppy drive or the CD-rom drive. I can get into safe mode and everything looks normal- all the program icons and start buttons are there. any help will be appreicated Tag: Start menu problems Tag: 211139
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    - Missing Outlook files My wife's cousin has suddenly lost all her personal data. My documents is empty and she has a registry problem. Of course, nothing is backed up. I've made her drive a slave and plugged it into one of my machines because her O/S is u/s. I'm trying to find her e-mail messages and her address list for Outlook. What are the files called and where should I look? Just on the off chance, does anyone know how it is possible to lose just your personal data without being aware of it? Thanks Colin PS my O/S is XP Tag: Start menu problems Tag: 211137
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    - Help!! ME boot problem I have a Gateway laptop running Me. Yesterday it began having problems booting up. It begins to boot, then gives an error message saying "MSGSRV32 has caused an error in KRNL386.exe, try rebooting your computer." After close the text box, the boot process stops and the computer is hung. A couple days prior Norton Anti-Virus caught a virus, I believe W32.opaserv, which was effecting win.ini and a couple other files. It seemed to fix the problem at the time. I ran a full system virus scan after that & before this problem began. I have also run numerous virus scans and Norton Disk Doctor from the CD since. I also downloaded a fix for that virus from Symantec and ran it w/o any change. I am very frustrated now. I really don't know where the problem is or how to fix it. Can anyone help? I can't even boot in safe mode, but can boot to DOS. Thanks a ton if anyone helps. I'm getting behind in my school work!! Tag: Start menu problems Tag: 211135
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    - Mail scanning very very slow Microsoft issued a fix (file name: tcpip.sys)when mail scanning is very slow using Norton antivirus. Does somebody knows where I can find it? Tag: Start menu problems Tag: 211133
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    - Explorer caused error I get an error message pop up at varoius times. It may come right after turn on has completed. It say's Explorer has caused an error in <unknown>. Explorer will now close. If you continue to experiance problems , try restarting your computer. If I delete the message, some times I can keep going without a problem. If I click on "close" it closes and I can't connect to the internet. I have to shut down or reboot. If I ignore it, I can do whatever I want with the error flag stuck on the screen. I have Windows ME and it has been updated, but it did this befor the update too. Tag: Start menu problems Tag: 211129
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    - svchost I'm running ME, and I don't have the MSBLAST virus, but I keep getting an error message "svchost caused an arror in SVCHOST.exe" anybody know how to fix that? Tag: Start menu problems Tag: 211128
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    - missing dll files what is the easiest way to find what dll files I may be missing? getting the error message- "error loading 3DfxCmn.dll one of the library files needed to run application cannot be found. Please help! Tag: Start menu problems Tag: 211127
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    - Can't Defrag When I try to defrag my computer it tells me that I have programs running in the background, but I don't. help It want let me do a scan disk either. Thanks Betty Tag: Start menu problems Tag: 211124
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    - Me won't boot past wallpaper At the risk of cross-posting, I was informed by MVP Glee to post on this group. PROBLEM: On a customer machine, Dell PIII 128 ram running "ME". When you boot up, it will only go to the Wallpaper and no further. No Task Bar, QL, Clock or Start button... So far this is what I have done: Booted into Safe Mode OK and checked Explorer and everything appears to be there and then attempted a scandisk (no go, says I need to have 2 MB's more space?), so tried to Defrag and same thing. When I was at C: Properties/General Tab, it says 0 used space, 0 free space. In looking farther, when attempted to do this defrag, it says C: does not exist. Hmmm. I went into msconfig and did a selective startup and shut down everything but the necessaries, NO CIGAR on reboot... I am not sure how full this HD is, as it is a customer rig.. Customer says he has much needed data and of course NO BACKUPS ARRRRGGHH.. Any help appreciated as always, -- Burt The Old Alaskan MVP's listed on TECKPAGE http://www.cvinternet.net/~smokydog http://www.cvinternet.net/~smokydog/teckpage.htm Tag: Start menu problems Tag: 211122
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    - Flashing "W" freeze I have tried several "experts" and they seem to be unable to help me...when I am working in a word document..and sometimes..not always... I hit print or insert or other requests... down at the bottom left hand corner of my screen it will say "requesting virus scan"..the W for the Word starts flashing and everything freezes and it is impossible to get out of the document.. I have to use Alt/Con/Delete several times to get out and lose what ever I was working on...You never know when it will happen.. I keep my microsoft up to date along with my virus protection...I have found out that when I try to print a document...and this happens..if I go back in and look at it from the Print review, I can print it from there sometimes.. Thank you for any help you can give me with this problem...it is driving me crazy Tag: Start menu problems Tag: 211121
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    - Windows Explorer lock-up and white screen I have Windows ME. I've had no problems for 2.5 years now. This past week I installed MSN Messenger and Logitech QuickCam 5.0.1. Since that time I have started getting lock-ups and white screens (more like grey), most often when I try to open Windows Explorer to browse my files, but sometimes when I click a link in my internet browser (CompuServe or IE). It happens EVERY time I try to open Control Panel. I've uninstalled MSN Messenger, but have no official uninstall for QuickCam. I've cleaned up my task manager and reinstalled IE v6. Any ideas? Tag: Start menu problems Tag: 211120
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    - ERROR MESSAGES - INTERNET I am getting two error windows to pop up while on the internet. 1. WINSERV.EXE - Winserv has caused an error in WINSERV.EXE Winserv will now close 2. Microsoft Visual C++Runtime Library - Runtime Error. Program C;\PROGRAM FILES\INTERNET EXPLORER\IEXPLORE. This application has requested the Runtime to terminate. I need assistance in resolving these irritating errors that keep interrupting my internet sessions while in Internet Explorer Tag: Start menu problems Tag: 211113
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    - Access ntfs partions is there any way to access NTFS partions from WIndows Me?? Sam Tag: Start menu problems Tag: 211112
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    - ALWAYS STARTS IN SAFE MODE When i went to maine, i left my computer on. When i came back, the HD shut off and the screen was black. I have tried every way possible to resart in normal mode. Also f8 will not work. This truelly sucks. I cannot do system restore, i cannot do anything. Cd drives wont work, please help. Caroline Tag: Start menu problems Tag: 211110
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    - error message something is wron with my computer. when i turn my computer on before the user id sign up a white box with a errir message in it. The error says error loading explorer .exe. u must reinstall windows. What shuld i do if i dont have the windows me disc is there a problem with the configuration? Tag: Start menu problems Tag: 211109
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    - Problems after security update I installed the Microsoft security updates on Sept. 20. After I did that, I have no sound (drivers can't be found), my usb ports are not responding, and I have lost some other controls that I cannot gain acccess to anywhere on my computer. I have already tried re-installing drivers, but to no avail. Any help appreciated. Thanks Tag: Start menu problems Tag: 211105
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    - Error message on start up Receive error message: "WJView error: Could not execute main. The system cannot find the file specified".This is the message I receivejust after my desktop comes up. When I try to download Windows Updates, the page freezes before it starts scanning and the computer locks up. Please help!!! Tag: Start menu problems Tag: 211104
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    - Windows Update not responding I attempted to run Windows Update for Windows ME several days ago. When the update process ran for over 15 hours, I figured that since the previous udates took minutes rather than several hours, I shut down the update process. Now Windows Update does not work at all. Each time I attempt to access updates, I get a "not responding" message. Could anyone give me some guidance as to how to get the Windows Update process restored. (Oh, yes, it is set to Automatic Update through control panel, but that also does nothing now.) Thank you for any assistance you can give, David Wild Tag: Start menu problems Tag: 211101

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