Upgrading from ME to XP

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    - Lady in my office can't open any attachments I got it figured out in my own WINXP tools,options,security. etc. This lady is using ME, and I can't see anything under the security tab, that remotely talks about attachments. Please advise as to where the secret is about allowing attachments, any email attachments..Many thanks in advance.....Peter Tag: Upgrading from ME to XP Tag: 221183
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    - Switching from Windows ME to Windows 98 In general, the people I talk to find 98 to be a better operating system then ME. Is this valid? I am switching from a Celeron, 768 mhz, to a Pentium 3, 933 mhz machine and the guy want to put windows 98 on it. Sound good? Tag: Upgrading from ME to XP Tag: 221182
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    - Mike Burgess http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/11/28/1069825983458.html --=20 ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.g2mil.com/Dec2003.htm Tag: Upgrading from ME to XP Tag: 221180
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    - Sending Word 6.0 Documents I am having problems sending a resume created in word 6.0. The receipent can't open the document and read it. Why? Can anyone help me? Tag: Upgrading from ME to XP Tag: 221174
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    - System Restore Problems System restore does not make system checkpoints. Any points I create only last about 4 hours and then disappear. I have the proper patch. I have 10 gigs free on a 30 gig hard drive. I have the system restore set to max on the file system. I have disabled and then re-enabled system restore. Any other ideas from anyone? Tag: Upgrading from ME to XP Tag: 221166
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    - sound like a virus? hi all, thanks in advance for the help. i am dealing with a compaq prisario 5000 model 3wv270. a month or so ago it started having difficulty restoring windows after they were minimized. would minimize a window and it would go to the taskbar, left click would not restore the window, right click then left click on restore would not restore the window. the only option was to ctrl/alt/del and close the window/program. this initially was intermittant and increased in frequency over the month. also, during the month the machine began struggling to boot. slow boots occasionally increasing to incomplete boots now. it will boot to the start of loading the desktop then go black, after a few seconds a small square of desktop will appear in the upper left corner. at this point ctrl/alt/del does not respond and the only way to shut the maching down is to hold the power button or unplug the machine. virus, bad ram, HD issues, or vid card issues? any ideas? again, thanks. Chris Tag: Upgrading from ME to XP Tag: 221156
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    - Problem since installing latest Explorer security update I'm hoping someone can help me solve this - it is proving to be very irritating. Ever since installing the latest cumulative security update for Internet Explorer I keep getting this error: "Explorer has caused an error in SHLWAPI.DLL Explorer will now close. If you continue to experience problems, try restarting your computer." The full error message is as follows: EXPLORER caused an invalid page fault in module SHLWAPI.DLL at 01a7:70a9ba71. Registers: EAX=7cbdbde0 CS=01a7 EIP=70a9ba71 EFLGS=00010202 EBX=00000000 SS=01af ESP=01a1e984 EBP=01a1e98c ECX=00000001 DS=01af ESI=00000050 FS=36ef EDX=0000ffff ES=01af EDI=01a1ebe8 GS=170e Bytes at CS:EIP: 0f b7 10 8d 44 50 02 75 f6 0f b7 18 8d 4e ff 3b Stack dump: 7cb72a48 0049c980 01a1edf4 7cb977ea 7cb70000 00000004 01a1ebfa 00000050 01a1ebd8 00000000 7fc04f9c 04c904b0 00000001 01a1ebd8 0049c990 01a1f5b4 I've looked at the Microsoft support site and have tried a number of things which seemed relevant, but none of them have made any difference. Things I have tried include: - uninstalling the update - repairing Internet Explorer - reinstalling Internet Explorer - replacing the copy of SHLWAPI.DLL in c:\windows\system The configuration of my machine is as follows: AMD Athlon based PC running Windows ME (4.90.3000), 1 gig of RAM, 2 hard discs (40Gb and 120Gb). Have all the latest Windows security updates etc Any help would be very much appreciated. Regards, James Tag: Upgrading from ME to XP Tag: 221155
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    - Upgrade to 2000 Hi I am running ME on a Dell laptop and have tried to upgrade to Win2000 but after about 10 mins of running the setup program a message is returned saying that only supprted versions of Windows can be upgraded and tells me leave Setup! Is it because it is a Dell machine with a customised version of WinME - (if so, shouldn't Dell inform you before you buy the laptop) or is there another problem? Thanks Nige Tag: Upgrading from ME to XP Tag: 221146
