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    - Windows boots to desktop and then only hourglass Windows ME boots to desktop and then hourglass mouse cursor for 3min, after that the mouse click doesn't open or engage anything on the desktop. If I go down to the taskbar the hourglass comes back. CTRL-ALT-DEL doesn't bring up the Task Manager window either. The only thing I can do is shut it down (and turn it back on). I've check the mouse thoroughly - it's not the mouse. Does this sound familiar to anyone...? Tag: startup problem Tag: 231751
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    - pointer/cursor issues I made some adjustments to my computer and inadvertantly changed my right click command to a scroll-type feature. Now I am umable to use the right click access a menu to delete files, etc. How can I change this back? Thank you Tag: startup problem Tag: 231749
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    - ME CD According to various computer magazines i should have been supplied with a windows me cd when i bought my computer as me was pre-loaded.I have a recovery disc.If i ever needed a cd would i be able to get one from my computer manufacturer FOC ? Chris Tag: startup problem Tag: 231746
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    - iConcepts Digital Camera Wine I Start VideoMVP That Cam With The Cam Its Says The AVICAP32.DLL File is linked to to missing export NTDLL.DLL:memove Can You Tell Me How To Fix This Also I Can't Get My Photos Off My CAm It Says NO PHOTOS But there is! Also Here Is Some #s I Found On The cam F031322340 QC 07 if you find a way to fix it email me at gamer_woody@yahoo.com Tag: startup problem Tag: 231743
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    - Error Message I am receiving an error message on my computer when it starts up or I try to access my icons on my desktop the error is "Explorer has caused an error in TPS108.DLL Explorer will now close." I would really appreciate if you would let me know how I can fix this error message. Tag: startup problem Tag: 231742
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    - "Windows Me" General Help I was having problems with my windows me and it was suggested that I try to reload my operating system. I did so and It didn't help, in fact I caused me to have more problems than I had before. How do I revert back to the old operating system, I remember when I reinstalled "Me" that it asked me if I wanted to save a copy of the operating system that I was currently using and I selected the option to save it. But I don't know how to install it. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks Tag: startup problem Tag: 231736
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    - shutdown Whenever i shut my compuyer off 95% of the time it says windows protection error, you need to resart your computer. please help..... Tag: startup problem Tag: 231734
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    - Windows ME My father's computer intermittently boots to a frozen desktop. The start button is the only thing that works. Nothing in that pop up window and none of the icons are functional. He reboots and all is well. It is a desktop PC--an HP Pavilion I still can not get the search engine on the Microsoft knowledge base to work. Can anyone here fix my problem or Microsoft's advanced search page? Tag: startup problem Tag: 231733
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    - A Defrag Idea from the hedgehog? How's about someone (maybe me??) gets a T-Shirt made up -logo I DO IT IN SAFE MODE ???? Any takers? $15+++ -- Harry Tag: startup problem Tag: 231732
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    - Missing Sound Hi: Upon Flash-Upgrading my BIOS with a "Sure Flash Technology" diskette, I was successful, except for one thing: my Sound had disappeared. What might have caused it and how can I turn it back on? Please, help. hbethke@copper.net. Tag: startup problem Tag: 231727
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    - Windows won't boot Since I removed a virus from my computer every so often windows will decide suddenly to restart 70% of the time this is successfull. Also every so often windows can't boot and I recive this message "Please wait while Setup updates your configuration files. This may take a few minutes..." And nothing happens Any ideas? Cheers nick. Tag: startup problem Tag: 231723
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    - PPThumbs notepad folders For some reason(unknown to me)PPThumbs notepad folders have appeared in some of (My Document) files. Can someone please tell me what these folders mean and if I can safely delete them. It appears that they are filled with some kind of coding. I'm running Windows ME. Thanks: OLAKEBUM Tag: startup problem Tag: 231721
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    - Gettng nowhere Getting an "high risk" attack from 127.0.0.1 coming from my own network!! I dont have a network, this PC is alone by itself. Of course imposssible to get anything from Symantec. Anyone know how to get an e-mail to them?? Or what does this "attack" means and how to get rid of it. It comes at least 10 to 12 times every time I'm using my CP. thanks in advance (using NIS but maybe not for long..} PAT Tag: startup problem Tag: 231719
