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    - Location of all personal files in Win ME I'm helping a friend do a clean re-install of Win ME on his computer and, obviously, we need to backup all his personal data. It's so long since I've used Win9x systems that I can't remember where everything is. I know that there is My Documents, but from what I do remember stuff tends to get scattered about a bit, unlike XP where everything is neatly arranged under Documents and Settings so I just dump that onto another machine. Googling has failed to find a definitive list. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. Regards, Parish Tag: firewall disable Tag: 284644
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    - video problems..mobo? or card? Hello, All! Not much action in the windowsme.hardware ng so I thought I'd post here.. More often than not, during booting up ME, the video display shows scrambled and missing characters. Sometimes the screen displays in one or two single characters all throughout the display. The problem is easily rectified by doing a Ctl-Alt-Del before the bootup (before the graphic "Windows Millenium" logo screen appears). But I would like to fix the problem permanently if possible. So.. is this video problem on the mobo? ..or would it be rectified with a new AGP video card? The system is currently using an 2x GeForce2 MX400 AGP 64meg card. Tag: firewall disable Tag: 284623
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    - ME Defrag! How long should WME's defrag run anyway? I have been running it for some 12 hours now with its fancy graphics and it seems to be never-ending. Jethro Tag: firewall disable Tag: 284621
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    - error message windows me did a system restore after a lock up. now trying to re-install wireless card software get error code [-5009:0x8002802b] please help. Tag: firewall disable Tag: 284610
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    - Scandisk won't work I am still working on my friend's WME machine. I tried running scandisk because defrag required it and it keeps restarting because it says Windows or some other app is writing to the disk. Ctrl-Alt-Delete only shows 3 things running: Scandisk Explorer Systray And so, what is keeping Scandisk from running to completion? Wondering........... Jethro Tag: firewall disable Tag: 284601
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    - Spyware Blaster Update 01.10.06 http://aumha.net/viewtopic.php?t=21901 Silj -- siljaline MS - MVP Windows (IE/OE) & Windows Security, AH-VSOP Security Tools Updates http://aumha.net/viewforum.php?f=31 Reply to group, as return address is invalid that we may all benefit. Tag: firewall disable Tag: 284591
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    - ActiveX I have a computer running WindowsME. I started it up the other day and I had a different desktop then the norm. When I try to click on the Start button it freezes. If I go to My Computer directly after a restart, I get the error message, "Your current security settings prohibit running ActiveX controls on this page. As a result the page may not display correctly." In safe mode, when I go to IE settings, The Zones are empty. It will not open in normal mode at all. Any thoughts??? I've run antivirus and adaware scans with nothing showing up. Tag: firewall disable Tag: 284572
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    - Rundll32 hangs pc on shutdown Rundll32 runs randomly on my computer - sometimes it opens, sometimes not. IF it is open, and I try to shut down or restart, it just hangs. Once in a while I can shut down Rundll32 with ctrl-E and the shut down proceeds properly. Usually I have to power down and run scandisk on reboot. Is there anything I can do about this? Tag: firewall disable Tag: 284567
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    - How to play music CD? I am working on a friend's machine housing WME. I don't personally use WME, and so, I don't recognize some things. Having said that - how do I get WME to automatically play a music CD in Media Player, when I load the disk? I want the disk to start playing automatically. Thanks Jethro Tag: firewall disable Tag: 284566
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    - My Desktop Icons Do Not Display I am working on a friend's machine housing WME. I don't personally use WME, and so, am not sure where the desktop folder should exist, among other things. At boot, all I get on the screen is the taskbar, and the start button. The latter does work. The remainder of the screen is the 'background' (<none>). Anyway I have looked in WindowsExplorer, and a c:\windows\desktop folder exists, and it contains all the missing desktop icons, each of which will execute the apps as they are supposed to if I double-click on them. So, what I need to do is to get the content of that folder to show on the desktop screen. How do I do that? I have read the prior posts dealing with 'show desktop'. I do not find a showdesktop executable under c:\windows or its subdirs. I thought maybe that would do it. Can anyone help me? Thanks Jethro Tag: firewall disable Tag: 284561