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    - Recycle-Bin " Invisable Files " Hi! I have WINDOWS ME, and my recycle-bin is reporting "O files" However, threw another program I can detect that there ARE files there! I checked the Recycle-Bin's "proporties" section and everythig checks out fine ..... If I have the Recycle-bin open and I drag a file into it normaly the file would apear in the recycle-bin but it dosen't !! it turns invisable !! And if I click "edit" I can "undelet" the last item that was deleted, even though it shows that there was "O files" !! I don't understand what's wrong ...... Have you had this problem and solved it ?? I'd sure be thankful for a solution !!!! Tag: Upgrading from ME to XP Tag: 221131
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    - Script/exploit scan warning After running AVG virus check showed infected file under C:\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Cont... Testing D:\volume Disk 1_Vol2 serial 6E3B-5... Tried to move infected file to virus vault without success. Now showing as still infected. Can anyone advise/help how I can remove this? Tag: Upgrading from ME to XP Tag: 221107
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    - Kernel 32.dll I'm getting an error that reads "Mcvsrte has caused an error in kernel32.dll" It has happened while working in excel and it freezes the computer; won't even boot with a Cntrl/Alt/Delete. The only thing that works is the mouse. What can I do to resolve this problem Thanks, Ma Tag: Upgrading from ME to XP Tag: 221096
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    - Windows Me Recycle Bin I have a file recorded in the recycle bin which, when I try to clear the bin, am told " Cannot delete "file name": Cannot find the specified file. Make sure you specify the correct path and filename." How do I go about clearing that file name out of the recycle bin? Obviously there is a file name in the recycle bin index record that cannot be located, for one reason or another. But, I can't figure out how to clear it. Any ideas? Tag: Upgrading from ME to XP Tag: 221095
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    - Loss Of Memory Revisited After trying all the suggested methods I still have the same memory loss, approximately 4 MB's a day. Is there really no way to fix this? It's only happening on my main drive "C" (D,E,F and G are the others, with no trouble at all). Mike said, 4 MB's a day wasn't too bad. My question is, why should there be any loss of memory? What is eating it up or better, consuming it? Help, please. Harry. Tag: Upgrading from ME to XP Tag: 221090
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    - start button disappears Hello! During the last 3 days, my start button (and clock) occasionally disappears! I can close down with cntrl/alt/del, but can't seem to do anything else. Also, when I minimize a window, I can't max again! These 2 things happen intermittently. I ran Norton and it says no virus. Any suggestions? Thanks!! Kim Tag: Upgrading from ME to XP Tag: 221088
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    - "_archive" folder I'm trying to clean up my nearly full hard drive. I am running Windows ME. There is a folder called "_ARCHIVE" that is filled with over 400 zipped "CAB" files dating back to early 2002 and ranging from one to several days between each subsequent file. This is taking up over 4 GIGS on my 20 GIG drive. Yet when I try to delete even the oldest files the system won't let me - says the source file may be in use. All the file names start with RG. Why do I need all these files and can I get rid of some of them and free up disc space? Any help will be much appreciated. Tag: Upgrading from ME to XP Tag: 221087
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    - Windows Me update Hello , I am unable to access Windows Me home page vanberjo@maxnet.co.nz Windows Update has encountered an error and cannot display the requested page. Select from any of the following pages for information about Windows Update services, or send us your feedback. Windows Update Home Page About Windows Update Support Information You can also get online support if you are having problems with Windows Update. Send error number to Microsoft (0x800A138F) Note This sends error information but does not create a support incident; you may or may not receive a response. Tag: Upgrading from ME to XP Tag: 221086
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    - Windows Explorer Please somebody help me! I don't know the cause--I suspect that I checked the wrong box or did something similar when I was personalizing my Windows ME--my problem is that the entire left side of my Windows Explorer is grey, with the "X" for close in the upper right corner of that side. I'm a professional technical writer/editor, and if you can help me solve what is for me a major problem, I'll write/ edit your report, proposal, thesis. pre-nuptual agreement, love letter, resume--whatever. Thanks. Tag: Upgrading from ME to XP Tag: 221078
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    - Constant Freezing My computer constantly freezes for a few minutes runs fine for a fem minutes and then freezes again.The computer continues doing this process for the rest of the time the computer is running. Tag: Upgrading from ME to XP Tag: 221071