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    - hlpcfb.dll error message in explorer I was surfing the internet when a pop-up ad came up, but the browser was blank. I right clicked to close and it had a message that said something like the browser is busy, do you still want to close? and i did click yes. the computer froze at that point. I rebooted, and then got the error message from explorer: explorer has found an error in hlpcfb.dll. explorer will now close. It would not allow me to boot up and run any programs. I tried booting in safe mode which worked, but then I tried using system restore and it said an error was found when trying to run the system restore exe file. I booted into dos and deleted the hlpcfb.dll file and rebooted. that at least got me to boot up so I could work in normal mode. I ran my spybot software, and am running my virus checker now. Any other tips and suggestions I might be able to try? Tag: startup problem Tag: 231718
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    - Explorer Error Help! After Installing the Links Wireless G PCI Adapter to my computer Multiple problems occur 1 On trying to connect to Internet Explorer an error log message pops up (Requesting a report to be sent to Microsoft) This message reoccurs each time Explorer is reopened. 2: These Error Message also Occur "Explorer has caused an error in WS2_32.DLL" Explorer will now close "WMP54g has caused an error in WS2_32.DLL" WMP54g will now close "Explorer has caused an error in kernel32.DLL" Explorer will now close "Loadqm has caused an error in kernel32.DLL 3: and finally the computer locks and needs to be restarted again The only way to restore the problems is to remove the PCI card and carry out a system restore. Can someone help please! Tag: startup problem Tag: 231715
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    - Transfer of Operating System I am currently building a new computer and dismantling my extremely old system. Can I transfer my copy of Windows ME from the old computer to my new one? Tag: startup problem Tag: 231713
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    - msi.chm I am trying to undate a program, and while the unistall process is taking over, it stops, says msi.chm error, error 1714 and error 1613. What can I do? Running the hateful windows ME. Thanks Tag: startup problem Tag: 231710
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    - Problem with icon text prompts Running Windows ME. When I hover my cursor over menu type icons in IE6 or MYIE2 or the status bar/system tray, I don't get any text prompts. However, when hovering over icons in Word and Thunderbird, I do. Any ideas as to what's happening here? Thanks, Adam -- To email, erase "forgetit" Tag: startup problem Tag: 231709
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    - How do I get out of Safe Mode? After a string of multiple power outages, my computer started up in Safe Mode. How do I get out of this mode? Tag: startup problem Tag: 231707
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    - Denied access to control panel and windows properties I am unable to double click on any icom in Control Panel. I get a pop-up message that says that Windows cannot access the specified drive and that I may not have approved permission to access. This pc is a stand alone home computer, not connected to a LAN. Operating under Windows ME. All help gretly appreciated. Thanks. Tag: startup problem Tag: 231706
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    - Users In Control Panel>Users I have one listed. Can I eliminate this "User" and still have the ability to save passwords for my DUN, etc.? Thanks. Tag: startup problem Tag: 231705
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    - Slow moving screen and memory problems I have a portable with Win ME. After nearly three years of use, and downloading numerous apps and deleting them, I find the screen is slow to work. Recently three large Word documents brought the machine to a halt through lack of sufficient memory to do any saving. I have tried freebie registry cleaners, but they seem to take out too much and I have to use restore to get the machine to work again. Any ideas how I can release memory? Thanks for any help. Jeffrey Frankel Tag: startup problem Tag: 231701
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    - RUNDLL ERROR Hi, whenever I boot up, after the desktop loads I get a message that reads: "RunDLL" "Error Loading C:\windows\system\bridge.DLL" "The system cannot find the file specified" Is this file critical to me, and if so can I download it? Thanks Sean Tag: startup problem Tag: 231699
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    - Cookies I delete items in my Cookies folder regularly and today when I looked for this folder I found three: Windows, Windows\TEMP and Windows\Profile (plus 2 text files which I don't touch). Which one(s) do I really need? Thanks! Tag: startup problem Tag: 231698
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    - Error message Whenever I switch on my machine I get an error message reading "Explorer has caused an error in LOGKKF.DLL. Explorer will now close" Restarting the computer does not solve the problem. Can anyone advise Tag: startup problem Tag: 231694
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    - Windows ME Bios How do I access the BIOS in Windows ME? I am tryting the change the boot set up to start with a CD and I don't know where to access it. Tag: startup problem Tag: 231692
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    - Can't Start in Safe Mode Pressing F5 (Safe Mode) from WinMe's startup disk's start menu drops me off in dos/A:. Any ideas?? Thanks, James Tag: startup problem Tag: 231688
