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    - Uninstall and then reinstall Windows ME I have been having various problems with my PC and think that if i deinstall anf then reinstall windows I will have sorted out several perplexing problems. Only problem is I am not sure ho ot do it. Anybody able to help I do have my ME CD Rom to hand. Thanks Nick Tag: Windows Me Tag: 227329
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    - NDIS.VXD CAUSES WIN PROTECTION ERR ON WIN ME START I've been struggling with this since upgrading to ME from 98 on my Pent III machine. When I bootup, I get a "Windows Protection Error. You must re-start... System halted." When I remove NDIS.VXD using msconfig, the system reboots fine yellowing out the network drivers; but, of course, not allowing me to dialup the net with my IP (AOL 9.0). I have replaced ndis.vxd from another WIN ME machine and it would start ONCE but then back to the same problem. Is there a hotfix that can solve this? Is the problem caused by my BIOS? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks :( Tag: Windows Me Tag: 227328
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    - Problem choosing users by name for printing I have set up an ME computer for two users. I am trying to designate "User level access control" through right clicking on Networks and choosing the "Access control" tab and then "User level access control". This to to "Enable you to specify users or groups who have access to shared resources". When I choose that and put the computer name in I do not get a list of user names. Whats wrong? Tag: Windows Me Tag: 227327
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    - Registry Hi My registry will not load up! It says there is no enough free conventional memory to load it, and then the computer wont load up normally, it will only load in safe mode. Not sure at all what to do, any help is appreciated. If possible, please email it to sheepy2002@aol.com, if not, on here will do. THANKYOU FOR ANY HELP Sean Tag: Windows Me Tag: 227323
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    - Caught in go-back loop of startup Could you help find out how to get out of the go-back loop at startup, if I go into safe mode can I turn off the go- back option? I want to get into windows and backup my files and do a clean install of win2k. Any help would be great Thanks, Mike Tag: Windows Me Tag: 227322
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    - how or where can I select what programs start up when I boot up the computer? When I start up my computer it takes a really long time because there are about 60 things all try to start up. how do I select what programs can start up when I do turn on my computer Tag: Windows Me Tag: 227321
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    - missing desktop my mom-in law has done something to her computer - when it starts up windows loads, then it tries to bring up the desktop - an ie error is displayed. there is no task bar or start button visible. i've tried everything i know - clicking all over the place. i once got norton antivirus to run, but couldn't make anything else happen. was able to warm boot from blank wallpaper but nothing else. anyway to access the start menu from the blank wallpaper screen? i've tried inserting the startup disk, i can hear it running, but nothing happens on screen. any information would be greatly appreciated. thanks veronica Tag: Windows Me Tag: 227320
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    - Shutdown problem When attempting to shutdown computer using "Start" "Shutdown": computer restarts instead. The only way I can shut it down is turning it off at the On/Off switch? Tag: Windows Me Tag: 227318
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    - Firewall? I'm a home user with one computer, is a firewall really necessary? I've got the Sygate Personal Firewall. Jeff Tag: Windows Me Tag: 227317
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    - outlook express error message Hi, I recently re-installed Windows ME. When I try to launch Outlook Express, I get the following error message: msin has caused an error in inet.com.dll. Any ideas? I have not installed any updates. This may be the issue, but I'm not sure. Thanks Tag: Windows Me Tag: 227316
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    - computer won't start up I have machine that will not start up. I rebooted after it had crashed and all I get is the power light flashing - no sound of the fan or anything. Anyone have any ideas? Tag: Windows Me Tag: 227312
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    - ie6 have try to download ie6 it will download but wont install.it say .setup was unable to install all components please close all applications and try again.every thing is closed .and i try it in safe mold also still wont install can someone help me thank you von Tag: Windows Me Tag: 227310
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    - internet explorer 6 service pack tried to install service pack, which failed. the service pack still shows as a critical update but when i try to install it i get a previous install in progress must restart computer message and after reboot i am back at square one. how do i get rid of the previous insyall attempt Tag: Windows Me Tag: 227308
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    - too many parameters When my pc boots I see this message for a few moments, 'too many parameters', then the boot process continues quite normally. Can anyone tell me how to find out what is happening please. Tag: Windows Me Tag: 227306