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    - How to block pop ups I can't figure out how to stop those annoying pop up ads Tag: Upgrading from ME to XP Tag: 221069
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    - Explorer has caused an error in SHLWAPI.DLL I'm hoping someone can help me solve this - it is proving to be very irritating. Ever since installing the latest cumulative security update for Internet Explorer I keep getting this error: "Explorer has caused an error in SHLWAPI.DLL Explorer will now close. If you continue to experience problems, try restarting your computer." The full error message is as follows: EXPLORER caused an invalid page fault in module SHLWAPI.DLL at 01a7:70a9ba71. Registers: EAX=7cbdbde0 CS=01a7 EIP=70a9ba71 EFLGS=00010202 EBX=00000000 SS=01af ESP=01a1e984 EBP=01a1e98c ECX=00000001 DS=01af ESI=00000050 FS=36ef EDX=0000ffff ES=01af EDI=01a1ebe8 GS=170e Bytes at CS:EIP: 0f b7 10 8d 44 50 02 75 f6 0f b7 18 8d 4e ff 3b Stack dump: 7cb72a48 0049c980 01a1edf4 7cb977ea 7cb70000 00000004 01a1ebfa 00000050 01a1ebd8 00000000 7fc04f9c 04c904b0 00000001 01a1ebd8 0049c990 01a1f5b4 I've searched on Google etc and I've looked at the Microsoft support site and have tried a number of things which seemed relevant, but none of them have made any difference. Things I have tried include: - uninstalling the update - repairing Internet Explorer - reinstalling Internet Explorer - replacing the copy of SHLWAPI.DLL in c:\windows\system The configuration of my machine is as follows: AMD Athlon based PC running Windows ME (4.90.3000), 1 gig of RAM, 2 hard discs (40Gb and 120Gb). Have all the latest Windows security updates etc Any help would be very much appreciated. Regards, James Tag: Upgrading from ME to XP Tag: 221062
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    - ScanDefrag Hi all, Just a small thank you to those who wrote this program. Koldbear, Ken Routhier, Bill Blanton, Jon Scott and Blueorb Software. After getting the backdoor.hogle trojan and removing it, scandisk refused to run. I tried all of the solutions that I know, nothing I did worked! These included: Uncheck all running programs in msconfig. Scandisk in normal mode. Scandisk in safe mode. Endtask on all running programs. Uninstall some suspicious programs. I have been running scandisk from dos for about two weeks because of this issue. Early this morning I came across this small utility on another tech forum and gave it a try, it worked. Thank you, I can now run scandisk easily. Tag: Upgrading from ME to XP Tag: 221055
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    - Wordpad I am having trouble opening e-mail attachments with my Wordpad, which used to work fine for me. After I download the e-mail I attempt to open it and I receive error messages such as: MSWRD832.cnv or MFC42.DLL. Does anyone have any advice on what is wrong with my Wordpad?? Thank you for your help. T. Tag: Upgrading from ME to XP Tag: 221051
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    - Lost Quick Launch Toolbar Windows Me 4.90.3000 My computer froze so I rebooted. After reboot the Quick Launch toolbar was present but blank. I was unable to drag shortcuts to the blank area. So I then right clicked on the main toolbar and unticked Quick Launch toolbar. I then right clicked again and ticked Quick Launch toolbar. This produced an error box saying "Unable to create toolbar" The Quick Launch toolbar has now disappeared. Can anyone tell me how to recover my Quick Launch toolbar please? Thanks Tag: Upgrading from ME to XP Tag: 221041
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    - user.exe error Please help. Lately I have been overrun by errors that shut down my internet browser. The latest is "user.exe" error. I don't know how to resolve this. Thanks Tag: Upgrading from ME to XP Tag: 221039
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    - Opening attachements I cannot open e-mail attachments for documents created in programs Office 2000, Excel or anyother Microsoft programs. Nor can I send an attachement created in Works and have someone open them. Tag: Upgrading from ME to XP Tag: 221031
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    - memory access error get a memory access error kernal32 message. what is this? Tag: Upgrading from ME to XP Tag: 221022
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    - Defrag restarts Suddenly Defrag won't get past 10% no changes in the system, so there is no reason for this. I've turned off everything I can imagine... Ideas anyone? Terry Tag: Upgrading from ME to XP Tag: 221014
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    - Active X How can i resolve the error: "Your current security running active X control on tehpage. As a result the page may not display correctly"... Tag: Upgrading from ME to XP Tag: 221010
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    - 0E:0028: error in ME Desktop I have messed something up and don't know how to correct it. I deleted a program that wasn't needed anymore and after rebooting my ME goes to the desktop screen and the little hour glass won't go away. When I try and click on anything on the desktop I get a blue screen with the message "An error is occured at 0E:0028:00000000". I have tried several times and the same error message comes up each time. Is there a way to restore without going into desktop? Tag: Upgrading from ME to XP Tag: 221009