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    - pictures crash my computer i download a lot of picture,email, digital camera etc. everything was fine, now i try to open a picture and it crashes. i can get to the picture file unopened and it says it is "collapse" . how can i get it out of this collapse mode?????? Tag: startup problem Tag: 231686
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    - CatRoot I run SpyKiller and found C:\Windows\System a folder caaled CatRoot. Is this a spyware? MikeA Tag: startup problem Tag: 231672
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    - kernel32.dll error, IPHLPAPI.DLL file cannot start, no sound, Qttask not working Would system restore fix these problems? HELP, PLEASE, SOMEBODY! If system restore isn't the answer, can someone walk me through the fix process? THANK YOU!!!! Tag: startup problem Tag: 231670
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    - internet explorer Thank you so much for the information that was given me about my internet explorer causing an error in TPS108. I did what was said to do and found out that there were several pest attached to my internet explorer. I downloaded SpyBot and did a search and destroy but it said that it could not fix the error. Do I need to uninstall my internet explorer and reinstall it to fix the problem with it. I appreciate any information you can give me. Thanks! Tag: startup problem Tag: 231668
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    - Too much software at STARTUP Dear Friends: My Laptop (HP Pavilion n-5470) is low in resources (RAM), due to the fact that there are too many programs running in the back at STATUP, . Can I get in to the System Configuration Utility and "disconect" some of the programs ? What happend if I need them later ? Will they open at my will ? Thanks in advance Tag: startup problem Tag: 231667
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    - Ptsnoop cause MMSYSTEM.DLL error I got this error when login WIN ME and the resolution of monitor become lowest (VGA Driver not work) mouse also no respon (Mouse driver also hanged) I tried reinstall VGA and mouse Driver , but no effect and I try replace the MMSYSTEM.DLL from WINME CD also no effect can anyone help me solve this problem ? Tag: startup problem Tag: 231665
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    - IE5.5 won't remember temp history My IE5.5 SP2 doesn't seem to remember the temporary history (the one in the Address bar down-arrow selection) from session to session anymore. I would be entering sites manually from time to time and the feature would work then, but when I close down IE and reopen a new session, all the addresses are gone. This was never a problem for years.. and now all of a sudden the history is failing. What's the problem? The "regular" History (the one called up with the History button itself) works fine. When I check the Documents listing from the Start menu, I see about 15 recent documents (I seem to recall that the list used to be much longer in the past, but now there are only 15. Meanwhile... I have hunted for some more info about my original problem and find that there are discussions about the "TypedURLs" in the Registry. Well.. I cannot find such a Key value with regedit! Furthermore, I discovered that the usual drop-down list for the Start/Run command is also empty! I have not installed TweakUI. Tag: startup problem Tag: 231661
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    - Copy Files and Folders How do I copy files & folders to CD's in Windows ME? Tag: startup problem Tag: 231656
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    - No Scam, No tricks, Money making guide. Honest to goodness. MAKE MONEY, EASY, NO SCAM!!!!!!! Need Extra money to have more fun? ========================================================= PLEASE DON'T DELETE THIS! Before you say "oh BULL" will you PLEASE spend your ONLY 2 minutes to READ this email.. ========================================================== Dear Friend: First of all my apology, secondly thanks for spending your time reading this email. I send this email to offer you an Internet BUSINESS opportunity that really works. Make a $200,0000 IN JUST 3 TO 21 weeks GUARANTEED!!!! WOULD YOU BELIEVE IF I TELL YOU THAT YOU JUST NEED US$6 TO START THIS BUSINESS! It's true my friend just $6 and you will have your own business at home all you have to do is spend at least 1 hour a day for it, and you will see thousands or hundred of thousands of dollars are coming on your mail box for 3 to 21 weeks. Tired of asking parents or working at the local burger place for petty cash to go out? Check it out! Make Money thru the Internet's best Kept Secret. Seriously, no scams! Lots of cash, fast and completely legal. This really works. This really can make you easy money. It works!! But you have to follow it to the letter to make it work. A little while back I was browsing through newsgroups just like you are now, and came across an article similar to this one that said you could make thousands of dollars within weeks with only an initial investment of $6.00. So I thought, yeah, right, this must be a scam. But like most of us , I was curious, so I kept reading. Anyway, it said that you send $1.00 to each of the six names and addresses stated in the article. You then place your own name and address in the bottom of the list at #6 and post the article in at least 200 newsgroups. (There are Thousands). No catch, that was it. So after thinking it over, and talking with a few people first, I thought