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    - Not a valid win32 application I get this message when I try to open a jpeg file. When I try to go and open my control panel to change anything it displays a message that says, "you may not have appropriate permissions to access the item". Help! Tag: Windows Me Tag: 227301
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    - explorer error message everytime I want to shut down,the following message comes up; explorer caused error in (unknown),explorer will now close,screen then goes to incorrect shutdown screen,then closes down as normal. Also get kernel32.dll mesage as well. please advise. thanks Keith Tag: Windows Me Tag: 227297
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    - Explorer error WMPDXM.DLL Can't open Explorer at all and most of the programs on my Dell without it lockin' up and givin' the message "Explorer has caused an error in WMPDXM.DLL Explorer will now close". Checked the MS data...This file is for Windows Media Player 6.4. According to their data base, it's a file for MS Server 2003. Can't find the file on my hd. Anybody care to help me out with this one before I just kook out and reformat. Thanks! Tag: Windows Me Tag: 227293
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    - Windows ME hangs up during startup My Windows ME freezes in the middle of startup. I usually get a black screen with the blinking cursor or it freezes on the ME screen. If I shut down and reboot, it will get me to the black screen where I can choose Safe Mode. Then it boots all the way to the Help screen. I shut down properly and then reboot again. It will start up all the way and then do it's scan disk for improper shutdown. If I shut down right away again again, it will boot with no problems. If I'm off the computer for a long time, it freezes Every time. Any ideas??? Thank you. Tag: Windows Me Tag: 227288
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    - smax4pnp.exe get message...Error in smax4pnp.exe - Smax4pnp.exe will close. Try restarting your computer.---- This is when copying floppy disks or preparing emergency startup disks. Disk creation seems to complete OK. Tag: Windows Me Tag: 227287
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    - properties I receive a message when I click on some programs,which states ( Properties for this program can not be verified. the APPS.INF is missing.) (Copy the APPS file from windows setup disk in windows INF folder.) I could not find such a file in either of my c.d.rom disk's for my windows me edition.What the heck is APPS!(applications) Tag: Windows Me Tag: 227286
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    - WINNET Error Getting the following error message..."WINNET has caused an error in WINNET.EXE. WINNET will now close. If you continue to experience problems try restating your computer." Restarting the computer has not solved this problem...how can I fix/repair this? John Tag: Windows Me Tag: 227276
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    - Unable to read settings from Windows registry When the computer is turned on, an error box pops up that reads: Unable to read settings from Windows registry. The title bar reads: trayapp. I simply click 'Okay' and the box goes away. But how can I stop this from happening at all? I ran a search with the error message on Google and microsoft.com, but no results were found. Tag: Windows Me Tag: 227275
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    - Safe mode question Can someone tell me how to reboot out of safe mode in W/ME? Thank you very much in advance! Tag: Windows Me Tag: 227268
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    - HP Pavilion / Windows ME Memory Issue I have and HP Pavilion 8705 (a or i - can't tell?) w/Win ME. I have had difficulty loading anything extra on this PC due to low resources. I started with 128M of ram (factory), and then subsequently added another 128M, then ultimately another 512M - totalling 768M of RAM. I would expect that this would be sufficient to have several apps running at the same time. Heck, when I run just Quicken 2003 and AOL 9.0, I'm down to 35% in system resources. I've attempted to cut down on the # of things running in the background (using msconfig), yet I shouldn't have to do this, or should I? Is ME (using automatic memory settings, instead of me setting the virtual mem settings) that much of a memory hog? Do you know if I have not properly xn'd my memory? A jumper? It does acknowledge the entire memory at start up, and in the system screen. I just don't know what else to do, other than use this as a boat anchor. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Tag: Windows Me Tag: 227267
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    - Locking Up My friends have a computer that has started locking up. They have asked me to log onto the newsgroup to seek answers since they can't. The system locks up at different times but it does consistently lock up. They are using Windows ME. Is the problem with ME or something else? I can give more info if needed but I just don't know where to start. Thanks so much for your help! Tag: Windows Me Tag: 227266
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    - please help identify unknown file Recently I have noticed a HUGE file in the root dir of my hard drive named _TRK__M2.01.01. It was created Monday, May 06, 2002, 12:37:36 PM, and then modified Monday, May 06, 2002, 12:40:02 PM. This date is about 3 weeks after the last time that I reformatted my hard drive and reinstalled windows. Its file size is 553,573,600 bytes. Any ideas? Please help if you can. Thank you. - J.D. Tag: Windows Me Tag: 227265
