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activation by
coffeestain
I recently restored me on an old computer. It has an error msg, "windows
product activation must be activated with microsoft". My cd is legit, came
with my compac, what do I do?
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activation by
coffeestain
also I forgot to say this computer is not connected to internet.
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HP Pavilion 8250 stuck in 16 colors by
Kirk Sabre
Hey, all
I'm helping my friends get their computer set up, but have
encountered a display problem that I really don't know how
to get around.
They have an HP Pavilion 8250, 266 Celeron Processor, 48
MB RAM, and what I believe in onboard video/audio. I
know, it's a POS, but for what they use it...
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Second Taskbar on Desktop by
Nanpat
desktop I am working with a friend who is using Windows ME. He was running
ScanDisk and touched his mouse while it was in progress. Now, when he boots
up, there is a second Grey colored taskbar at the top of the screen. It shows
all the drives that are in the My Computer window. He can no longer...
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July 6th 06 05:39 PM
by Mike M
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Second Taskbar on Desktop by
Nanpat
I am working with a friend who is using Windows ME. He was running
ScanDisk and touched his mouse while it was in progress. Now, when he boots
up, there is a second Grey colored taskbar at the top of the screen. It shows
all the drives that are in the My Computer window. He can no longer run...
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July 6th 06 05:09 PM
by Nanpat
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Laptop did not functioning and no display aswell by
Irshad
Hello,
I left my laptop in on position with few of the websites on display. When I
came back after few hours there was no display coming up and no keys were
working. The only way laptop started functioning was by disconnecting the
battery and then reconnecting it and then by switching on the power...
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Passwords properties by
fleur4
In the Control panel,(passwords) I try to change the WindowsnPW. It asks for
the old PW, which I don't remember after 5 years and I'm going away for a few
days and like to create a Password. How can find out if i ever entered a
password and if so, what is my old Password. Would appreciate if...
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June 15th 06 02:15 AM
by Mart
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I want to reinstall Device Manager itself (WinME) by
Chipmonk
Hello,
Many months ago I lost use of my sound card (Device Manager shows the yellow
exclamation mark). I also found that everytime I boot up, my USB mouse won't
work unless I remove it from Device Manager, then unplug and re-insert it.
Also SCSI controllers have yellow exclamation marks and can no...
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screen area by
Stewart
I recently bought a 19" tft monitor and am very pleased with it but am
puzzled at a problem I am having with the screen settings.
It is a digital monitor and can take a setting of screen area 1920 x 1080
but if I set it at this then the desktop becomes a bit like a panorama scene
and the task bar,...
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May 30th 06 09:17 PM
by Mike M
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Video Problem by
Jerry
Video Problems –
Problem 1:
I have been having some OE:0028 type error problems. The error problems are
not the reason for this post. Now, when I try to restart my PC after an
error message, there are times when a screen of blue dots appears. After
rebooting or restarting again, I can get back...
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May 13th 06 12:25 AM
by Jerry
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scan disk and defragmenter by
SOFYXIT
it seems that (for some time now) my pc will not complete a whole scan on
scan disk. it shows me a warning saying that windows is writing to another
file and so the scan disk has restarted 10 times . this is shown to me mor
than 10 times! so i cannot seem to complete a scan disk. furthermore, when...
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May 11th 06 03:47 PM
by Mart
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Desktop Display by
Shane Wood
A recent problem I have been having occurs when I first boot up Window ME,
the background appears along with the mouse pointer (and I can move the mouse
around) but the taskbar and icons fail to appear. I surmissed that this was a
display problem after rebooting the machine in Safe Mode and the...
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Utopia by
Even Stephen
Can someone who uses Win Me please send my the wav. file of the Utopia
Asterisk? Thanks!
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May 9th 06 10:16 AM
by Mart
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Freezes by
Adrian
I start the computer - it's normal. Except if I click any icon, or start then
it freezes. Can anyone help me?
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Can't change desplay resolution by
Two up on a page
I set up a hard drive with ME to use when I want to use PhotoDraw (doesn't
work well with XP). The display is only 16 color and low resolution.
PhotoDraw won't open because it says it needs 256 color. The 16 color and
resolution can not be changed. What driver can I use and how can I import it
so...
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Taskbar by
Jack
I cannot access the Taskbar properties to make changes to it. The "Start"
button and its ICON are small. Also the ICONs next to the date are very
small while the date is the correct size. How can I adjust the size of these
ICONs?
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jl
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April 15th 06 03:51 AM
by Jack
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toolbar displaying the secure page icon by
John Mullan
Hi,
how can i change my internet explorer window to show the toolbar @ the
bottom of the page to show whether i am visiting a secure page to transmit
personal information etc.......
any information is really really appreciated.
thank you.
j
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Where is customization kept? by
WilDeliver
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,...
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March 26th 06 11:47 PM
by janfeb
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After new installation of Millennium by
Swordlord
Hi.
I re-formatted my computer's hard-drive and I re-installed Windows
Millennium. But after re-installation I get an extremely crappy display with
only 16 colors and 640x480 resolution. I think I need new drivers or
something, but I have no idea what I need or where to get it from.
I know that,...
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March 21st 06 09:56 PM
by Mart
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screen settings messed up by
alastairg100
I am not sure if it is a virus or it is just something wrong with two of our
computers, and the same thing just happened to happen on the same time. One
computer was a Windows ME computer but we have recently installed Windows XP
as it is a more secure system, and the other is a Windows ME laptop...
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