Hi whomever, My Dad swears he done nothing unusual when he last powered off his PC, but on reboot it is showin a screen similar to SAFE MODE, but it isn't, ie big icons and poor colour selection, also the mouse has died. I was trying to get to the point where it asks what settings to boot up with,...

Windows explorer does not show drive c and all the other itema as windows 98 and windows 2000does, I just get the my documents and a few others but it does not show me c: drive so I can drag and drop or copy files and folders back and forth, can you explain why this is so. Roy Marcelin

after usin it 4 thre er 4 weeks it suddenly got huing up on the smilin face all efferts to change its path have failed any ideas lol?

Every so often after spending time on my computer I find a new icon on the desktop. Where the name should be there is a "tilde." The size is 265 KB and the path is C:\Windows\desktop. If you try to open it, you receive a windows asking which program you want to use to open it. If you choose...

For some reason, I've lost the 'thumbnail' preview when I go to 'view - thumbnails'. I get the larger icons, but they only have the magnifying glass icon within. Can someone please help? TIA Willy

Help please ......how do I prevent the new venue for a file dropping to the tray when I click on the file I want to MOVE...

Why when I try to MOVE a folder by dragging does the new place I want to use drop to the tray ..so I cant`t drop into it. How do I prevent this happening ..thanks ...

Hi i have the tipical problem for ScanDisk - My os is Win Me - It is reboot 10 times it says and cannot complete it because another programm is writing on my hard disk..i already tried ScanDisk in safe mode plus i also deleted all the software were on my task bar at the bottom of the page so how...

Ever since I cancelled my Comcast Cable internet access, my Outlook explorer still opens undeeer the Comcast heading. I want to uninstall this old version and reinstall Outlook Explorer 6. I have Windows ME.

I have purchased and downloaded NIS 2004 but I cannot install it. I get the Error message "Set up has detected a previous install or Uninstall has been completed but requires a restart." I have tried to clean boot it in to no avail. Then I tried to install the Microsoft Windows Installer and THAT...

In trying to download Media Player 9 I get a warning that I need to download Fix Q2990700 and to go to Windows Update to do so. I can't find where to find this fix. Help anyone?

I dont have 265 bit, where can i download it from?

When I surf the web and click on a new site, it comes up to my screen as a 'minimized' window which I then have to 'maximize' to see the site. What can I 'tweak' to get directlly to the new site? Thanks.

I have just bought McAFee's virus scan, I have downloaded SpyBots search and destroy as well as CWShredder. I have up date them all and let them do there thing. McAFee finds some adware, but cant clean or delete them how do I remove them manually. They are not in my add/remove folder. I have...

How do I delete a document saved in Wordpad? Thanks

Since the 18th August each time I go into Windows Update i am being told to download a critical update. This I have done on every occassion and have been told at all times that the download has been successfull. Why then do I keep getting the same message.

I have a Presario 5000 with a Samsung monitor. I changed the video setting to optimize. When I did, I now get "Video mode not supported problem" error that dances across the screen. I can not find my original Windows ME cd to get in to change the video setting. I've tried holding down the CTRL key...

In buying a used computer, I did not receive the original software discs and have found several missing applications, or parts of applications, such as Microsoft Word and was wondering if there is a way to fix the problem?

I have windows Me on my computer operating system,how do I tell what service pack I am running? thanks Paul

I.ve lost all my help files and system information on my Dell computer and this message come up and says to notify Microsoft help center and the number is 2147143678, can someone guide me so that I can locate this number. Respectfully Jean