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    - SCANDISK Problem I'm using SCANDISK surface scan from the ME restart diskette to try to clean a friend's hard disk. It has bad clusters, starting about 80% of the way through the 10 meg drive. Each SCANDISK iteration cleans about 5K clusters then stops for lack of memory (64megs) to store the log. I don't need a log!! So far I've run it 10 times and each time it cleans another 5K, but each iteration takes about 40 minutes. I calculate another 105 iterations assuming it's bad to the end of the drive. Is there a better way? Thanks. Tag: firewall disable Tag: 284555
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    - Extra fonts Hi. I finally installed Office (don't laugh, Ofc 97) and Word (Word 2002). When I installed word, there was an option to install some extra fonts. I 'bookmarked' it in the help file and planned to install later. When I tried it find it again, my 'bookmark' disappeared from help, and I couldn't find the right files. I found a file marked 'fonts' on the cd, but it only had 2 fonts, and I know there were a bunch. So I tried to uninstall and reinstall Word. Didn't get the bonus fonts choice again. So I tried to restore and it said it couldn't restore. That bites. Once you install Office you're doomed? Ok, I don't want to be mean. :-) Anybody know how I can get all those fonts? Am I in the wrong place with this questions? Should I go to the Word newsgroup? Thank you! Betsy Tag: firewall disable Tag: 284537
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    - About the Clipboard Once in a while I'd like to stack several clippings from selected texts to form one continuous message. Is it possible so that successive "copy to clipboard" commands do not delete what's already there? Ken Bland Tag: firewall disable Tag: 284486
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    - Definitely Off-Topic I guess you heard about the late Steve Irwin's memorial service. Over 50,000 people attended to remember this giant of a conservationist. Afterward, he was cremated. Later, they buried his ashes in a CrocPot. Ken Bland Tag: firewall disable Tag: 284485
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    - SpyBot Definition File Update 29.09.06 http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?p=43520#post43520 Silj -- siljaline MS - MVP Windows (IE/OE) & Windows Security, AH-VSOP Security Tools Updates http://aumha.net/viewforum.php?f=31 Reply to group, as return address is invalid that we may all benefit. Tag: firewall disable Tag: 284447
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    - Ad-Aware SE - "Warning! Your definition files may be outdated!" "Warning! Your definition files may be outdated!" When I click on "Check for updates now > Connect" "No updated components available" but still reads "Warning! Your definition files may be outdated!" Dang glitches! TIA SGB P.S. My system will not do scheduled maintenance either, because it is reading updates outdated. Duh! Tag: firewall disable Tag: 284419
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    - Checking the value of Optimal refresh rate Is there a DOS command that will tell me what the monitor refresh rate is? It is set to "Optimal", but I want to know that actual rate used by Optimal. Thanks, Tag: firewall disable Tag: 284413
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    - back up plan for ME Can anyone suggest a freeware app to make backups of my data? OF course I had to learn this the hard way ... Thanks. Tag: firewall disable Tag: 284401
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    - recovered ME - where can I get system updates? Hi. Had a bad experience and had to use the system restore disks with ME. Where can I go to find all the service packs for ME now that they're not officially supported? I googled but couldn't find. Thanks. Tag: firewall disable Tag: 284400
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    - Boot Loop This computer runs Windows Me. It was working just fine before being shut down and moved because of a new carpet being put down. When it was hooked back up and powered up it would progress to the Windows Me logo window and then stop and start the boot all over. Next up was the Safe Mode option. When we select Safe Mode it progress into Safe Mode and operates in the mode as it should. If we select normal start up it loops again. No error messages have come up. The computer registeres both hard drives, both CD/DVD drives. Right now we cannot figure out what it is doing this. Any suggestions please. Briandp Tag: firewall disable Tag: 284399
