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    - product key number for WMe the product key number sticker on my HP computer case is different than the product key number in the registry, wonder why ? Tag: upgrade to xp Tag: 215255
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    - windows will not start normal or safe mode error loading explorer.exe must reinstall windows used startup disk tried system restore, scanreg, edit system.ini extracting explorer from cab files nothing works also virus scan and scandisk i still receive error when attemting to start windows Tag: upgrade to xp Tag: 215251
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    - help me find something please i have aol 9.0 ,windows me, and on startup a message comes up and says iphlpapi.dll cannot load, i have went to a lot of aol chats and they are having the same problem, i went to my system cabinet and the file is listed there, but how can i get it to work? it came with my windows disk but i do not have enough room to reinstall ,i have to much other stuff it would mess up and i would have to go in and type evrything my computer does not reconize, and my color will mess up and its to much of a hassel, is there a site i can go to besides microsoft, that i can download this one file? Tag: upgrade to xp Tag: 215247
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    - Need Help!! Kernel32.dll I use windown ME, and Yahoo Internet Expl. Everytime I am in Yahoo Expl. I get the Explorer has caused and error in Kernel32.dll. Try restarting the computer. - I have read the troubleshooting tips on how to extract file and have had no luck. I am really confused on how to go about fixing this error. I understand I need to extract the old file and replace it but exactly "how to" Any help is appreciated. I've been troubleshooting all day!! Jenn Tag: upgrade to xp Tag: 215246
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    - ME Problems In the last week, I have been experiencing multiple problems with my Me machine. I keep getting frozen screens, and usually can't even use CONT_ALT_DEL to bring up task manager--all I get is an infamous BLUE SCREEN error! I'll reboot, and still get errors, once or twice before I can use the thing for 10 minutes till the next thing I do pisses it off for another blue screen. I was starting to think that it was related to a new memory chip I added last week, but a co-worker called me to tell me he has been experiencing the same symptoms, especially since installing the most recent security Update! Anyone else notice a sudden increase in crashes with the last 1 or 2 Updates? Tag: upgrade to xp Tag: 215242
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    - pictures Hi, i have recently rebooted my computer. Have loaded on all the old software. I used to be able to save pics from the internet to my PC and then be able to open them in my pics. My computer will now only open a few select pics. It wont and never would open ART. pics. But it now won't open some bitmaps or gifs. anyone have any ideas on how i can get thi sorted? thanks - Graham Tag: upgrade to xp Tag: 215239
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    - WINDOWS/SYSTEM/AdCache Today (18 OCT 2003) I discovered unwanted advertisements located in my Winodws Millenium directory: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\AdCache - a directory I do not recall seeing before. When I attempt to delete the files in this directory, they reappear a few moments later, even though they are also dumped into the Recycle Basket. In other words I seem to be unable to remove these unwanted promotional files. Can anyone suggest a method of removing these files? Peter Tag: upgrade to xp Tag: 215237
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    - State Manager problem My laptop hard disk was running constantly, even when no application was in use (system monitor showed thousands of files/sec being read and written). Unchecking statemgr in the msconfig/startup solves that problem, and operation appears normal, but I wonder if I am creating another problem down the road. What does the state manager do, can I leave it unchecked, or is there a better approach to solving my original hyperactivity problem? Tag: upgrade to xp Tag: 215229
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    - no msconfig, no regedit Hello, I'm sending this now for the third time, as my message / request for help showed nowhere up. My friend's computer (PC) had no AV programs. After some problems he installed an AV program and it found 6 viruses (worms, BackdoorHacker, etc.) in total. Before the AV program was loaded, one could not enter the 'msconfig' utility, neither 'regedit', because the sub window containing 'msconfig' or 'regedit' respectively, remained open for 1 second only. After the removal of all (hopefully) viruses, the behaviour of the two utilities (system tools) remains the same. Any idea/suggestions? Thanks. Egon Tag: upgrade to xp Tag: 215222
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    - 996 MByte Non Dos Partition - Why? I was taking a look a the twitchy harddrive on my IBM machine using FDISK.EXE which revealed two partitions on C, one of which is a "996 Mbyte non dos partition". Any idea what the purpose of this is? Mike P. Tag: upgrade to xp Tag: 215218
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    - Codebase error I am getting an error message that reads: Error #: -200 Error #: 83805 File is not a Data file. database corruption detected c:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\NCDLF.DBF Help!! What does this mean?? Tag: upgrade to xp Tag: 215217
