Hi, I have a peer-to-peer network with Me and 98se. When I reboot the Me machine, an explorer window appears with my network share on the 98 machine. This only happens on the Me machine. What really gets me is if I hold shift while logging on, the share doesn't show. This led me to believe...

Can someone tell me where on the Windows ME upgrade CD the installtion "cab" file are and what format they are stored in?? TIA

Hi everybody Some time ago I set up a series of very small batch files to allow quick shutdown or reboot or logoff. The command line in these files was: RUNDLL32 SHELL32.DLL,SHExitWindowsEx n where n can be 0 (logoff), 1 (shutdown) or 2 (reboot). These batch files worked great for quite a while,...

Hi everybody I use NotePad a lot including for posts such as this. However, I really regret the fact that it doesn't have a SpellChecker. So, I use TinySpell along with NotePad. However, to avoid having to open more than one program just to run NotePad with the SpellChecker, I have set up a small...

Hey Job, I know we have been over this, but, I got my icons 'scrambled' the other day.........still not sure how that happened. Anyway, I did find this little app, 267Kb, works like a champ AND it has an uninstaller. Check it out from this...

Hi I've installed PHP version 5 in my machine running WinME, Personal Web Server to have my personal site on the net and Internet explorer 6.0.2800.1106, 128 Bit, the script I use in my web page feedbak.php ? // ------------- CONFIGURABLE SECTION ------------------------ $mailto =...

Hi, When I am using windowsupdate then it seems to do everything correctly, even the history shows 'succesful' installation. When I start update again then there is no change. it says one critical update available or something like that. When I check it out it comes again with KB837009 to...

Download and run HijackThis; (http://aumha.org/downloads/hijackthis.zip) Read this Tutorial *before* first use; (http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/index.php?showtutorial=42) Once done run HijackThis save a scan log and post it to /any/ of the following (expert) forums for analysis. *Note,...

have a friend who can no longer find his favorite webpage due to being redirected. 1. the web site is still there. 2. deleted all temp files and cookies, still redirected. 3. he has done a complete AV scan, no infection found. 4. done a complete spy-ware and mal-ware scan, no scripts found. 5. did...

I would suggest that users DO NOT for the time being install the MS06-014/KB911562 hotfix on systems running Win Me and those that have done so in the last few days use system restore and roll their system back to before installing this hotfix. There appears to be a problem in that the updated...

I cannot access the Taskbar properties to make changes to it. The "Start" button and its ICON are small. Also the ICONs next to the date are very small while the date is the correct size. How can I adjust the size of these ICONs? -- jl

Dear all, I installed a new videocard on my Windows ME computer, and the card itself works fine. However, shutting down the system does not work any longer: things start to close fine, but at the moment the screen goes blank, the system seems to hang. I can see a cursor blinking, but no further...

How to view a network computers hard disk even if they are not shared anything THERE IS ONE COMMAND FOR IT IF PLAESE ANY ONE KNOW HIS COMMAND please mail me raghusun@gmail,om

Hi from Ohio, Running a Dell 4100. 40GB, 11GB used, 512 RAM, Ad-aware, spybot, cwshredder, spyware blaster, McAfee, Zone Alarm, etc. One of my big troubles is resources. I can be playing a game on the zone and have only one other window open. I may play for 10/15 minutes and then all my resources...

I have only user profile on my Windows Me computer but since yesterday it displays the Windows Logon dialog box at startup. I followed the procedure described in this KB article: Q152104 "How to Prevent a Windows 95, Windows 98, or Windows Me Logon Prompt at Startup"...

I removed my floppy drive but Windows ME stills shows one there. Went into the BIOS and removed the FD controller and anything else that relates to it. Maybe three items. How can I get rid of a floppy showing in Explorer when there is none? oh yeah now I've also noticed a Drive A using MSDOS...

I start the computer - it's normal. Except if I click any icon, or start then it freezes. Can anyone help me?

I'm running Windows Me and I have some problems with Explorer. First, the Thumbnails view had dissappeared from the Views list so there are no thumbs at all (only a preview in right pane); Then, in the Details view there are only five columns to choose from (Name, Size, Type, Modified and...

Hi everybody I set up a new user profile for myself some days ago on my 1.8GHz/256MB RAM computer running on WinME. Now everytime I open my account, whether from a cold boot or after moving from some other user's account, a Control Panel side-bar opens up on the desktop. However, it opens up only...

In the past I have set up computers that have two (or more) installations of Windows on separate partitions on the HD or on different physical HDs. This arrangement lets the kids do whatever they want on their own partition while leaving the other installed system unchanged and virus-free. I use...