From a different thread I needed to boot up from a startup disk and, naturally, couldn't find it. I went to control panel - add/remove - create startup disk, clicked on "create disk" and nothing happened! The ok and cancel buttons flicked to the grey for a second and that's all. Fair enough, I can...

Get operating system can't be found message and safe mode is severely crippled when trying to boot Win ME. Want to reformat hard drive and start over. But I can't get to any windows functions or the start menu. Just trying to get to ms-dos and I can reformat and do recover, but can't get there. Any...

I'm receiving the error message "explorer has caused an error in crtdll.dll" on each and every startup. How can I resolve this?

i have switched to using mozilla, but noticed that if i need to see launch video, eg. reading a news article am today , i clicked launch to see video and page pops up , as usual, to download ie 5 or higher or windows player or realplayer........ i have them already why is mozilla asking to...

Is "SpyFlush" a good thing, or is it more of an annoyance. I seem to have one sort of trouble with it or another. And the person responsible doesn't answer my questions. How about some different expert opinions on this particular program? It would be much appreciated. Harry.

Hi I have a system that has over 50000 files in the Temp/System Restore folder--mostly ending in the suffix CPY. I am confused as to whether the files in the folder are needed or not and am looking for info on the subject. Thanks in Advance Joe

I have: Win ME, use Foxfire, no viruses (PCcillin), no spyware (AdawareSE and SpyBot), recently deleted internet temp files and ran scan disc and defrag. For a couple of weeks, my computer has been locking up. It doesn't seem to be application specific. I can't even esc or ctrl alt del---have to...

Win ME, 256Mb ram, 80Gb HD with 3Gb primary partion. I reformatted primary partion and reinstalled Win ME a month ago. Since then I have had a problem with the Win386.swp file growing to over 1Gb in size. I then boot from EBD and delete the swap file in DOS. And then over the next week or so I...

I'm not sure to be in the right forum, but ask anyway and take it from the The diagnostic tool of directx has found numerous registry errors in the HKCR/CLSID Keys. How can this situation be resolved? Harry.

Hi All...... I can't get my CD Writer Drive to recognize that there is a blank CD in it. I have tried for an hour now. It has never failed like this before. It keeps telling me to put a blank CD in it. I checked it with both Roxio and Music Match burning proggies. I checked Device...

I'm trying to uncheck the 'disable system restore' option. When I do and reboot, it's still checked (ie: still disabled). I have Tweak UI installed, can that impead or make this happen?

http://www.snopes.com/humor/jokes/autos.asp Waiting for my 25 cent computer... (find the cent sign in ascii or alt-num sequence...) John

Is there a specific vredir patch for Windows ME?

Using MS Outlook Express in Windows ME and I recently got my desktop home after a complete disk wipe. Everything reinstalled and okay for one week. Then unable to get a connnection to Internet or mail server. Clicked File and found "Work Offline" ticked. Unticked it and tried again without...

I am not able to access the Help section of Microsoft Money 2003. I receive the error "Unable to load topic. Click here to try again." And, of course, clicking again does nothing... Here's what I have tried do far: reinstall/repair of Money 2003 deleted temporary internet files, cookies and...

Hi Trying to fix a friend of mine's computer that is running windows me. I moved the user dat file to a folder I named Pat's and I cant seem to move it back using dos cant do much at all in windows without it. Can anybody tell me how to move it back, its a hidden file, before she finds out what...

I was opening an attachment in e-mail and the "open with " box came up. I tried one thing and accidently left the "always open with" box checked. Well needless to say, that program wouldn't open it and now I can't change my preference. How do I change the "open with" thingy. Jeff Thoele

Just caught this. If I missed an earlier post, sorry. sced13ri

Reference Number : 01R309 22.05.2004 Are they trying to keep up with Spybot's new version?? (G) Figgs

I've been faithfully installing Windows'ME Critical Updates for some time now and my system seems to be getting more and more unstable. I now get a blue screen crash almost every day and sometimes more than one a day. They are randomly erratic having no particular pattern or cause. Critical...