Cross-posted to WinME General newsgroup. Did you reinstall WinME, IE5 or both? Had IE6 ever been installed before the "reloading" or reinstalling? -- ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear) MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE) & Security Stufis wrote: WinME box had to be scraped down to the HD after an attempt to go wireless

To anyone who may be able to help, I have a Sony Vaio desktop PC. CPU = Pentium II 333 MHz, 640K System RAM, 63M Extended RAM, 4X DVD Rom, 4.75 GB Hard Drive, normal 2 button PS2 mouse, normal keyboard, and a plug and play monitor. I'm running Windows Me. Whenever I shut down or restart my PC I get...

Old question but....... Which is best FREE firewall for ME? I was using Sygate Personal Firewall which is now creating problems and no more updates available(I believe). ZoneAlarm is no more for ME.

I have been errors in Windows ME lately, requiring scandisk fixes. No, when I try to run three different programs, I am getting the error message, "A requrired DLL file, MFC42.dll, was not found." I know there are websites that will provide DLL files. Should I just try to dowload the...

I have an image that I need to add to and don't know if there is an option for this in MSPaint. It's a wrap-around image that I'm basically trying to make horizontally larger. Now I can copy part of the image, but I can only re-past it *on* the master copy. Not next to it, which I need to do....

Please excuse this repeat posting, but upon startup, I get the subject line as a message when the screen is black. A guy kindly replied a month ago saying that this file is to be found somewhere or other but this meant little to my unexpert mind. I'm not seriously into computers and so I would like...

Most people on the Internet say that Windows Me is the worst Windows Version, but on my PC it works better than XP and 98. I like those Windows version most: 98, 98SE, 2000 Pro, Me and Vista. Anyone like me? I would also wanna ask if there will be any Windows Me service pack soon?

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Have Dell XPS 933 machine on home network with 2 Windows XP units. Router is Linkseys BEFSR41. Can locate shared folders from XP machines using C:\Windows\ NETHOOD on Me machine. However, would prefer using My Network Places instead. Where do I find it? Does it exist in my version of Me? (Me OS...

Hi How do i do a repair install of internet explorer 6 service pack 1? Thanks NBK

I have a PC that is mostly used to play games and not hooked to the internet. It is stuck in 16 colors and 640x480. When I go to Display and try to change to true colors (24 bit) nothing shows but 16 colors and the resolution is stuck at 640x480. I get the message that system restore has been...

It being the Time Zone changer of Mike's. You know you have to get a life when you start at the screen at 2 am to see if it is going to change to 3 am.......and it did, grin. But actually I was yakking to Elayne as she is packing stuff for........well, you know, lol. Night......Figgs

At times Adobe Acrobat Reader6 seems to eat up a tremendous amount of either memory and/or system resources, specifically when downloading larger pdf files, up to the point where there is not enough memory left and it is being suggested to exit some programs, in order to free up space. Is there...

Lately when I start windows Me I get a request via ZoneAlarm to allow Windows Explorer to access the internet. The IP quoted is IP.23.255.255.250. Is this legit? Also AVG has started to crash out to the 'blue screen' before completing (a convenient way of avoiding reporting a virus). Is AVG...

Hi folks, please help me with the following problem. Any input will be greatly appreciated! Here's the story: A friend running Windows Me (at home) asked me for help. Since about two weeks ago Windows starting crashing a few minutes after establishing a dialup connection. It would reboot the PC...

Hi all, I understand that support/updates for W98SE ends in June. I have also read that the same is true for W98ME. Is this true? I would have assumed that since w98ME was released after W98SE and therefore the support time line would have been longer. Any more info on...

Hi my dad has a major problem with His P.c he can get into Windows using Safe mode but when he tries to start up normally (Window's Protection Error System Halted you need to restart your p.c) does any one know whats wrong and how he can fix it Dan

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How can I reinstall Windows me on a Sony Vaio PCV-RX470DS without formatting the hard drive? The system didn't come with a standard Windows me distribution CD. It came with a bootable "System Restore" CD which, upon being booted, presents the user with the options of 1) reformatting drive C and...

Hi, I can't test 2000 in ME, but it works fine in 2003 under XP. -- If this helps, please click the Yes button. Cheers, Shane Devenshire