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    - Scan disk starts over and over will not complete! ever time a run a thorough scan disk it starts over ten times and i try again but it will not complete, i have disable startup items but this doesnt help. Any advice would be appreciated thanks chance Tag: Upgrade to WINXP Tag: 226321
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    - search menue How do you keep search criteria from popping up in the search for files &folders search bar Tag: Upgrade to WINXP Tag: 226320
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    - .dll file Upon startup I receive the message: A required .dll file was not found HCAPPRES.DLL Tag: Upgrade to WINXP Tag: 226319
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    - Uninstall IE6 Update Have been having many problems with installing the Internet Explorer update on Windows ME. I have tried reinstalling as well as using all three of Jim Byrd's 3 recommendations to fix (found in previous postings in this group). I also tried the fix according the the MS Knowledge Base article concerning "Error Message: Windows Could Not Upgrade the File %1 from %2 %1: %2" since I was also initially having this problem (I do not have a WININIT.INI file on my computer). No luck with any of these I think that enogh of time has been taken trying to fix this problem. I would like to just uninstall IE6 and reinstall IE5 since I never had any problems with IE5. But, apparently MS has not provided a way to do this on WINME. I saw the KB article outlining how to do it on Windows XP but that does not help me. In addition the "Add/Remove Programs" does not provide a way Can anyone tell me how to uninstall IE6 on WINME? Everything on my computer seems to be running fine except IE6 and Outlook Express. I have downloaded the IE5 setup files but it will not allow me to install it over IE6. Thanks in advance for your help. Keith Tag: Upgrade to WINXP Tag: 226318
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    - Windows ME Freeze up My compaq presario 5102US freezes during operation and the cd drive bay opens by itself. We have cleaned the dust out, did msconfig to elimate programs, deleted cookies etc, The unit still freezes in multiple applications, please help! Tag: Upgrade to WINXP Tag: 226317
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    - Disk Defragment and windows ME startup I recently defragmented my hard disk. when I try to restart, I get the error messages "scandskw caused an exception 03H in module user32.dll" same with mprexe and mstask. when I click close on these error messages, the display seems to hang on a blue screen...no icons or anything, it makes it difficult to troubleshoot when i can't even get the "start" button... any help or advice??? Tag: Upgrade to WINXP Tag: 226316
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    - Active desktop recovery Every time a users pc boot up it comes up active desktop recovery. Is there any reason why this will happen or a way to turn it off Tag: Upgrade to WINXP Tag: 226315
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    - Second key stroke opens my computer On my second key stroke in any program I am running, My computer automatically opens. How do I stop this? Tag: Upgrade to WINXP Tag: 226314
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    - ME Downloads I have been trying to download updates but the dowload never completes the process. I let the computer run over night and it still did not complete the process. Tag: Upgrade to WINXP Tag: 226312
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    - access to control panel when trying to access the control panel (any area), a dialogue box appears stating "Windows cannot access the specified device,path, or file.You may not have the appropriate permissions to access the item" This problem has only just started happening, can anyone help me please. Tag: Upgrade to WINXP Tag: 226311
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    - Extended support for Windows 98 (&SE) and ME http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/01/13/tech/main592839.shtml Windows 98 Gets A Reprieve REDMOND, Wash., Dec. 13, 2003 About 20 percent of all Windows-based computers still run Windows 95 or 98. Support for Windows 98 and Windows 98 S.E. was going to expire Friday, and Windows Millennium Edition would have lost support on Dec. 31. (AP) Microsoft reversed a decision to stop support for some older Windows operating systems, saying Monday some customers in developing countries were not aware of the change. Support for Windows 98 and Windows 98 S.E. had been scheduled to expire Friday, and for Windows Millennium Edition on Dec. 31. Under Monday's decision, the software giant would maintain paid phone support for the operating systems and review security threats to determine whether it will provide customers with security patches through June 30, 2006. "While we've done an excellent job communicating our life cycle policy for most of our products, we have found that we could use more time to communicate those guidelines in a handful of smaller markets," including Kazakhstan, the Ivory Coast and Slovenia, Microsoft spokesman Matt Pilla said. About 20 percent of all Windows-based computers still run Windows 95 or 98, according to International Data Corp., a technology market research firm. Support for Windows 95 ended in 2001. Since Oct. 15, 2002, Microsoft has offered seven years of support for its new products. Before that, it offered four. ©MMIV The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Tag: Upgrade to WINXP Tag: 226301
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    - microsoft help I have just tried to use the on-line technical support system and typed the P.I.D, as requested gained from Control Panel only to be told it was not a valid number!! Could it be because it was pre-loaded any help appreciated Brian Tag: Upgrade to WINXP Tag: 226300