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    - VML Exploit in HTML not addressed in WinME, here's a fix Since support for WinME has been discontinued, I wanted to find a way to manually patch WinME and I think I have come up with a method. I tested the WinME PC with the following TEST URL -- http://www.isotf.org/zert/testvml.htm Running the test crashed IE on WinME as expected. My WinME PC is using IE6 SP1 and I have VGX.DLL, v6.0.2800.1411 I updated my Win2K PC which now has VGX.DLL, v6.0.2800.1580 Merely copying my Win2K VGX.DLL to my WinME PC would not work as the WinME system file protection refused the new version and always reverted to the vulnerable version. What I did was to execute... regsvr32 /u "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\VGX\VGX.DLL" Which un-registers the vulnerable version of VGX.DLL from the system. On the Win2K PC I copied... "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\VGX\VGX.DLL" to "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\VGX\VGX2.DLL" So now I had the updated DLL as; VGX2.DLL I then copied it to the WinME PC VGX folder. "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\VGX" On the WinME PC I then executed... regsvr32 /u "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\VGX\VGX2.DLL" Which registered the new DLL ( v6.0.2800.1580 ) to the system. I then tested with the TEST URL -- http://www.isotf.org/zert/testvml.htm It seems to have fixed the problem. I have created a similar post in; alt.binaries.comp.virus with the same subject "VML Exploit in HTML not addressed in WinME, here's a fix" Attached to that post is VGX2.ZIP which contains VGX2.DLL, v6.0.2800.1580 -- Dave http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm Tag: firewall disable Tag: 284393
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    - junk cleaners in ME Hi On my 2002 win xp home editions sp2, I use a program called 'clean up'; it supposedly frees up space on pc's that get filled with more than the usual temp files-does a more thourough job than disk clean up. Have no problem on my 2 dells that use it. But, i havent used it on my 6 or so year old e-machine ME edition. anyone recommend to use it on this one. or have a better one for this brand/OS ? I have little memory on this ME machine so eliminating junk is welcomed -- Thanks so very much for your help-! ! ! ! Tag: firewall disable Tag: 284390
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    - Microsoft Issues - Just FYI Note that this applies to IE7. Since quite a few members of this group have OS Windows XP SP1, SP2 etc., just peruse this info: http://letters.washingtonpost.com/W8RT03A6D8324B798293E338CAC7C0 Hopefully it will help. Ed Tag: firewall disable Tag: 284387
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    - Keyboard failure Dell Computer...windows xp My computer crashed and now starts up with the message Keyboard failure. It will let me use the keyboard in f2 set up mode, but I don't know how to reinstall it without the keyboard. Tag: firewall disable Tag: 284386
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    - Sign-In Link to Newsgroups Won't Load - FFox Works Me Internet Help Group apparently dead, So: Clking the Passport Sign-In Link to Any MS NewsGroup with IE6SP1 WON'T Load Page to Enter ID-PWd >>"PageCannot Be Displayed"(via Outlook 2002 I Can Enter ID-PWd BUT Clking "Sign-In" Button THEN Nets "Cannot Display Page" and "Cannot Find Server" appears above)-"Recently an MS Fill-in Help Page displayed a Drop-Dn Menu as 3 Vertical Arrows with Empty Choice Boxes-Next day it displayed OK as ONE arrow with Choices. No answer recd on Help Form sent-- Firefox 1.5.0.7 Logs-In Fine. HOTMAIL WORKS FINE and General Web Surfing is OK;Problem ONLY WITHIN MS sites!! IE6 Tools/Int Options/Security is Default Medium -Trusted Sites includes support.microsoft.com / *.microsoft.com/ support.msn.com /*.live.com - I'm Up-to-Date Win Me/No Firewall/NOD32 AV/AdAware SE/SpywareBlaster/ Do ScanDisk-DeFrag regularly/Only Canon Printer Software has recently been added -Any idea what's going on?? Many Thanks! Tag: firewall disable Tag: 284384
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    - Re: After installing another 80GB hard drive and a fresh WinME, my removable drives are "readable" again, all three of them, CD-ROM, FloppyA and the Iomega Zip. The drive with the "fault" is disconnected and standing by. When time permits it, I will investigate further in order to pinpoint the "culprit". Meanwhile "all systems are go" and back to "normal", hoping it would stay that way. Thanks, Harry. Tag: firewall disable Tag: 284371
