The icons in my quick start menu and all the icons in windows explorer on the left side of the page as well as some in the start menu are fuzzy looking. What's up with that? Why only those icons?

After my computer is turned on or rebooted, internet explorer automatically tries to establish a connection without the user prompting it to do so. How can I disable this? Thanks

I am running Windows ME and have recently experienced a problem with my icons and fonts. The maximize, minimize, close icons, etc. in my title bar are now numbers/letters, and the font of numerous icons and toolbars is different than the default. I read up on the marlett truetype font problem for...

When I shut down, I get a message stating: Attention 98k / 219HZ Frequency is out of range. How do I cure this problem?

Sir, I posted a thread a few months before, where I said that I can install Windows 98, Me with out a valid product key/Serial. and some one said (he said he's a Microsoft employer), that we have no interest in Windows 98 or Me, about this this issue. My previous thread I am talking about can be...

at first i have two operating system on my hard the basic one is WindowsME and the other is windows FD. when i change the resoulation of the screen in WinMe from 600X800 to 1024X724 the screen turn black. I restart the computer , i saw the memory counter and i choose windowsMe and when the windows...

Not only are you an idiot, YOU LOST THE ELECTION!!!!!!!! So get used to it and stop you bitching.. " wrote: The memo that has "IMPEACH HIM" written all over it. The top-level government memo marked "SECRET AND STRICTLY PERSONAL", dated eight months before Bush sent...

Can ANYBODY tell me how to change the starup shutdown screens in Windows ME PLEASE , what a headache !!!!!!!!

Dear all, I have a multiple monitor setup. I need to read the EDID data of primary monitor from the registry. How can I associate the primary monitor with the exact registry key? EnumDisplayDevices() and EnumDisplayMonitors() have proven of little help. When I switch the primary monitor, I should...

I recently changed residents and disconnected and moved my Compaq Presario 5012US to the new abode. When I got it all plugged in and fired up, the screen went (moving left to right) from a basic pale blue about three quarters of the way across to a light shade of purple to a light shade of green...

When I open My Documents the individual documents do not display. Same happens with My Computer too. The field where the name of the document and document type usually appear are completely empty... Any thoughts anyone? Thanks -- Damian O'Hara Allen Carr (Canada)

Working on a friends HP laptop, I made a change in "Display Properties". I changed the resolution from 1024 x 768, to 800 x 600. Now I am unable to change it back. Because everything is much larger on the screen, I am unable to get to "OK" to accept the change. I tried moving the window as...

I am using the Windows Millenium Edition O/S, and when I double-click on an image-file like a .JPG or .BMP the image-file is loaded into WinME's "Image Preview" program. I've checked "Folder Options-File Types-.JPG" to see what the command-line is when a .JPG image-file is double-clicked and...

When I sign on to Win ME everything comes up but everything (mouse, keyboard etc.) freezes shortly afterward. Can anyone tell me what is happening and how I can correct the problem?

I have an HP pavilion 5350 (notebook)running Windows Me (Pentium III). the screen brightness after a stand by does not increase .... does not matter whether I press Fn+F2 or Fn+F4 or F3... in short no response. I can barely see the words on the screen. If I connect an external monitor .... no...

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When I click a link to a web page, it opens as a minimised page in the middle of the screen, like on the task bar. It has only recently started doing this. Any help would be great.

Whenever WinME's Open (File) dialog-box pops up it invariably defaults to List Folder/File View (see "Open (File) Default List View" below), forcing me to select my preferred Details Folder/File View (see "Open (File) View Selection" below) and then sort by FileType within Folders (see "Open (File)...

Does anyone have a clue why GIF Images are not displaying on websites? Any website I go to instead of displaying the GIF image they're replaced with an X and it just says Action Cancelled. Thank You for any help Beau

My dear brother was trying to do something on my fathers computer. He's new to computers at age 79 and I only have limited knowledge of systems problems. The current setting is now 16 color and a resolution of 640 by 480. I've followed the trouble shoot instructions and nothing seems to fix the...