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    - Shutdown? Nope, reboot! Ok, now here's an interesting question for all you kind souls out there! After having all 4 versions of the Dyfica (sp?) virus get together and beat the hell out of my poor Win. ME, we needed a full reinstall of Windows to get it up and running again. System Recovery didn't want to know! Although the PC works now (or I wouldn't be typing this... :o) ) when I go to Shut Down the PC, instead of it coming up in the orange "It is now safe to turn off your computer", it reboots the PC as though you just turned the PC on! No system conflicts as I can see from the devices inside, so can anyone help me? Btw, I've also reformatted the HDD twice tonight and it's still having no effect...! Tag: upgrade to xp Tag: 215215
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    - Enormous Swap File Size, and slow browsing I have a Swap File of 500 megs, and it takes for ever to view the contents of a folder after I double click on it in explorer. Could th two be connected? Any suggestions? Tag: upgrade to xp Tag: 215214
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    - Reformating C Drive I am trying to reformat the C drive on a machine that has ME on it, and it won't let me. How can I do this? Tag: upgrade to xp Tag: 215203
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    - Lost restore points w/setting in AVG Hi all - AVG 6.0 I am having a problem with losing all restore points, and my system crashing after enabling a setting in AVG 6.0 In the E-mail section of the AVG there is a selection for OE 5 Plugin, and when I select this when Windows is loaded, I have a problem with opening the Delete Box. It just hangs, and I have to shut down using the power on/off button. Then, when I start up again, Windows will load but hangs at the desktop, and when I try to shut down with ctrl-alt-del the system goes to the blue screen and I have to shut down using the power on/off button. I started the system up in Safe Mode, and tried to do a System Restore, but, there were no restore points, not even the one I set yesterday afternoon, and even though the disable restore was not checked. I was able to open the AVG Control Center and uncheck the OE 5 Plugin and then reboot. The system came up find and all is working ok now, but, still no restore points, even though I have set a new one since the reboot, it is not there now. I would truly appreciate it if someone could provide me with a website or KB information that might address this problem so that I can perhaps have a better idea of where and how to troubleshoot this problem, or find a resolution. Best regards, Jan :) Tag: upgrade to xp Tag: 215202
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    - Effect of err msg During startup, I get an err msg with msnvc in the left corner. It says, (48) psapi.dll not found. I get the message twice. When I kill both (click OK) I am unaware of any problems. What software is looking for this dll? Tag: upgrade to xp Tag: 215201
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    - Err Msg: Shell32.DLL Miscrosoft Internet Explorer seemed to not recognize an internet connection when there was one. So, I tried many things, but I finally decided to try uninstalling it and reinstalling it. Well, after I did that and tried restarting my computer again, it tells me that "a required .DLL file, C:\Windows\System\Shell32.DLL, was not found." It will not load all of the way. I have Windows ME but have found a code to try typing in in the Command Prompt Only. I had to put in my QuickRestore cd to get the Command Prompt to come up, but the code I have is for Windows 95 and my QuickRestore cd is for 98. WHAT DO I DO?!?!? I can't even get loaded enough to reinstall Windows. Plus, won't I lose all my saved info if I do that?!??!! Help please!!!! Emily Tag: upgrade to xp Tag: 215198
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    - <>Spyware Alert! <> *New* Spyware Hijacker [Superlogy.com] If anyone sees a post requesting help for a home page hijack or general hijack related to [ Superlogy.com ] please read on, Immediate fix until developers can devise and release a repair tool is "Hijack This", info and download: http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm Please feel free to post this information elsewhere as you see fit. Regards, -- siljaline MS MVP IE/OE (Please reply to group, as reply address is invalid, so that we can all benefit) "Arguing with anonymous strangers on the Internet is a sucker's game because they almost always turn out to be -- or to be indistinguishable from -- self-righteous sixteen-year-olds possessing infinite amounts of free time." - Neil Stephenson, _Cryptonomicon_ Tag: upgrade to xp Tag: 215197
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    - .bkf files Many K of .bkf files in Windows Update. Can these be safely deleted? Saw them after using EasyClean 1.7 registry cleaner and "useless file" delete. This is a recent thing as I never had them before. Help Please! Tag: upgrade to xp Tag: 215188
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    - Startup Disk Is there anywhere I can download the files necessary to create a FAT32ebd startup disk for ME? Had a power failure while running setup and now I can't use the Win 98 startup disk to start again - message says invalid startup disk. Thanks. Vee Tag: upgrade to xp Tag: 215187