about trying it. I figured what have I got to loose except 6 stamps and $6.00 right? Like most of us I was a little skeptical and worried about the legal aspects of it all. So I checked it with the U.S. Post Office (1-800-725-2161) and they confirmed that it was indeed legal. Then I invested the measly $6.00, well GUESS WHAT?...within 7 days, I started getting money in the mail!!! I was shocked! I figured it would end soon, but the money kept coming in. In my first week I made about $25.00. By the end of the second week I had made a total of over $1000.00! In my third week I had over $10,000.00 and it is still growing. This is now my fourth week and I have a total of just over $42,000.00 and it is still coming in rapidly. Its certainly worth the $6.00 and 6 stamps. Let me tell you how this works and most importantly why it works.... also, make sure you print a copy of this article NOW, so you can get the information off of it as you need it. STEP 1 Get 6 separate pieces of paper and write the following on each piece of paper. "PLEASE PUT ME ON YOUR MAILING LIST". Now get US $1.00 bills and place ONE inside each of the 6 pieces of paper so that the bill will not be seen through the envelope to prevent thievery. Next, place one paper in each of the 6 sealed envelopes and seal them. You should now have 6 sealed envelopes, each with a piece of paper, your name and address and a $1.00 bill. What you are doing is creating a service. Another possibility is to write your letters via e-mail, to electronic mailing lists, and then have the people send money! THIS IS COMPLETLY LEGAL. But you have do send the money, or else nobody else will send the money. Then you don't get any money. See, you lose 6 bucks, but gain thousands of dollars. So, mail the 6 envelopes to the following addresses: #1 John Teal 1 central park west New York, Ny 10023 #2 Mike Stephenson 951 Dyer Lake Rd. Traverse City MI 49684 #3 Chris Couture 101 Gables Point Way, Cary, NC 27513 . #4 Jassa sing 77-02 AA Roosevelt Ave. PMB # 025 Jackson Hts., NY 11372 #5 JB Brittain 11300 Peacock Hill Way, Great Falls, VA, 22066 #6 PJ Mancuso (Mike B.) 1 Parklawn Drive Brampton, Ontario, Canada L6Y-2H3 STEP 2 Now take #1 name off the list that you see above, move the other names up (6 becomes 5, 5 becomes 4,etc..) and add your name to the #6 spot on the list. EX: #6 becomes #5 #5 becomes #4 #4 becomes #3 #3 becomes #2 #2 becomes #1 and put your name on #6 STEP 3 Now post your amended article to at least 200 newsgroups. I think there are close to 24,00 groups. All you need is 200, but remember, THE MORE YOU POST, THE MORE MONEY YOU MAKE. DIRECTIONS ON HOW TO POST NEWSGROUPS STEP 1 You do not need to retype this entire letter to do your own posting. Simply put your cursor to the bottom of this document and select copy from the edit menu. This will copy the entire letter into the computers memory. STEP 2 Open a blank Notepad file under accessories in windows and place your cursor at the top of the blank page. From the edit menu select "paste" This will paste a copy of the letter into the notepad so that you can add your name to the list. STEP 3 Save your new Notepad as a .txt file. If you want to do your postings in Different settings, you will always have this file to go back to. STEP 4 Use Netscape or Internet Explorer and try searching for various newsgroups, (on line forums, Message boards, chat sites, ect..) STEP 5 Visit these message boards and post this article as a new message by highlighting the text of this letter and selecting paste from the edit menu. Fill in the Subject this will be the header that everyone sees as they scroll down the lists of postings in a particular group, click the post message button You're done with your first one. CONGRATULTIONS, THAT'S IT... REMEMBER THE MORE NEWSGROUPS YOU POST IN, THE MORE MONEY YOU WILL MAKE!! BUT IT IS IMPORTANT TO POST NO LESS THAN 200. That's it. You will begin receiving money from around the world within days. You may eventually want to consider a Post Office Box due to the large amounts of mail you will receive. If you wish to stay anonymous, you can invent a name that will be recognized by the place you are having it delivered. JUST MAKE SURE ALL ADDRESSES ARE CORRECT!! Now the WHY part: Out of 200 postings, say I receive only 5 replies (A very low example). I then made 5 dollars with my name at #6 of the letter. Now, each of the 5 persons who just sent me $1.00 make a minimum of 200 postings each with my name at #5 and only 5 persons respond to the original 5. That is another $25.00 for me, now those 25 make 200 minimum posts with my name at #4 and only 5 reply each. I will bring an additional $125.00. Now those 125 persons turn around and post the minimum 200 letters with my name at #3 and only receive 5 replies each. I will make an additional $625.00. OK, now here is the fun part, each of those 625 people post a minimum of 200 letters with my name at #2 and they each only receive 5 replies, that just made me $3,125.00!! Amazing...It can go on and on ... When your name is no longer on the list, you just take the latest posting in the newsgroups and send out another $6.00 to the names on the list. Putting your name at #6 again. Begin posting again. Very Easy and NO RISK AT ALL! Tag: startup problem Tag: 231654
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    - comctl32.dll I usually leave my computer on all day and night, but lately after I try to use my computer after it hasn't been used for a while an error comes up for the "comctl32.dll". Does anyone know what I can do to fix this??? Tag: startup problem Tag: 231649