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    - IE5.5 to IE6 on a Windows ME - upgrade failure Hi, I'm trying to upgrade IE5.5 to IE6 on a Windows ME system. Unfortuanetly the update process refuses to perform the update. It just says it cannot upgrade to IE6. Is there a temp file(s) I need to remove or some registry setting I need to tweak. Please help. Thanks. Philo Tag: Windows Me Tag: 227264
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    - Win ME hangs during boot I can only get ME to boot in safe mode. When I create a bootlog.txt file, I see that there is trouble loading the fonts (most fonts fail to load. 'failure code is 0016' and 'failure code is 0002' are the reasons given.) Google searches and knowledge base searches have proven remarkably less than helpful. My antivirus comes up clean. scanreg /fix fixes nothing. and my restore points are woefully old. Any ideas? Tag: Windows Me Tag: 227258
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    - Winows ME DialUP every time I shut down or start up my windows ME machine my modem will dial my internet provider. How can I stop this. Tag: Windows Me Tag: 227249
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    - Missing DLL file for web cam install Tried to install a GE EasyCam Pro on my WinMe sys. After install of the driver and when the sys was installing the software for the new hardware it had found, it stopped and said that the file "iyuv_32.dll" was not found in the Windows /Options folder. A search of the computer did not find it. I'm assuming that it is a WinMe file; is that right? And I only have a Dell Reinstall disk for WinMe, and the file was not there either. Any guidance on this? Thanks. Tag: Windows Me Tag: 227248
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    - Win ME needs to be taken out and reinstalled I don't know much about computers. Does anyone think that they could talk me through (step by step) cleaning out the computer and reinstalling the ME program. Not concerned about losing anything. Can reinstall what I need. I have the disk and the start up disk. Too many errors to list. Thanks Tag: Windows Me Tag: 227241
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    - Windows ME is s h i t I have windows ME loaded and want to get back to windows 98 "upgrade" How do I do it without losing my files? Win 98 says I don't have "compiant" software (like I really still have w3.11). M $ suks -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 100,000 Newsgroups - 19 Different Servers! =----- Tag: Windows Me Tag: 227240
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    - Windows problem I appear to be locked out of my control panel. It is telling me I need a password and I am not password protected. How can I get around this? I believe it is also preventing me from downloading my Windows upgrade. Any suggestions? Thanx, Karl Tag: Windows Me Tag: 227239
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    - shutdown when attempting to shut down, getting IPHLPAPI.DLL message. Tag: Windows Me Tag: 227237
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    - enter network password prompt for WindowsMe I am a computer novice. This weekend I spent countless hours reloading my entire OS. Once done, I now get a prompt every time I log on that says the following: "enter your network password for Microsoft networking" Although I can clearly just click on the "cancel" option, I would like some way of disabling this prompt so I don't have to deal w/it every time I turn on my computer. Help! Please remember I'm a real computer novice, so any explanation must include all necessary steps (in other words, don't assume anything--I've no idea what I'm doing!) thanks! Tag: Windows Me Tag: 227226
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    - mssysinf I have identified a file called 'mssysinf' which was loaded into the C: directory from an internet site without my knowledge. This has the effect of loading an icon and a program into the start menu every time I start the computer up. I cannot access the file as it says that it is being used by windows every time I try to access it. Any ideas??? Tag: Windows Me Tag: 227224
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    - WinME Help when I go to Windows ME help, [not a particular program Help, which works fine]by going; START...HELP when the Help and Support window comes up the following message is displayed: "...The page cannot be displayed The page you are looking for is currently unavailable. The Web site might be experiencing technical difficulties, or you may need to adjust your browser settings..." etc etc like a 404 dead web page. any ideas? used to work fine. we're on a cable modem. thx Tag: Windows Me Tag: 227223
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    - Upgrading from Windows 98SE Should I upgrade my operating system to Windows Me? I've been using Win98SE (2nd edition) for about 4 years now and it has served me well on what would be considered a Pentium II class computer (AMD K6-2 500mhz CPU). I have another system which I acquired as a hand me down. The OS in it is Windows Me. This system is a Pentium III class computer (600mhz CPU). So far, both systems are stable. My only complaint is having to adjust to the different graphical interface whenever I use one or the other. How is one OS better than the other? Am I correct to assume that Windows Me will operate as well as if not better than Win98 on the older Pentium II class system? I use the older system to do basic computing (word processing, financial record keeping, digital photo editing, etc.) and the other system for web browsing. I am not yet ready to upgrade to a faster computer until the end of this year. Thanks in advance Tag: Windows Me Tag: 227221