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    - bkf files Many K of .bkf files in Windows Update. Can these be safely deleted? Saw them after using EasyClean 1.7 registry cleaner and "useless file" deleter. This is a recent thing as I never had them before. Help Please! Tag: upgrade to xp Tag: 215185
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    - Replacing kernel32.dll file Running ME (upgrade) I have a fresh copy of above file on floppy. How do I replace existing file which is protected. Tag: upgrade to xp Tag: 215181
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    - Swap File - Again Hello: After moving the contents of my documents folder from drive C to drive E, my swap file really filled up and made things worse. What can I do to remedy this situation without crashing or reducing performance of my computer? Details, please. Harry. Tag: upgrade to xp Tag: 215180
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    - Update ME error!! OS lost afterwards! 2 weeks ago I updated the critical updates from microsoft site (including IE updates). upon restart I got errors and the IE kept hanging, so I went to Control Panel and deleted the new application downloads including the new IE. Upon reboot this time the system said there were errors and was going to reconfigure or something to a previous good configuration. Now when I start my computer, the Windows ME screen comes on and looks like everything loads properly, but I get to the windows interface and the blue background comes up on the screen but nothing else is shown. When I hit CTRL+ALT+DEL only one program is listed (unlike before when I remember lots listed). I can't do anything else, just a blue background on the screen and nothing else, and the only function available is the keyboard shortcut for CTRL+ALT+DEL. How can I recover from this disaster? Help please!! I also thought I could just upgrade to XP professional, but when I put the CD into the CD drive and turned on my computer it does the same thing and goes to the blue screen. Is it possible to do something during start-up and just have it boot from CD and upgrad to XP so I don't lose any of my data that's already in my computer? Any suggestions on how to recover my data and system would help, Thanks!!!! Tag: upgrade to xp Tag: 215179
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    - Configuration Warning What is causing the following warning: Configuration Warning An error occurred reading the startup configuration file. Please contact your administrator. Line 67. Syntax error. Illegal Character. Tag: upgrade to xp Tag: 215171
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    - stalling desktop My computer 'sort of' shuts down when inactive for a while. The tower says its on, but the monitor goes into standby mode. When I try to activate it, nothing happens. It seems to 'stall'. I end up having to hold the button down until the machine finally switches off, then restart. Any ideas pls? Tag: upgrade to xp Tag: 215170
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    - Making a rescue disk! A lot of suppliers sell their PC's without the original Windows CD. They have a rescue or backup disc. How can I make such a disk? --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.525 / Virus Database: 322 - Release Date: 09/10/2003 Tag: upgrade to xp Tag: 215169
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    - Refresh and Slow I am running Win Me. I ahve been having a prob in IE 6. I have to keep using the refresh button for pages to open and my system is so slow (I have high speed!!)...what can cause this? Also I keep getting returned email...I did 2 virus scans but come up clean...HELP Charmaine Tag: upgrade to xp Tag: 215167
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    - compressing files I have created a web project in microsoft greetings. When I try to email it Nortons Antivirus comes up with a message that it recommends that I compress the file. I went into windows help to find out how to compress a file and it suggested that I go into My Computer and select the drive I want to create a compression folder in. Then it says to choose new from the file menu and then click compression folder. When I get to this menu there is no option to choose compression folder, only Folder and Shortcut. Is there some other way that I can compress a file. Tag: upgrade to xp Tag: 215166
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    - upgrade can i upgrade me to xp? Tag: upgrade to xp Tag: 215165
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    - NTFS Question Can a system running ME be converted to NTFS? (I want to get over the 2gig file size limitation, but don't want to go back to XP.) Tag: upgrade to xp Tag: 215161
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    - May Be OT Problem, But I'm Going To Try Anyway. (I'm only posting this after a number of unsatisfactory emails from NTI support; those kind of emails that treat users like idiots and don't address the questions asked.) I'm running Windows ME with NTI CD Maker Software. Since I began using this burning software, it has been bullet proof. Over the past year, they've had several updates, all of which have worked without problems. And now, their latest update gives me this message after install and won't run. 