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    - ANTI-VIRUS quesiton Just installed (& ran) a new McAfee Virus Scan 2004 program, which found 23 infected files. It cleaned several but remaining files could not be "cleaned or quarratined". And a few could not be deleted (auto-write?). How do I know what can be deleted and how to do it & what to do with the rest? HELP Tag: startup problem Tag: 231648
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    - e-mail the e-mail stated that there is a problem with Windows 2000. I have Windows Millennium. Does this include me? Tag: startup problem Tag: 231642
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    - Error 2147024891 I get error 2147024891 when attempting to open the help and support page. The initialization of the help center failed Is there a fix for this particular error so I can utilize help and support. Thanks, Tag: startup problem Tag: 231634
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    - Can't Find Operating System Error Message On Boot I recently had to reinstall my Windows ME on my system. When I did I of course lost all of my updates and IE 6. I have spent the last 2 days getting all of my updates and getting IE 6 to work but when I started my computer today I got a "Can not find operating system" error message. I had to boot up about 6 times before I finally started up. I had this same problem once before when I had to do a reinstall. I have often thought I must have a virus but have not been able to detect one with various anitvirus programs. Can anyone help me? Tag: startup problem Tag: 231623
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    - Problems Running Scan Disk and Defrag Hi. When I try to run Scandisk or Defrag they stop and restart because of drive activity. I've disabled my anti-virus software and my firewall software and this didn't seem to help. Please, don't tell me I must use a selective startup by selecting individual items in MsConfig to prevent them from starting at startup. I hope there's a better way. Any help will be appreciated. Thanks, James Tag: startup problem Tag: 231621
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    - upgrades When ever I try to download updates or system patchs my pc will download and then tell me to restart my pc, then I get the message that windows could not upgrade the file %1 from %2 and then it says windows could not upgrade one or more system files before starting, Please help Tag: startup problem Tag: 231610
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    - Another Ad-Aware Update!!!! Reference Number : 01R263 27.02.2004 I guess I just get lucky when I check.....grin. Silj will be along with all the details. Cheers......Figgs Tag: startup problem Tag: 231608
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    - Saving toCD-RW Can anyone help me save data files to CS-RW Tag: startup problem Tag: 231605
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    - Wall paper and icons disappeared No matter what I tried, both the wall paper and all icons disappeared. Instead -- a full Yahoo screen pops up, but has no exit button for cancellation, unless I shut down the computer. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thank you. Tag: startup problem Tag: 231603
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    - windows me start up problem When I boot up the computer Windows Me wants to install and I really don't want it to. If I let it install again will I lose the programs and settings that are already there? Thanks for your help Judy Tag: startup problem Tag: 231602
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    - Help and Support Error I am currently using ME version of windows, and came across an error opening the help and support page (start>help). The help and support page tries to open, then an error message appears stating " the initialization of the helpcenter failed. Error 2147024891". When I try to close it, a window pops up and says " the application is busy. do you want abort anyway". Does anyone know how to fix this so I can utilize the help and support pages. Thanks, Tag: startup problem Tag: 231593
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    - windowsme right click on my compuper and open properties it show system restore is at 55% way is it so Tag: startup problem Tag: 231588
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    - instit error, marco!.scr, speedy.scr Every time the PC boots up I get an Instit error two files are displayed in notepad "marco!.scr" & "speedy.scr" Any help would be great, Thanks Tag: startup problem Tag: 231587

startup takes extremely long, as several icons come up in
lower right portion of desktop. how do i get these
programs/icons out of startup process?

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Re: startup problem by Rick

Rick
Sat Feb 28 18:35:48 CST 2004

steve wrote:

> startup takes extremely long, as several icons come up in
> lower right portion of desktop. how do i get these
> programs/icons out of startup process?
>
> thanks

You mean in the System Tray? (where the clock is)

Most can be removed by finding and unchecking "Load at Startup" either
from the tray icon itself or from Options/Preferences in the
"mothership" program.

The still adamant ones can usually be taken care of in:

Start/Run/msconfig.exe
Startup Tab

Uncheck the appropriate items (don't uncheck Explorer or Systray)

Rick

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