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    - Installing IE6 has wrecked explorer I wanted to help my neighbors getting the newest messenger on their 6 year old Win ME PC. First I installed Messenger, then it asked for a new IE, which I accepted. This has wrecked explorer. Immediately after login I get the following message: "Explorer has caused an error in Browseui.dll". THERE GOES THE NEIGHBORHOOD!! ;-) I have tried the steps suggested in Q289799 without success, running scanreg /fix from a ME boot disk (downloaded from allbootdisks.com - the original ME CD-ROM was gone). This changed nothing. 1) Is there any way, besides installing ME all over again, I can recover from this? 2) Is it not possible to install new versions of IE and Messenger on ME? (Should I have installed some service packs to ME first?) Please help me save my precious neighborhood! Thanx! Tag: firewall disable Tag: 284351
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    - Outlook Express - Save Attachments In Outlook Express, I cannot Save Attachments from that option. It is ghosted out. How do I repair this glitch? TIA again and again and again and well you know... again! SGB Tag: firewall disable Tag: 284336
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    - Windows ME compared to Windows 98SE I use and like 98SE and was wondering what Windows ME gives a user that 98SE does not have. The system restore feature in ME is nice but can be overcome through a third party solution like GoBack. Windows 98(SE) has its own resource kit and I think that Windows ME does not have one. Windows ME may have better generic drivers but that limitation has been overcome by using a Windows ME driver in 98SE as in the case of the Ati Radeon 9800 XT which uses the Windows ME driver in 98SE. I like the fact of easy shut down to MS-DOS that is given in 98SE but not ME. Was Microsoft's intention to do away with the 9x source code and focus on the NT (New Technology) source code and that was why Windows ME was rushed out the door? I would appreciate a well thought out and constructive debate and I am not trying to diss Windows ME just because of all the bad press. Tag: firewall disable Tag: 284324
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    - Rundll32 has caused an error in SETUPX.DLL Start > Settings > Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs > Windows Setup Tab Please wait while setup searches for installed components. Then, I read (Note: No components show - at all - in this section.) Run32dll An error has occurred in your program. To keep working anyway, click Ignore and save your in a new file. To quit this program, click Close. You will lose information you entered since your last save. After clicking either option, I read Run32dll has caused an error in SETUPX.DLL Oh gawd.. the bittersweet cyberworld of computers... ever grateful for any help to solve this problem. TIA AGAIN! SGB Tag: firewall disable Tag: 284288
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    - SpyBot Definition File Update 22.09.06 http://aumha.net/viewtopic.php?t=21760 Silj -- siljaline MS - MVP Windows (IE/OE) & Windows Security, AH-VSOP Security Tools Updates http://aumha.net/viewforum.php?f=31 Reply to group, as return address is invalid that we may all benefit. Tag: firewall disable Tag: 284282
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    - New Macromedia Flash Player Hey gang, A number of sites have prompted me to install the new Macromedia Flash Player to accommodate their site. My version is quite old. Have done some looking into this and am in doubt about whether to install it. Is anyone aware of any problems, i.e. adware, spyware, conflicts, etc., with the new version?? I know, I running XP Home SP2, but, I trust this forum more than any of the others~! Many thanks and "howdy to all"........ Heirloom, old and laid up for a while P.S. for Joanie, You aren't the only one that has foot surgery, :-) ! Tag: firewall disable Tag: 284268
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    - New Defs for Spybot (9/20) Just a small one to update English descriptions......no need to immunize, but I check it automatically anyway. Cheers....Heather Tag: firewall disable Tag: 284251
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    - Internet Explorer 5 freezes when back button is pressed When I go into a site with IE 5 and I click on the back button it just freezes and I have to use task manger to get out. My Os is Windows ME Dennis Tag: firewall disable Tag: 284239