'The CDMkr32.exe is linked to missing export SKINDIALOG.DLL:SetSkinIniFile.' First, the file mentioned above is not 'missing'; it is in the folder where it should be. NTI sent me another copy of the file, but this didn't change anything. This file is also present (same version) in all previous versions of NTI CD Maker. I've even tried installing the software in C:, rather than the Program Files Folder, but the second update doesn't give an option as to where you want it installed and goes ahead and uninstalls the program in C: and puts it in Program Files, so, that didn't work. I've gone through several install cycles, including disabling all running programs. My suspicion is that it is an NTI problem, (given how reluctant software producers are to admit they have a problem) but if anyone has an idea that the problem could reside in Windows, or my system, I'm wide open for suggestions. Thanks for taking the time to read this rather long post, but I would really appreciate any suggestions, no matter how wild they may be. (I can run the program without the update, but the problem is NTI has not been forthcoming as to the reason for the update.) Tag: upgrade to xp Tag: 215160
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    - Testing Our souls to this! --- Outgoing mail is certified Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.528 / Virus Database: 324 - Release Date: 16/10/2003 Tag: upgrade to xp Tag: 215154
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    - Hibernation My computer doesn't seem to want to go into hibernation. The screen goes black but the computer itself never completely goes off. I think it might have something to do with my mouse. It's a "IntelliMouse" from Microsoft. The red light stays on, as does the computer. When you move the mouse and the screen reapears from black, the cursor is very slow and whatever programs you click load slow as well. I can't shut down or restart my computer anymore either. The screen makes the noise it has always done when clicking restart/shut down, but then the cursor and computer freeze when it gets to the light blue screen, and you have to just turn off the monitor. Is it indeed my mouse that is causing the trouble or something else? Any help you can provide will be greatly appreciated. Tag: upgrade to xp Tag: 215152
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    - Startup Problem Please Help When I boot up my computer, it doesn't get past the title screen for Windows ME. It does not even get to the desktop. I have tried switching it to safe mode and the same thing happens. It says "Windows could not upgrade the file %1 from %2 %1: %2" What can I do? Is there a way I can get to a dos prompt or to my desktop? Tag: upgrade to xp Tag: 215151
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    - windows me errors Hi, my wife and I recently upgraded from our emachines 600is to a much newer model. When I went to get some files off our old computer, it won't boot up anymore when it worked ok before it sat idle for a week. When I try to turn it on, it starts booting, but then I get a message that reads 'cmdninst has caused an error in sysdm.cpl'. After I hit close, I get an error that reads 'msgsrv32 has caused an error in setupx.dll'. After that, it just stops booting and stays in the wallpaper screen. Anyone have any ideas? Tag: upgrade to xp Tag: 215148
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    - Regedit/SysEdit/MSconfig Here's what's happening. I am trying to troubleshoot my pc, but I can't troubleshoot when I can't access any programs. The Issue: Whenever I go to to the "run" command under the start menu and type in any of the following, "regedit", "sysedit" or "msconfig" the computer acts like it is about to open them up and then simply doesn't open it, or opens one of them up but closes it immediately. I can't gain access to any of these tools. Any suggestions on how to fix this problem would be deeply appreciated. Tag: upgrade to xp Tag: 215145
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    - Left pane of Windows Explorer is blank and gray When I launch Windows Explorer, the left pane is blank and the background is gray. The right pane appears okay and I can get to everything from there. Thanks, Eric eric_steinberg@hotmail.com Tag: upgrade to xp Tag: 215128
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    - shutting down have a hp desktop with ME. It won't shut down the usual way. Fans keep on going. It appears to be going into hibernation, but that is not checked. thanks Tag: upgrade to xp Tag: 215120
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    - Silj: spyware Suddenly the stuff is acting up again. This time it is trying to use a different dll and I'm ready to wipe the thing and start over unless you have ideas. -- "Time will bring to light whatever is hidden; it will cover up and conceal what is now shining in splendor." Horace (65 - 8 BC); Roman poet. Mike Tag: upgrade to xp Tag: 215117
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    - MyDocs.dll Anybody have an idea why all my net apps are trying to use the above file for accessing the internet? Info goes off to a site seemingly owned in Canada (Alberta) although the address info is hokey when I looked it up: it listed a suite in the CN tower, which is in Toronto last time I looked, and houses no businesses I'm aware of. This happens with Xnews, Outlook, Opera, Mozilla. Did full scans with AVG, Spybot, AdAware, And online scanners at Symantec and Panda, and a DOS disk. Nothing, all clean. Outgoing ports are 1294, 1296, 1298 TCP. This doesn't happen on the 2k or BSD boxes here. I googled it to death but no usable info. -- "Time will bring to light whatever is hidden; it will cover up and conceal what is now shining in splendor." Horace (65 - 8 BC); Roman poet. Mike Tag: upgrade to xp Tag: 215111
