Wanting to change the Desktop icons for My Computer, Recycle Bin, and My Network Places I went to http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~vr4m-ikw/Global/download.html to d/l a free Madonote program that can make these changes. When I try to use the program I get a Install on Demand (Internet Explorer) Dialog...

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I have Windows ME for the last 7+- years. Someone installed Microsoft Office 2000 on my computer. I would like to uninstall it properly. Microsoft Office has nice programs, but it is way too expensive a program for me to keep up with. I have let it just sit there and ignored it. Now that...

i read the requirements on what it takes for xp i know i have all of them but it said you would need a modem with a speed of 14.4kbps how do you tell what speed you have i have a dial up ips. could you give me some info on this. thanks

Windows ME is saving lowercase file names (test.html) as all uppercase file names (TEST.HTML). It even changes xyz.doc (an existing file) to xyz.DOC. My website server thinks TEST.HTML is different from test.html and FrontPage 2002 wants to delete test.html. It is really messing me up. I seem to...

When I try to cut my computer on, I get a message that reads "EDO memory was detected in Socket 1 nearest the audio jacks. Strike the F1 key to shutdown." Finally, after about ten tries, the computer powers up normally. Any idea what this is? Thanks -- bob

I am having a lot of problems with the Shell32.dll Anytime I try to open IE or maybe open folders, from searches. I just get the error message that ---- has caused an error in Shell32.dll and will now close" Does anyone have an idea where I should start trying to fix, I have reinstalled ME...

I have windows Me, and whenever I use Ctrl+Alt+Del to bring up the task manager, it shows about 5 or 6 processes that are a bunch of random letters and then 07 at the end of it, like abgestt07. I can click on them and 'end task' and they'll disappear, but they come back with the next reboot. ...

After upgrading to windows Me from windows 95 I have now lost all my colours and only have 16 colours on display and a screen size of 640 x 480. I used to have over two hundred!! Any ideas??

Hello everyone I´ve been having some problems since I´ve installed a new Anti-Virus + Firewall +antispyware program. When I´m using the program, sometimes shows a blue screen with an error message and a code and more often, I get a small black window on my desktop, saying that " AVTASK has...

I have been given a Dell desktop running ME which I want to clean up and donate to a charity or needy person. It is apparent that the hard drive should be reformatted and Windows ME reinstalled. I have the original Microsoft CDs for Windows ME and all the other programs that were factory...

I have a Compaq Presario 5006CA that over the last several months has slowly been acting up, i.e. rebooting after shutdown started, locking up after shutdown started, system freezing for 30 or so seconds while surfing the net and, most recently, video display problems. My video settings were locked...

I was told by my credit card co. that I need to upgrade my A. Reader from 6.0 to a newer version. I see that they are offering the 7.0 reader now. My question is: Do I need to uninstall the 6.0 reader first?? Or does the 7.0 just replace or go on top of the old one? Thanks

I checked Windows Update and it indicated that I need to get .NET Framework 1.1 Service Pack 1. I selected install now and it went through the download process and then started the installation. Very soon into the installation the following message appeared in a common language runtime debugging...

i got winme OEM and i lost the restore disks and was asking is there a way to reinstall windows over it self Via the OEM cabs

Hi, I'm having problems opening up files (.dat, .sys) on my P.C. Whenever I try to open a file, a message pops up and states that the file is not a valid win32 application. What do I need to do to get this straightened out.

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Hi, hope someone can help! I have Windows Me, and when I try and run my defragmenter (it needs it badly!) it never moves off 0% despite sounding like it is accessing the C: drive. Even if I leave it for 8 hours it stays on 0%! I followed some on-line troubleshooting tips on the Microsoft site...

When I click on the start button, the message "Explorer has caused an error in SHELL32.DLL" comes up, the screren refereshes and everything except the volume control disappears from the system tray. There is no way of getting the start menu back. I looked on the knowledge bas but couldn't find any...