I have had my HP with ME for a couple years. It has been acting up. It will suddenly go back to the HP INVENT screen for no apparent reason. Also the screen will freeze occasionally and I have to reboot. I am thinking maybe the drivers are starting to corrupt? Is there a diagnostic program I...

I have a possible silly question. I have noticed when I do a cookie flush that I have a lot of IE5 temp files flushing, but my microsoft internet explorer says I have IE6 installed..so when I did a file search I have files listed for IE5...and also I have two ie6setup files and one that says ...

I don=B4t have problems with spyware and that kind of stuff, but some people told me it was better to download Ad-Aware and Spybot softwares, to avoid problems in the future. I would like to know the opinion of some of you about these softwares. Did you have any problems using them? Did...

Does anyone know if I have a problem? The controller I plugged in sees my 5.4GB Maxtor hard disk, but does not see my brand new 60GB hard disk. I was told that my PCI slot had to be 2.1 compliant. Which I assume it *is* since it sees the smaller hard drive. But.... I Could be wrong. FWIW, I do...

A drive letter is assigned ONLY after I boot the computer with the USB memory stick in a USB port. If I plug one in if the computer is already on - I can never see it in explorer. It does show up in the in devices manager as a drive, and under the USB Controllers, but I can not assign a drive...

I'm having a problem getting the latest IE6 security update from the ms update site to take. I've downloaded this 4 times now ("cumulative security update for IE6 Service pack 1"). Upon computer restart, it says something like could not upgrade x1 to x2. Other updates have worked fine, just...

If I install a newer version of Netscape over the one I have, will it wipe out my bookmarks?

I lost the Windows folder out of my c drive last week...i noticed a new temp folder appeared. I opened it up and there was a driver icon inside called lahide3.dll I have since deleted that and it does not seem to be able to refresh itself. If i go into i.e and delete my temp internet folders and...

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Does the restoration of a" rbxxx.cab" file "UNDO" the defragmentation done just after that backup file? Thanks

Can someone send me the ME file USBNTMAP.SYS I have an old laptop that will see the stick but keeps looking for the above file. I only have the original SONY recovery files for this laptop and cannot find it on any ot he images. thanks Paul

Did you know you can add the Control Panel to your desktop? Right click on the desktop. SelectNewFolder. Right click the folder and select Rename. Type this exactly as written: Control Panel. {21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D} This will put a Control Panel icon on the desktop! I thought...

Hi, The title says it all really!! I was trying to find out why my HD space was decreasing and found that I had over 500(!) ..CAB archive files in the above directory. They are taking up over 6GB of space! I can't simply delete them because they have archive permissions and so there are...

i'm running WINDOWS ME on a computer at home. however, i cant get to the log on screan because it asks me for the password at the BIOS stage first. not knowing the password, i cant do a damn thang. i've fiddled around with the jumpers and i've even taken the battery out of the motherboard to try...

Whenever I start Windows, lots of programs also start up. I know there is a list somewhere that I can delete these programs from but I don't know where it is. Does anybody know where in Windows I can find it? I would appreciate any help.

Hi all! :-) I have been trying to get rid of the pesky CFTMON, and have repeatedly followed the information he Frequently asked questions about Ctfmon.exe http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=282599 and making sure the Alternative User Input is set for Unavailable in the MS Office Pro XP. I've...

I have encountered a font problem with my desktop computer. I have attempted to install a group of Hebrew and Greek fonts that are used by the notes in a certain Bible software program. These fonts are also used in the notes in a Microsoft Word version of this Bible. I was able to install and use...

During bootup, when it tries to launch a specific program, I get "active-x component can't create object". The offending program is not launched and cannot be launched from the program icon in its folder (gives same error.) Program is not Access. I cannot uninstall the program either by clicking...

I have received several warnings from AVG that the Trojan horse Dropper Delf.3.L has infected C:\Temp\Installer"1.exe and C:\Temp\Installer2exe AVG advised it could not heal so items were moved to Virus Vault. Can this trojan horse be cleansed from my computer and permanently removed? If so,...

Hi, can anyone help me with my latest WinMe anomalies? (yes, more than one...) Started out with ScanDisk acting up, informing me that "Your computer does not have enough available memory to complete this task. If any other programs are running, quit one or more of them, and then click OK."...