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    - New Ad-Aware Defns. 9-19-06 R124 Alias Tag: firewall disable Tag: 284226
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    - Quick Time Explorer I orginally posted this question in Learning General Discussions. I realize it now that it was in the wrong area. My apologies. How do I get rid of the Quick time exploer icon on the right hand side at the bottom of the windows desktop. It was downloaded by my grandchildren to play games. I can't get rid of it. Tag: firewall disable Tag: 284224
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    - windows ME install on different PC OK, I was wondering if I could use my old ME install disk on a different PC then the one is was originally used on? Thanks for your replys. GREG Tag: firewall disable Tag: 284222
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    - Add/Remove Windows Setup Missing Components Hi, I have only one program showing up in the Windows Setup in Add/Remove programs, in Windows ME. It is the winpopup program. I have no other window components showing up, I have tried doing the VarLDID registry fix and other registry scans. I went into HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Setup\Optional= =ADComponents and found it empty except for the winpopup folder, swflash and vpn. =20 This is on an HP laptop. Thanks Tamara Tag: firewall disable Tag: 284221
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    - _RESTORE\TEMP accum 168 MB of A00?????.CPY after cleanout when perm uninstall Symantec AV Think this is an Avira problem? And maybe a common difficulty/challenge/pitfall of AV programs with WinME? These CPY have been accumulating since replaced NAV 03 with AntiVir PersonalEdition Classic (date of Avira install assumed same as Avira program folder date: 27 Jun 2006) C:\_RESTORE\TEMP 168 MB 2,266 files, 0 folders daterange 10 Apr 1997 - 18 Sep 2006 (today) Range of dates include 'false' dates as old as 1997. TEMP00 is another folder alongside (same folder level) TEMP, but empty. IIRC, NAV never created any extra folders. dir list of _RESTORE\TEMP (actually, of dragged shortcuts because it seems some operations are restricted when directly within _RESTORE folders) I've snipped most of the A00?????.CPY from the middle of list: _____________________________________ (Too many files, directory not sorted) A0076363.CPY A0076411.CPY A0076409.CPY A0076374.CPY A0076373.CPY A0075477.CPY SYS_RW32.0 A0075143.CPY A0073689.CPY WLDAP32.0 SHDOCLC.0 MSXML3A.0 MSXML3.0 MSLS31.0 MSIDNTLD.0 MSHTMLED.0 MLANG.0 IMGUTIL.0 IMAGEHLP.2 CORPOL.0 COMCTL32.0 BROWSELC.0 ATL.0 _____________________________________ tia, naturally Tag: firewall disable Tag: 284218
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    - Where to get HijackThis All of the below URL's have the programmers blessing to host the file - without it, the file would be illegally hosted and/or without the permission of the individual who wrote it. http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/files/Merijn/HijackThis.zip http://downloads.subratam.org/hijackthis.zip http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/files/hijackthis.zip http://dknoppix.com/downloads.php?dl=hjt http://www.merijn.org/files/hijackthis.zip http://castlecops.com/zx/Merijn/hijackthis.zip http://www.unitethecows.com/software/hijackthis.zip http://www.majorgeeks.com/HijackThis_d3155.html http://www.filehippo.com/download_hijackthis/ I personally asked Merijn via email to host the file at AumHa. http://aumha.org/downloads/hijackthis.zip Silj -- siljaline MS - MVP Windows (IE/OE) & Windows Security, AH-VSOP Security Tools Updates http://aumha.net/viewforum.php?f=31 Reply to group, as return address is invalid that we may all benefit. Tag: firewall disable Tag: 284217
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    - can not get Windows ME to re-load properly after a recovery and fo When I recently tried to use the recovery cd's to re-install Windows ME on a HP Pavillion machine. Ir rand disc 1 and 2 okay, told me to remove the second disc and click Ok to begin using Winddows ME, but when I click Ok this come come up: VMM32.VXD, if this file is not your Pathm you may need to re-install Windows and I try again ti use the recovery disc and end up with the same error and Windows ME never gets started or able to us. Tag: firewall disable Tag: 284209
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    - can't access 1 (one) web site Running WinME, fully updated, with AVG Free, ZoneAlarm Free (updated to last version compatible with WinME), scanned with AdAware, Spybot and Stinger. All clear. Rolled back a few days with System Restore. On trying to access my on-line banking site, get the "notify windows of this error" pane, no other details given. Rolled back to IE5 still can't access this one site, but get "error in MSVCRT.DLL" message. This only seems to happen to this one website. Any ideas O gurus before I try using my OEM restore disk? TIA -- Delboy A common mistake that people made when trying to design something completely foolproof was to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools. Douglas Adams Tag: firewall disable Tag: 284198