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    - Scan Disk (Through) When I do a through scan disk in about 2 minutes the screen goes off must press enter and it starts again. I have over a million files or something that it wants to scan. Is there anyway I don't have to keep hitting enter. Thanks in advance. Lois Tag: Upgrade to WINXP Tag: 226299
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    - WME ERRORS #1. Installed WME over W98 SE upgrade, now having Internet connection problems, something to do with "Winsock ", need original Winsock files? Can't locate, only the extensions. #2. Unable to open "Internet Signup" says file is corrupt. #3. Also found that there are some "Bad Setupapi Engines" says need newer version. Is this what WME does when its installed? Or is this something in my pc thats causing all these problems?? Please help Before I use MY HAMMER on it. Thanks Dee. Tag: Upgrade to WINXP Tag: 226298
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    - Problems enabling cookies Hi I am trying to d/l AOL messenger (not my idea ! ). I have the program now but when i try to set up a new screen name, i have problems. The URL tells me to "enable cookies". I am using WindowsME. They are enabled and I have checked this. The security settings are OK too ( set to medium). However, i still get the same message. I have removed all temp files etc and used Index.dat Suite to remove index files. I do have Ad-aware, Spyblaster and Spybot installed but i have disabled them. Could i have a problem in the registry? Anyone have any other ideas? Thanks Nigel --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.560 / Virus Database: 352 - Release Date: 08/01/2004 Tag: Upgrade to WINXP Tag: 226297
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    - Microsoft Works Every time I open the works calendar it comes up with a message that the birthdays do not agree with the birthdays and anniversaries in the address book. I then update it all but it keeps coming back. All birthdays and anniversaries are on January 1. Can anyone tell me what I could have done? And also how to fix it. Tag: Upgrade to WINXP Tag: 226286
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    - start button goes gray I am trying to figure out why my start button goes gray every now and then. The word "start" and the "window icon" totally disappear and I have a gray button that is functional. When I resart my computer then that fixes the problem until the next time. Does anyone know how to fix this problem? Tag: Upgrade to WINXP Tag: 226279
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    - Error Message Still having a problem when I start computer- get an error message that states "problem with shortcut to updater.lnk" Unable to locate in the startup menu to delete. Any other suggestions? Tag: Upgrade to WINXP Tag: 226278
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    - system resources low I keep getting a message System Resources are extremly low.Can someone give me some much need advice, Tag: Upgrade to WINXP Tag: 226274
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    - Hidden drive . Somewhere in Windows Me, I checked a box to hide my back up hard drive. How do i get it to reappear with my other drives when i click on my computer? Please help! Tag: Upgrade to WINXP Tag: 226272
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    - msbb msbb has caused an error in user.exe...... This locks the computer!!! Anyone know whats causing this?? Tag: Upgrade to WINXP Tag: 226269
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    - System/Bios Password reset Help!!! I have forgotten my system master password and would like to re-enable it to better control access to my computer. Is there a way to reset that password without wiping-out the rest of my computer/settings? Thanks in advance for assistance! Buzz Tag: Upgrade to WINXP Tag: 226268
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    - Unwanted desktop icon Can anyone help me please. Some program somewhere keeps creating a desktop icon. The icon is called ~ and links to nothing. (ie clicking on it does nothing). My antivirus can find no problem. How can I trace which program this is? There is a possibility this is linked to outlo0ok express as it is often created at the end of an email session but thgis may be a coincidence.Any thoughts? Tag: Upgrade to WINXP Tag: 226265
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    - Windows Me wont restart This really sucks so any help would be greatly appreciated. I recently had to replace my motherboard/processor. My AMD processor died so I bought a motherboard/processor combo. Everything loaded fine, Windows Me booted up fine. I loaded a new video card. At this point the system upon recognizing new hadware rebooted. I loaded the new soundcard drivers and it asked if I wanted to restart. I clicked yes and it went to a black screen with a cursor in the top left corner. The short of it is the computer works fine other than it wont restart. If anyone could help me fix this and spell it out for me (I'm not the greatest at this kind of stuff) it would be greatly appreciated. Tag: Upgrade to WINXP Tag: 226264
