i can not change from 16 colors to 32. or change the adapter for a better one.as there is only 1 adapter.originally the pc was windows xp. but due to harmful viruses had to delete xp now running windows me

I cannot get anything on my desktop to work. I have all my icons on there, but when I click on one, nothing happens. It doesn't hilight the name, and it doesn't give me an error message. It just does nothing. I have to go to start and then click on a program to get anything to open up. Also,...

The WinME background picture is stuck on my desktop. Enabling/disabling Active Desktop is not releasing it. I can preview in Display Properties and when I click apply/ok I can see signs that something is happening to the desktop. But the same display remains. Help! Also I have noticed while...

can I download IE8 if I still have Windows ME?

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

hi bob.........im just a beginner at this...........when i sign on i can get on internet through autodailler.......but cant get on as normal as it keeps coming up flashwindows.dll error......not detected..........and i cant access lots of programms....i also have an extra AOL icon with a little red...

hi bob.........im just a beginner at this...........when i sign on i can get on internet through autodailler.......but cant get on as normal as it keeps coming up flashwindows.dll error......not detected..........and i cant access lots of programms....i also have an extra AOL icon with a little red...

Hi folks. Here's one from left field. I'm having problems with a font that's used various places in Windows. For instance, it's the font displayed when you win a game of Freecell, that flashes YOU WIN!. This font shows up from time to time, and I don't seem to have it, so I just get those...

My windows explorer does not display folder tree in the left pane. It only shows a grey area. Can someone direct me how to restore this function? Thanks.

I recently upgraded my Windows ME operating system with the posted upgrades on microsoft/upgrade.com site. The resultant effect is that when I now open up Windows Explorer the folders options doesn't work. Even when I go through the view/Explorer Bar/Folders option it still doesn't work. All the...

I keep getting Windows error Service which says Windows detected Spyware on your computer. Download free Spyware Scanner & Remover. I have downloaded both Ad Aware and Spybot and cleaned everything up yet this message window keeps popping up. If I click OK it shows me how to download these 2...

After completing a Windows update I restarted my computer and received the following message: Windows could not upgrade the file %1 from %2. I found instructions on how to resolve this but it refers me to the program I was trying to download. Unfortunately I have no idea which program to look...

When I turn on my computer, the window message prompth: Windows cannot find "c:\\WINDOWS\Msearch.exe' You may have typed the name incorrectly in the Run dialog, or another open program cannot fina a system file. I try search MSEARCH.exe but could'nt found. What to do ? HELP!! Any great advice is...

Recently, when I open a web page, the window opens as a very small window--1 1/2" square approx. I have to maximize it before I can use it. How do I correct this? It never happened before-now it happens every time I open a web page. Thank You Don K

Monitor works fine while comp starts up...until it trys to run windows. Screen goes blank.. Works in safe mode....Also works if plugged into my win 98 laptop. The monitor is an older one. This problem started after total war viking invasion was unistalled. Have tried re-installing Win98me. Have 16...

I have problem with setings,every time I set 800 by 600 in milenium it does`nt .help me

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?

Hello, I have never had this problem with m Dell E1505 laptop....it has a wide screen display and Windows has always displayed with the correct aspect ratio. all of a sudden it is only using a standard amount of screen real estate to display the image, with vertical black bars on the sides. I've...

About to repurpose a WinME computer by installing XP, a couple of large hard drives, max memory and a new power supply and fan. However ... My son had done quite a bit of customization of the UI, with different background images for many folders and specific lettering choices, color choices,...

I have many useless desktop icons. I plan to delete them. I have doubles of the entry icon for my server, Compuserve. Will it harm anything to remove the unused one? How do I delete the desktop itmes that I want deleted? Do I go to add remove, or just delete them from the desktop? Will I free...