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    - error message receiving the following message: MMTASK HAS CAUSED AN ERROR IN WDMAUD.DRV. MMTASK WILL CLOSE. IF YOU CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE PROBLEMS TRY RESTARTING YOUR COMPUTER. WILL NOT ALLOW ME TO CONTINUE IN ME. ANY THOUGHTS? Tag: Windows Me Tag: 227220
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    - WINDOWS PASSWORDS I DONT KNOW HOW I DID IT, BUT I FORGOT MY WINDOWS ME PASSWORD. HOW THE HELL DO I GET MY SYSTEM RESET SO I CAN PUT A NEW ONE IN?? Tag: Windows Me Tag: 227217
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    - ERROR starting program; required .DLL file, MRTRATE.DLL was not found. this comes up each time i start my computer. i don't know why?! help! Tag: Windows Me Tag: 227216
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    - continuous restart My computer will not shut down when I click thru the Start icon even though "shut down" is properly marked. The computer restarts anyway. I have checked ctrl.alt.delete and I don't see anything running that could be a problem. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks Tag: Windows Me Tag: 227215
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    - Can't access IE from desktop Just switched to cable service yesterday, deleted my dial up files (Earthlink). Now I cannot access IE from my desktop icons, only through "my computer"? What setting or command is missing? Tag: Windows Me Tag: 227211
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    - Ad-aware [01R248] 20.10.2004 http://www.lavasoftsupport.com/index.php?s=08f1e28be507cd73aa4503e737170cee&showtopic=18143 Use the Online > Update Engine within the application to obtain the latest update. Regards, -- siljaline MS - MVP Windows IE/OE ______________________ (Reply to group, as return address is invalid - that we may all benefit) Tag: Windows Me Tag: 227210
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    - Window ME upgrade I have a Dell computer with Window ME. I would like to know if Microsoft sells an upgrade that would allow me to upgrade to Windows XP without having to reformat the hard drive? Tag: Windows Me Tag: 227209
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    - Explorer has caused an error in unknown I need some help. I continually get this error now. Is there anyway of repairing this without re-installing the whole system? Tag: Windows Me Tag: 227208
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    - student who needs inormation... i need some information on windows me for a report....im having a bit of trouble trying to find some things....i need to know about the performance,security,maintenance,i/o storage devices,peripherals,resources,file sharing if applicable,and upgrading...i would really appreciate the help if i can get it.... Tag: Windows Me Tag: 227205
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    - windows corrupt On restart after a system crash, the display driver was corrupt, no audio will work, and the mouse isnt functional, no pointer appears on screen. I have re- installed the display driver using the keyboard but am unable to get the mouse and audio working again. i'd really appreciate any help. Thanks. Tag: Windows Me Tag: 227204
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    - riched32.dll I just bought a new digital camera..i can't load the disk..I am trying to find riched32.dll ..can anyone help me??? Tag: Windows Me Tag: 227202
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    - error on Local Disk When I click on MY COMPUTER on the desktop and then right click on LOCAL DISK, I get the following error message: ERROR LOADING RESOURCES: One of the library files needed to run this application cannot be found, C:\PROGRAM FILES\IOMEGA\COMMON\IOMCOPYDISKSHELLEXT.ENU.ILSR When I click on this error message box I get this second error message: EXPLORER HAS CAUSED AN ERROR IN KERNEL132.DLL, EXPLORER WILL NOW CLOSE And indeed, Explorer closes. Tag: Windows Me Tag: 227201

After upgrading from Windows 98, when tryinmg to do
windows updates keep receiving error messages mshtml,
mscvrt & msls31 dll errors. Able to update Iexplorer to
6.0 and DirectX 9.0.

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Re: Windows Me by war17

war17
Wed Jan 21 11:46:24 CST 2004

Go directly the Windows Update site
http://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/en/default.asp

Clear your cache. Delete all temporary internet files and cookies. Make
sure your system time and date is correct.

Windows Update Trouble Shooter
http://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/troubleshoot/

http://www.mvps.org/inetexplorer/answers.htm#w_update

Alternative way to download Windows and other updates. Use Bigfix.

http://www.bigfix.com/website/index.html

--
Warren
For additional help, post in
http://groups.msn.com/HelpforInternetExplorerorWindowsME/homepage

"Stan" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:1b3601c3e03e$ccb56520$a001280a@phx.gbl...
> After upgrading from Windows 98, when tryinmg to do
> windows updates keep receiving error messages mshtml,
> mscvrt & msls31 dll errors. Able to update Iexplorer to
> 6.0 and DirectX 9.0.

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