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    - e-postca4rds Are e-postcards from an unknown source 'legit'? The source surely seems to be. A 'friend' supposedly sent me this card, but his or her names are not revealed. Without certain assurances I will not open the given link. The filename is 'postcard.gif.exe'. This is a first for me. T.I.A. Harry. Tag: firewall disable Tag: 284189
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    - icons dont load, scan disk find errors and fixes Twice now, when I've booted up, the icons dont load to the desktop. I shutdown, and when I reboot scandisk tries to run, but cannot complete (waited 15 mins). I then rebooted to safe mode and ran scandisk. It found errors and fixed them, both times. I've also run a scanreg /fix after the first time it happened. Any suggestions ? Also, what does it mean when scandisk finds an error on the drive? I've recently installed Norton A/V 2005. I'm wondering if its the culprit. Tag: firewall disable Tag: 284175
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    - Want to Buy: Windows ME I am looking to buy a new copy (original cd) of Windows ME for my second computer. Does anyone have an original copy or an original that I can buy ? Get back to me asap... Ed Tag: firewall disable Tag: 284167
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    - Spybot Update Sept. 15, 2006 Alias Tag: firewall disable Tag: 284162
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    - Minimized windows disappears I have been searching the net for a solution to a little problem with Win ME, with no luck. The problem is when I minimize windows, they does not appear on the taskbar. I can use Alt+TAB and switch between them, but they where supposed to show on the taskbar. Is there any way of fixing this? Thanx in advance for help. Eivind Tag: firewall disable Tag: 284145
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    - ipod's and ME Hi-I want to get my kid an Ipod but, Is it possible to use a Ipod on this older ME pc? Anyone have problems? I believe that I need to have itunes installed on the pc in order to work & that perhaps it has a tiny cd installtion disk. Other than that, I dont know much about this Ipod thing. any ideas would be great. The pc has only 128 MB & 20 GB. thanks Tag: firewall disable Tag: 284143
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    - Spyware Blaster Update 14.09.06 <http://aumha.net/viewtopic.php?t=21616> This update notification is for those that run this program. It is not a solicitation to visit the above URL. Silj -- siljaline MS - MVP Windows (IE/OE) & Windows Security, AH-VSOP Security Tools Updates http://aumha.net/viewforum.php?f=31 Reply to group, as return address is invalid that we may all benefit. Tag: firewall disable Tag: 284130
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    - Telephony Problems/Sound Recorder HI all, Im new to the groups so Im sorry if I post this the wrong way. My question is this.. Ive noticed that when I go into the control panel , I see an icon that says "Telephony". Previously when I clicked it, I got a box where I could put in ppl's names and numbers to dial so that I could make calls thru the pc. Now when I click on it..it says "Sound Recorder" ..I guess to "record" sounds.. but I cant dial numbers thru it anymore nor is it even the same box.. Can anyone tell me why my previous program disappeared, and why I have this sound recorder now? How do I get the other one back? Tag: firewall disable Tag: 284129

i need to disable the firewall in ME, i have no idea how to do it, if anyone
could give me a guide i would be eternally grateful.
kind regards

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Re: firewall disable by Mike

Mike
Tue Oct 03 10:18:09 CDT 2006

Win Me has no firewall so you need to disable whichever third-party
firewall you might have installed such as Zone Alarm or Kerio. If however
it's part of a Norton package my advice would be to remove it entirely
together with all else Norton.
--
Mike Maltby
MS-MVP Windows
mike.maltby@gmail.com

michigan <michigan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> i need to disable the firewall in ME, i have no idea how to do it, if
> anyone could give me a guide i would be eternally grateful.
> kind regards

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