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    - partition gone! Oh man! where to start, at the begining...Of course its ME system..my rugrat was playing a harry potter game, [no probs for a long time with it (HP game)] went to close the game and the computer froze. ? then later that day (back in Nov) the only thing that shows [still] is the gateway logo thing then apparently goes thru some sort of startup stuff but doesnt complete (i guess) because the next thing that pops in is black screen with this message :Invalid boot diskette please incert boot diskette in A: ....i've trys this to no avail,i then tried the win ME startup disk, ugg same deal, got it to go thru some diagnose thing, scandisk thru the prompt thing, says " no probs found" tried the system restoration disks, no help, tried to reistall windows thought it was going to go but it said "remove disk to finish installing windows" but it wouldnt do that either? ...i finally got one of the things in there said that i dont have a fat or fat 32 partition? now i do understand some of this stuff"learn as i go" kinda guy, BUT i'm whatever would be before a novice lol oh i also tried holding the ctrl button down when the computer restarts, mine beeps n says keyboard error then goes to above message about boot disk...have read thru 40 pages in here but nothing too close to my dilema? i have been to diferent links about fdisk and 1 i just finished reading that about scared the pants offa me lolbout repartitioning etc etc, i dont suppose theres a reasonably easy way to fix this thing,dang gateway closed down the only 2 stores close to me !! $#$^%$^%#% "know what i mean? thnaks in advance!! hope i didnt type too much Uncle Sam=dissapointed with modern technology Tag: Upgrade to WINXP Tag: 226260
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    - error message @ start-up What does this mean: error in C\WINDOWS\CZUDTRPP.EXE Need to reinstall? Tag: Upgrade to WINXP Tag: 226259
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    - Frozen computer in 5 minutes I was browsing a web page when my computer froze and the screen faded white in a wierd way. I tried to reboot my computer, but both times the computer freezes up again and becomes white within 5 minutes of rebooting. The first time I tried I was on-line, the second time I was not. I contacted both AOL (my isp provider) and Sony (my computer manufacturer) and both claimed it was not a problem related to them. I thought it might be the blaster worm, but I was almost certain I had installed the patch to remove it before. Besides, I'd figure in a year my anti-virus software who have updated to block that. I don't know what else to do. Tag: Upgrade to WINXP Tag: 226257
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    - Which files are safe to delete? Could someone please tell me which files are safe to delete to free up disk space. What are BAK, BKF, MIL, BIN files? Are they safe to delete. I need help please!! Tag: Upgrade to WINXP Tag: 226253
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    - IPHLPAPI.DLL file cannot start Hi! I keep getting the following error message when I start up my computer: The IPHLPAPI.DLL Tag: Upgrade to WINXP Tag: 226249
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    - Msgsrv32.exe [not responding] windows will freeze while programs are loading. Sometimes it will just be slow and make you think it has frozen, but programs still load. This causes games to crash and programs to work right or at all. ctrl+alt+del produces msgsrv32.exe [not responding] end tasking it just makes the system work, but sound is missing or slow loading times, etc. I know this is how windows communicates with other programs and etc, but is there a way to fix this? Is this a software problem or a hardware problem? Tag: Upgrade to WINXP Tag: 226244
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    - DOS program shortcut How can I set up an uncompiled Qbasic program to run by the use of an assigned shortcut key rather than the Start/Run routine. The command line in a DOS window would be "Qbasic/run qtime" where both QBASIC.EXE and QTIME.BAS are in the \DOS directory, which is in the default PATH. Tag: Upgrade to WINXP Tag: 226243
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    - system restore & disk defragment not working properly when i try to restore my computor the precentage bar goes to 30% and my computor restarts also when tring to disk defrag it keeps restarting with message that something is writing to my hard drive and changing content.any help would be welcome. Tag: Upgrade to WINXP Tag: 226237
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    - What's the folder path? Since I seemed using asterisk mark(*) to my folder path?, the error message tells me that I cannot install MSN messenger or to install new printer's application. Message goes The path jpns* contains an invalid character. "MSN Messenger setup has failed with error code '1603'" or error '1324' when installing printer's application. If I can, I want to change my folder path name, but I don't know where I should find. Please help me! . Tag: Upgrade to WINXP Tag: 226235
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    - REGEDIT window flashes off after opening. In safe mode,regedit window comes on and flashes off. repeated opening has same effect. same problem in regular mode. Tag: Upgrade to WINXP Tag: 226233
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    - IPHLPAPI.DLL file cannot start Hi! I keep getting the following error message when I start up my computer: "The IPHLPAPI.DLL file cannot start. Check the file to determine the problem." I did a search in the Microsoft knowledge base and the only thing I came up with is that this may happen when one tries to install Microsoft Broadband. However, I am not doing that. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance! Tag: Upgrade to WINXP Tag: 226232
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    - microsoft word reader Shold microsoft word reader be able to open all microsoft word documents? I have it installed but it does not open my microsoft word documents. Tag: Upgrade to WINXP Tag: 226227
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    - MS extends the life of Win98/ME http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=13575 Tag: Upgrade to WINXP Tag: 226225
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    - Thanks "war17" & "Mart"!!!!! Thanks so much for your knowledgeable help. Fixed my problem!!!! Marilyn Tag: Upgrade to WINXP Tag: 226224
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    - Windows ME Win Me freezes up while on the internet. When I try to move the mouse over an internet site it will just lock up. Any suggestions???? I then have to push the power button and go through all the dick scans and such. Tag: Upgrade to WINXP Tag: 226223
