In a previous (2/5/05) posting about a System Restore problem I mentioned that I recently upgraded from 384 to 768 Mb which seemed to produce all kinds of problems, one being system restore wouldn't complete; I later proved that System Restore was working using the file on desktop cycle...

I'm getting frequent lockups with Win Me and getting the "Explorer (not responding)" when pressing Ctrl-alt-delete. I can continue to use the machine after closing explorer (whatever that is) but half the icons on my quick Launch toolbar have disappeared. Any suggestions? Andrew...

Hi can anyone help please. My scanner connected to LPT1 stopped working. Computer ceased to recognise it and when accessing the Twain driver it just juddered until it was switched off. I have replaced this with a borrowed USB scanner which works fine but the printer which was connected thru the...

I recently experienced a power outage in my area while the computer was on and downloading something. When the power came back on and I tried to boot up the computer the problems started. It always tries to do a Thorough Scan upon boot up and when I do get into Windows eventually, it's very...

We have an old Gateway PC that was upgraded to Windows ME a few years ago. The machine has 384MB of RAM, and a P2 450Mhz Pentium processor. A few weeks ago, I noticed that when browsing thru the Start menu programs, the lists will open up lighting quick. Faster than they should be. It makes it...

Is there any way I can transfer stuff from one computer to another using a usb cable and in DOS? I cannot get into Windows or Windows Safe Mode because of some disk errors, and I’d like to backup everything before trying solutions that could affect my computer. Thanks all. -- Posted using the...

I have pentium II with 333 Hz processor and window millenium, I want to install cd drive as the one in it is not working. Which drive should I purchase. will i also need a driver for it. will the modern cd drives be compatible with my old system?

My computer is having major problems. When it turns on, all you see is the wallpaper. There are no icons at all. Pressing keys does nothing. I've put in the recovery CD, but it says "Function not supported, turn off system", on a blue screen. This is the CD that came with the computer. Its...

Each Time I open my PC I am getting a Error message that is specific to Explorer. The message reads: Explorer has caused an error in unknown Explorer will Close now. If you continue to experience problems try restating your computer. Shortly after this message appears the computer locks out,...

I occasionally receive a little, unsolicited message in the bottom right-hand corner of my monitor screen which amounts to advertising or promotion of a product or service. I subsequently ran my Ad-aware program which detected the following Spyware components: Type - F System - Other ...

I am running windows me on on a 1.1 gig processor 128 meg ram hp xl866. I can get on the internet, but if I try and type anything in the address bar, the keyboard will lock up. I have tried changing keyboards, but no luck. I have also reformatted the hard drive and reloaded windows me, but no...

I have tried sending attachments by e-mail with Microsoft Word. When I try to open on my parents computer it say's "wordpad. error message MSWRD83.CNV. " I then tried a floppy and put into the computer and still get the same message. What is the problem on why I can't open on his computer? ...

I have my old computer with a dead MB and with ME as the OS on the HD. I also have just gotten this computer, also with ME as the OS. Here is the problem: I want to use all the software (such as Word) which is on the old drive, as well as all the data associated with that software. And use it right...

I recently installed a CD "World Book Atlas Illustrated" on a pc with Windows ME on it. The installation went smoothly but after te reboot, after I signin, the desktop and Icons no longer appear. I tried rebooting several times all to no avail. Any suggestions would be greatly...

I am having an issue with my CD drives not showing up in Windows Explorer on my initial boot up. I have an AMD Duron 1000 running Windows ME. When I initially boot up the machine in the morning the two CD drives (actually a DVD player drive and a CD-RW drive) do not show up in Explorer). In...

I tried to read what others have said but instead all I got was gobbly gook about food. Could we just stick to technical stuff here? Thank you. Is it really necessary to have that whole Restore program? It causes nothing but trouble and I haven't used it in 2 years. Furthermore, I keep getting...

I'm not exactly sure whats wrong but I happened to notice my icons are not displaying properly. The small icons next to the start menu are either not there or pieces of them are there, some have white lines through them its the same way on the Start menu. I have a screen cap of it in the link...

Are there any simple registry tweaks, system or IE settings that can be utilized to prevent downloading programs from the net?. If there aren't any as such, what's the best shareware program that can accomplish this? OS running is Win ME ,,,,,,,, thanks in advance _john

HI, I have tried about everything I can think of to get this PC to come up. I can get it to come up in 'safe mode', but every time I try it in 'normal' it gets to where it wants to update the 'hardware iformation database', and freezes. I have added no new hardware or anything like that. I can't...

I have a 7 gigabite hardrive and the _restore folder uses 5.3 gigibites of my hardrive. I need to resize or delete this folder.