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    - .dll errors Lately I have noticed that my computer has been running slow. while on the internet I have been getting some error messages. "error in kernel32.dll" and "error in oleaut32.dll" what are these errors from, and ho do I resolve them? thank you for any help I recieve Scott scott.cooper1@comcast.net Tag: Upgrading from ME to XP Tag: 221005
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    - password How do I get rid of the "Enter Network Password" that keeps coming on at the begging of my startup of Windows ME? Tag: Upgrading from ME to XP Tag: 220999
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    - error I get the message: The D3D9.DLL file is linked to missing export DDRAW.DLL:DdEntry21. How can i resolve this problem. Paul Atkinson Tag: Upgrading from ME to XP Tag: 220998
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    - can't use internet I am using a daul-boot pc with windows me & xp pro with IE 6.0, Celeron, 256 MB ram, office xp, Norton 2003 with dial-up internet. I am having problem with my windows me, I can't use the internet. I am able to connect to the internet just fine but the connection is completely dead, IE just displays "page can't be displayed" and no matter what I try the data send & receives is just 400bytes. there is no problem with the isp as I have already tested this connection of my XP Pro machine. I have already reinstalled IE 6.0, Dial-Up Networking, modem driver. all this is havening after I used Ad-Aware and deleted few reg entries. does anybody know how to fix this problem, I don't want to reinstall windows. Thank You, A Tag: Upgrading from ME to XP Tag: 220996
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    - hardware error i recently started getting the error message "hardware monitor found and error, enter Power setup menu for details", press F1 to continue or press F2 to enter setup. I've tried everything. Even reformatted my hard drive and I still get that message when the computer boots up. can anyone help?? Tag: Upgrading from ME to XP Tag: 220991
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    - Thank you Mike, Noel! Thanks, guys! That was exactly it! I had over 10GB of System Restore files! I booted into DOS with a floppy and was able to delete about 3.5GB of them, but even in DOS it takes about 4/5 of a second per file to delete... so I'm going to be deleting for the next couple of nights, hehe. Is there an option to disable System Restore anywhere? If so, where is it? (Amazing side note: The System Restore space slider is still greyed out, but it moved to the right since I last looked at it. Three notches to the right. How obnoxious!) I would just like to disable it for a bit until I get this fully under control. Thanks for your help! Tag: Upgrading from ME to XP Tag: 220989
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    - Press F1 to Resume When I start my computer from either a cold boot or a restart, it goes to a black screen that says everything has been detected but "Press F1 to Resume". Does anybody know what is wrong? Thank You. Paul Tag: Upgrading from ME to XP Tag: 220986
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    - Restoring Windows ME command.com and other main boot files I had a virus on my main boot drive. I attempted to make my second drive indo a Windows 98 drive and then to use my Windows ME drive to attempt to load and scan the computer with antivirus software. However, in my attempt, the Windows 98 Setup deleted my disk files that indicated the drive to Windows ME. Any ideas on how to fix this. Tag: Upgrading from ME to XP Tag: 220985
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    - Trojans Hi, I have found a trojan virus in C:\TAPICFG.EXE only I don't know whether I can safely delete the file to clear the virus. Please can someone who knows more than me help me out? many thanks. Tag: Upgrading from ME to XP Tag: 220983
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    - PC doesn't start Hello, I have problems to start PC. PC just hangs when I tried to restart(black screen). I tried to use to start in safe mode,no results. Could you provide any comments?????????????? Very appreciated for yuor help Tag: Upgrading from ME to XP Tag: 220981
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    - PC doesn't start Hello, I could start PC,Win ME OS PC hangs at the begining an dI have black screen only. Tried to restart in safe mode with out any success. Do you have any ideas what do I need to do? very appreciated for future help. Tag: Upgrading from ME to XP Tag: 220978
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    - PC restarts it self My PC has window ME loaded. When you boot it up - it startup compltly then restarts. You cannot do anything with the PC. Is this a virus? I used my norton recover disks - no virus found. The only option I can see is to reloaded the machine from scratch. Please help Tag: Upgrading from ME to XP Tag: 220977
