trying to get critical updates for my system. hoping that will help with all the shutdown problems i have been dealing with. every time i click to get critical updates, i get a blank page with "done" shown on the bottom. should i just bag this ME and get XP or is there more i can do? using...

We are operating on Windows ME in our dealership's Body Shop. After navigating from window to window, or even just after closing a window, the message box appears after about 30-45 seconds with the message "siae has caused an error in unknown". Upon attempting to close the message window by...

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I have received this from one of our Senior Club Members, can anyone assist please? Hi Joe A problem with recently installed Outlook Express 6. I find " jpg " attachments being blocked as being a potential virus. Why jpg I don't know as I thought these to be relatively safe. The attachment bar...

If you've installed IE6 (SP1), you do *not* want to reinstall WinME without first removing IE6 SP1! -- WinME-specific newsgroup: news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windowsme.general ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear) MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE), AH-VSOP Are You Ready for WinXP SP2?

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...

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...

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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...

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'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...

I was using scandisk when the computer froze. I turned off/on and when computer came back on it says disk i/o error, replace the disk, and then press any key. There is no disk in any drive. I have the recovery CD from HP but not windows ME floppy disk. When I try and use the recovery disk to...

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

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...

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). ...

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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?

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...

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...

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...