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    - My Windows When I turn on my computer, and when it reaces the Windows Me sign it will always freeze and my computer will make a wistling type of noise. So I always reeboot my computer and put it on normal mode because that is the only way it will start any ideas how to prevent it from frezzing at the windows me logo? Tag: Upgrade to WINXP Tag: 226222
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    - WinME freezes/locks up after idle. My ME is configured as ICS dialup HOST for a P2P'd XP machine. I don't have any screensavers, hibernation, or suspend enabled. The systems are configured to also share files. Most of the time, this arrangement works extremely well. However, sometimes when I don't need to work on the ME machine and just leave it ON inorder that the XP machine can get access to the dialup, and walk away, after a little while the ME machine does not respond to mouse movement or other controls. The only thing that responds is ctl-alt-del to pop-up the tasklist, but then the arrow keys don't respond to make a selection. MEANWHILE, the networked XP machine is acccessing the dialup just fine! What could be causing this apparent lockup on ME? A reboot with ctl-alt-del seems to be my only option at that point. Fortunately the system doesn't trigger Scandisk - so I know there is no real corruption in the data files. Anyone familiar with this scenario? I have heard from another WinME user about a similar situation, but their ME machine was not networked; however, they discovered that the problem was "DMA - enabled" for the CD-R/RW device. Tag: Upgrade to WINXP Tag: 226216
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    - Error While installing Software I am getting an error stating that I am missing WIndows ME files rpcltc6.dll, nwlink.vxde, and wsipx.vwd. How do I get these missing files? Tag: Upgrade to WINXP Tag: 226213
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    - ME freezes @ start up ME freezes frequently...upon restart the last time, it goes thru scan disk and does not complete the process but freezes the screen and mouse halfway through. I powered down again and closed scan disk before it finished and the screen is frozen at the startup page. The icons appear, but screen is gray and mouse is frozen. I'm not technically inclined, but could use help if anyone else has experienced this. Thanks. Tag: Upgrade to WINXP Tag: 226212
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    - virtual memory I have an Intel Pentium 450 Mhz. with 384 MB of RAM. My virtual memory is set at 1152 MB. When I go online, after about 5 minutes a message comes up "running out of virtual memory" and it shuts me offline. Any idea what the problem is? Unique Tag: Upgrade to WINXP Tag: 226211
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    - cmdninst and scandskw errors Turn on my Windows ME machine and as soon as I get to windowns, I get the following messages. CMDNINST has caused an error in KERNEL32.dll SCANDSKW has caused an error in KERNEL32.dll Error in explore.exe Reinstall windows. Can someone please help. wayngo@hotmail.com is my email or wayngo632 on AOL IM. No changes were made to the pc. Got here monday morning and thats what popped up when we turned it on. Tag: Upgrade to WINXP Tag: 226209
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    - error message What does lPHLPAPL.DLL file cannot start mean? Tag: Upgrade to WINXP Tag: 226206
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    - Browser will not launch When I try to lauch internet explorer, from my desktop, more than three times, the browser will not open. I have to reboot and then it will launch appx. three times and then stops working again (until rebooted). Computer has never done is before. Is there some settin that needs set? Tag: Upgrade to WINXP Tag: 226205
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    - error message What does lPHLPAPl.DLL file cannot start mean? Tag: Upgrade to WINXP Tag: 226201
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    - JV16 I used to have the Registry Cleaner jv16 and it did alot of useful registry cleaning for me. I loved it and was the only one I used. On a recent clean reinstall it got wiped out. Now I understand it is no more a freebie. Would some kind soul send it to me if you still have it. Thanks Tag: Upgrade to WINXP Tag: 226200
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    - Get word and icons installed I forgot to post w/a subject. I need to reinstall my Word, Excel, etc. The programs show unistalled. Recovery disk was used recently if it helps. Tag: Upgrade to WINXP Tag: 226199

Can WINME be directly upgraded to WINXP without upgrading
to WIN2000 first?

Re: Upgrade to WINXP by Joan

Joan
Tue Jan 13 11:49:42 CST 2004

Yes as long as your machine is up to it, have a look at these for more
info.
Joan

HOW TO: Prepare to Upgrade Windows 98 or
Windows Millennium Edition to Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;316639
Here's What You Need to Use Windows XP Home Edition
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/home/evaluation/sysreqs.asp

You need the "upgrade version" of Windows XP Home Edition
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/home/howtobuy/pricing.asp

Run the Windows XP Upgrade Advisor
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/howtobuy/upgrading/advisor.asp

HOW TO: Install Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=316941

Rich wrote:
> Can WINME be directly upgraded to WINXP without upgrading
> to WIN2000 first?

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Upgrade to WINXP by chad

chad
Wed Jan 14 04:57:56 CST 2004

>-----Original Message-----
>Can WINME be directly upgraded to WINXP without upgrading
>to WIN2000 first?
>.
>look at this for info
http://www.aumha.org/win5/a/xpupgrad.htm
good luck

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