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    - slovenian layout kayboard i need to install a new layout keyboard that it isn't support by windows ME. it is the slovenian layout. it's possible? what i must download? thank you so much for your answers Tag: Upgrading from ME to XP Tag: 220975
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    - attachments cannot open attachments on email,says invalid syntax error Tag: Upgrading from ME to XP Tag: 220974
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    - Weird Problem -- Repeating C's and N's This is a strange problem. Periodically, I get a sequence of repeating C's and N's (both uppercase and lowercase). When this is happening, I cannot select any menu item because the string of C's and N's is controlling the keyboard input. The only thing that seems to stop it is to either reboot the computer or to click on the Windows start key and keep pressing the letter S (between all the C's and N's) until the letter S finally gets recognized. I don't have a virus. I don't have any spies. I don't have any programs that shouldn't be there. I would think if it were a problem with the keyboard (keys getting stuck for example) that pressing the letter S would not stop the problem. Anybody ever heard of this??? Thanks. Barb Tag: Upgrading from ME to XP Tag: 220973
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    - "Dangerously low in resources" I can't open my windows program. When I click on Microsoft Word, the logo comes up, freezes, and then eventually gives me an error message of "dangerously low in resources." I can't find out what this means as it pertains to Windows ME. Can anyone help me. Thanks Tag: Upgrading from ME to XP Tag: 220971
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    - Computer hangs My computer hangs at boot-up. It hangs at the desktop display. I can move the mouse with no problem but can't click anything on the screen. If you have any solutions, please let me know. Thanks. Tag: Upgrading from ME to XP Tag: 220969
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    - msimg32.dll Hi i just installed msn messenger 6.1 a little while ago.. and now whern i try to load it it says...MSIMG32.DLL is damaged..i tryed to reistall...didnt work...i tryed to repair....didnt work..then i deleted the dll file and then reinstalled..but msn messenger doesnt come with said dll file...so im screwed cause i cant use msn messeger till i get that dll file again...someone please help!!! Shawn Henderson Tag: Upgrading from ME to XP Tag: 220968
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    - shutdown problems (Me) I have to shut my computer down manually ,but I have managed to follow microsofts knowledge base article- 273746.I have identified the reason for my problems (JAVASUP.VXD java support) but I'm not very computer literate and just dont know what to do next. Tag: Upgrading from ME to XP Tag: 220967
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    - missing Me file when i try to use Nero burner i get this message: The Win-ASPI file '?.?' cannot be found, therefore you can currently select only image recorders. This missing file is one of the Windows 95/98/Me files. Please fix this problem and then restart Nero. how do i get this file back? Tag: Upgrading from ME to XP Tag: 220962
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    - P.C. shutdown freeze Every time I go to shutdown my computer it freezes up & I have to shut it off manually.I'm very new on the P.C. & it seems like when I troubleshoot using the instuctions from the "help & support" section,that the selections that the instuctions say to go to(i.e.-file so & so)aren't in my system!What's that all about?!? I'm running Windows ME,it was already in the P.C. when it was shipped to me.Does anybody have any suggestions?Thanks C.K. Tag: Upgrading from ME to XP Tag: 220956

Is there a free upgrade from ME to XP. I can't find
anything in Microsoft.

Re: Upgrading from ME to XP by Mike

Mike
Tue Dec 02 10:20:54 CST 2003

No. If you wish to install the XP operating system this has to be purchased
just as you had to buy Win Me.
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP
mcmaltby@hotmail.com

Lori <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> Is there a free upgrade from ME to XP. I can't find
> anything in Microsoft.

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Re: Upgrading from ME to XP by oops!!

oops!!
Tue Dec 02 10:21:24 CST 2003

Lori,

Nothing is free at MS....

The answer is no you must buy it.

Zee

"Lori" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message =
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> Is there a free upgrade from ME to XP. I can't find=20
> anything in Microsoft.

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Upgrading from ME to XP by Ron

Ron
Tue Dec 02 15:19:44 CST 2003

>-----Original Message-----
>Is there a free upgrade from ME to XP. I can't find
>anything in Microsoft.
>.
>nope, you gotta buy it.

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