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    - Error Message Re: dimm.dll While surfing the net, all of a sudden I get this error message "Explore has caused an error in flash.ocx Explore will now close". I closed the error message popup and then I get the following popup error message "Explore has caused an error in dimm.dll". Does anyone know how/or what to do to fix this occurring problem? I used macromedia flash v.7 thanks. Rob Tag: upgrade to xp Tag: 215110
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    - PING: Heirloom "PP" Update Pest Patrol update available if you didn't get it already.=20 http://www.pestpatrol.com/Support/Downloads.asp#strings Regards,=20 ;)=20 --=20 siljaline MS MVP IE/OE (Please reply to group, as reply address is invalid, so that we can all = benefit) "Arguing with anonymous strangers on the Internet is a sucker's game because they almost always turn out to be -- or to be indistinguishable = from -- self-righteous sixteen-year-olds possessing infinite amounts of free = time." - Neil Stephenson, _Cryptonomicon_ Tag: upgrade to xp Tag: 215106
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    - Restore has filled my hard drive I have a 7.85 GB hard drive and 3.82GB of hard drive space is taken up with .cab files in the Archive subfolder of the Restore folder. I am quickly running out of hard drive space and would like to delete these files if possible but when I try I get an error message which reads: "Access is denied. The source file may be in use". Could someone please advise if it is OK to get rid of these files and how I would go about it. Thanks Tag: upgrade to xp Tag: 215100
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    - Thumbnails wont display This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_000C_01C3948B.A04139A0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Help needed to display the thumbnails, I have tried "REGSVR32 = THUMBVW.DLL" but I get the message that regsrv32 does not exist. I = searched for the file and it shows up in a "CAB" file. Any ideas on how to display the thumbnails they were there the other day = before the latest Windows ME update but now they only show as icons. Many Thanks ------=_NextPart_000_000C_01C3948B.A04139A0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2800.1264" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Help needed to display the thumbnails, = I have tried=20 "<FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3>REGSVR32 THUMBVW.DLL"  but = I get the=20 message that regsrv32 does not exist. I searched for the file and it = shows up in=20 a "CAB" file.</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Any ideas on how to display the = thumbnails they=20 were there the other day before the latest Windows ME update but = now they=20 only show as icons.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Many Thanks</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_000C_01C3948B.A04139A0-- Tag: upgrade to xp Tag: 215097
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    - slow context menu - registry entries? I've been having a problem with slow system response to right mouse clicks: sometimes takes two or three tries for the system to provide the context menu sometimes it might take 10 seconds or so to respond sometimes it responds immediately So far I've tried using a different mouse (with its different drivers), running the Dell diagnostics on all the hardware, using TWEAKUI to rebuild the system files, preventing my anti-virus program from loading (Norton), dinking with all the mouse options, decreasing the graphics board's hardware acceleration (via device manager), etc, etc. I googled and noticed that many people have had this problem, but nothing I read indicated a reliable fix ...So I thought I'd post another more cry for help - has anyone discovered a fix for this problem? Jean Tag: upgrade to xp Tag: 215089
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    - windows update When using windows updat it shows that there are updates but will not download. How to fix??? Tag: upgrade to xp Tag: 215071
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    - outlook 2000 Is there a way to have multiple e-mail accounts setup and keep the e-mail segregated? Tried setting up Windows USERs but did not seem to work. Tag: upgrade to xp Tag: 215070
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    - Stuck at 16 colors and 640x480 res All of a sudden, my PC only displays 16-bit color and only at 640x480. Anyone know if this is caused by a virus? Please reply. Tag: upgrade to xp Tag: 215068
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    - proxy settings When I use my msn messenger I get an error saying that internet explorer proxy settings are missing or incorrect the error is DIBENG.DLL It was download on my computer 6/8/2000 199KB. Can you help me correct this problem. Thank You Tag: upgrade to xp Tag: 215066

do i need to uninstall windows me to upgrade to mindows xp
professional. i tried and it tells me to choose a
different partition. thanks

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Re: upgrade to xp by Mike

Mike
Sat Oct 18 20:19:48 CDT 2003

No. You only need to choose a different partition if you wish to multi-boot
and/or retain Win Me.
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP
mcmaltby@hotmail.com

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

> do i need to uninstall windows me to upgrade to mindows xp
> professional. i tried and it tells me to choose a
> different partition. thanks

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