I have a Windows ME and a Windows 98 computer that I would like to network together. I've attached a Firewire cable to them both; little green light is lit next to both, but neither computer seems to know that the other exists. I've tried the Home Networking Wizard and the Direct Cable...

During my research on gmail I came across this quite useful tool. It hasn't been mentioned on this NG before, according to my knowledge, and therefore I would like to bring it to your attention. The link to the download site is: www.viksoe.dk. See if you like it, its free. Harry.

I just hooked up a 512 mb flash drive to the USB port. It does not see the drive when I open windows explorer. I think I remember shortening my drive list a long time ago but I forgot how I did it. Can someone tell me how to increase the assigned drive list? JPC

Just wondering if my experience was a lone effort :-) I have a dual boot WinME and WinXP system, ASUS motherboard using the now discontinued RDRAM. I increased the RAM from 512Mb to 1024Mb. WinXP accepted it with out fuss, however WinME would not boot, and in fact the PC shut down every time I...

I heard there was a new worm to be let loose this weekend called MyDoom. How do I check my free AVG to make sure that this virus is in their database? Thanks, Eileen

Yesterday when I was browsing the Internet using IE 6, my Dell Dimension 4100 crashed and displayed the following error message: "There is a problem with a system file. Windows may not be able to run correctly. You may be able to fix it using System Restore. Otherwise reinstall Windows. ...

in windows me, i've been trying to create a startup disk and i receive the following error the following error occurred "The file was not found"(error #2) Set up could not finish opening a file on the source disk. Source file C:\Program Files\CommonFiles\AOL\ACS\aspi2dos.sys Destination file...

After uninstalling Sygate and installing EZ Firewall, gmail keeps trying but can't finish loading. I don't get any messages from my firewall and it worked perfectly before. Is there a remedy? Harry.

Is it possible to load a mini-Ipod from a Windows ME system ? I know the Ipod product states that you need XP or 2000 with SP4 (I think)... but I was wondering if there was any way of frigging to get it to connect to ME. thanks

In case anyone overlooked their notice via e-mail: Come April 1st, News.Individual.Net will charge 10 Euros per year for participation in its news groups, including 'alt.comp.virus' and 'alt.comp.antivirus', with one exception: users of the server News.CIS.DFN.DE as part of the project DFNNet.News...

How can I get replacement cd's for the originals which have been lost? This was an upgrade retail product which I had bought to install over W98. It's on an, obviously, old computer that I dont think pays to bother to update to XP. thanks

Revisiting this subject with new information: Everything seems to be allright, until I open OE and click on this or any other NG. There is no problem with OE, but when leaving OE and trying to open IE, it 'cannot find server or DNS error'. Everything is working properly, except IE, not the browser...

What is the cause of this error message in the browser bar? It was working allright 'til now and only comes up while opening gmail. Harry.

Since I had to recover and my machine a while back, I am now getting a Microsoft Network Name/Password login window, every time I boot. This never came up before. I hit cancel for now, but can anyone advise me which setting I need to make to prevent this login screen. I do not need to login to...

Hi there. I did a "Repair Windows" instead of a complete reinstall (didn't want to reformat hard drive). The installation appeared to have gone smoothly, however when I went to connect to internet - I could not dial out. "Microsoft Dial-Up Adapter is not Installed". I checked under the...

Can someone tell me if my setting are wrong, it seems these pages are undersize While I can see the questions being asked, the replies are squeezed over to the right side to far and they extend off the screen. Even the sign in and out logo is cut in half. Anyone else have this complaint?

Hello Heather: Knowing that you are an advocate of EZArmor, I would like your opinion on whether to go back to EZAntivirus and EZFirewall, which I had lost and now retrieved the exe. files, or keep the AVG Antivirus and Sygate Firewall, which were installed for immediate protection. EZArmor...

This a continuation of my earlier post - Repairing ME. On monday I booted up in Safe Mode. I got an error message from Helpctr stating that it had caused an error in MSHTML.DLL. This DLL appeared more than once afterward. I closed the window without any problem and completed the boot. I opened...

The recycle bin on a pc that I'm working on doesn't display an empty recycle bin, when there's nothing in it. Is this a bug? My pc has an empty recycle bin when it's empty and it shows a different icon when it has files in it. How do I fix this? Thanks in advance. Diana

Can someone tell me what the /N:V switch means in the command line fix below? C:\KB837009.EXE /N:V My boyfriend wants to know this and if this syntax can be used to force installation of other windows updates that won't install. He also wants to know if the procedure can be used in Windows Mode...