I just had a new motherboard & processor put in this thing. Prior to that, there were "Explorer has caused an error in ...." various different messages. Now supposedly this PC was loaded with an updated version of Windows ME, and now with every start up, there are quite a few "Explorer has caused...

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I am upgrading my father's computer from me to xp. it is an HP pavilion and it does not have a cd burner. He basically uses the machine for email and to store and send and print digital pix from his camera. since i can not burn a cd of his existing pix I was going to move them onto an ION Iogear...

I get the following error message when trying to click on most of my computers icons, including those in control panel. I would use system restore but i can't launch it either! Help!!!!!! "windows cannot access the specified device,path or file. you may not have approriate permissions to access...

I recently had a computer crash but using a software I was able to recover most of the files. Now I need to save these files on a drive separate from my hard drive. If I save them on a zip drive will I be able to reinstall them to the same computer again? Also, does anyone know where I can find...

iosubsys problem lol Didn't really know how long the thread had got as I tend to only keep my ng posts for a couple of days g I find "NoelDP (at the pub)" so informative. -- Mike

Whenever I go to open the local disk (C:) window from my computer I get an empty window. I know it's all there because if I right click from my computer I can explore C: drive but it's driving me nuts that I can't simply open the C: drive window and continue opening folders from there. Our McAfee...

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Hi there. My computer just got busted somehow (for lack of a better expression), and I need some help to get it back on track, if that is even possible. What happened was that one day I rebooted it a few times in a row, because the ScanDisk program kept freezing, and when it came back on: - the...

While attempting to install filemaker pro 7.0, I receive the above message. Is the hard drive failing or can something be done to correct this?

Hi, I have just reinstalled the OS on my older pentium. The CD-Rom worked to install the OS, but now that I am in the OS (Windows ME) it can see the CD Rom drive, but cannot read any CD. Sometimes it recognizes data CDs to see the name (IE it shows the Windows ME name when that disc is in). ...

After trying to firstly install "multi-protocol instant messaging (IM) client Gaim 1.21" and then after having to un-install it, the un-install wizard decided to delete or un-install many .exe files and programs on my computer. Many things did not work after that and although I attempted to...

I'm working on rehabilitating a friend's computer. At the moment I'm in a deep hole in that I can't even get the poor thing to start up. Scan disk runs because I had to force the shut down - but it just hangs. I'll try starting in safe mode when I get home from work tonight but I thought I would...

When I go to the general tab in the internet options area of the control panel and click on settings there is an area for setting the amount of disk space for temp internet files. It is measured in MB increments. What should I have that set at? Thank you for your help.

Can you tell me where the default outlook express store folder is situated. TIA

If I try to open a folder in Windows Explorer or My Computer with a left click on my ME machine, I get the 'Open With' dialog ("Click the Program you want to use to Open XXX"). If I right click, Open is listed twice at the top of the Context Menu. The upper open command is in bold. If I left...

With WindowsXP and now Server 2k3 its possible to divide up your existing hard drive into smaller drive letters (instead of 1 40GB C: drive do 1 30GB C: and 1 10GB F: for example). I was wondering if this was possible with windowsME and if so how?

Hello I have a PC running Win ME that is not connected to the internet or a network. I downloaded Windows Media Player 9 (full version) on my PC at work and saved the file to a flash disk. When I run the file on my PC at home it comes up with the following error: "The setup wizard has found one or...

I have a friend using AdAware SE (free edition) I'm checking here because the new AdAware 2007 version appears to be only for Windows XP or Vista - NOT Win98, nor WinME. On the other hand, while the AdAware site says they are no longer supporting AAW SE after December 2007, there are Ref files...

How do I change a read only folder. I put pictures in a folder and changed it by going to View and customizing it. Now I can't get it out of read only. Every time I try, it always returns to read only