My windows ME on my laptop keeps trying to connect to the internet on its own, I click cancel but it keeps trying. Please help!

Lately, I've been having a annoying problem with my Outlook Express. I receive many unimportant E-Mail that I receive from companys where I visited their Web Sites or had signed up for something. I don't even bother responding to them, and just delete them so I don't get more mailings from them....

Hi, when I try to connect (dial up), I get the message 'windows cannot detect a dialtone', error 680. I checked everything on the help page but without success. I am using Windows ME. Any help would be appreciated. Gaby

I keep getting a box.....top says EXPLORER, yellow triangle with !.....An error has occured, Explorer will now close... when I close, I have no more icons or start menu. I only have my desktop background. Nothing works, I have to restart and this vicious circle starts again. HELP HELP

I ordered/used the windows update on disk for ME because I am on dial up. Now it takes an inordinate amount of time to load even the simplest of pages. Any suggestions?

Somehow i have "Home Search Assistant" in my Add/Remove Programes,everytime i try to remove it it gives me a "Problem with shortcut,unable to open",this is causing my home page to default to this site even when i change all the settings,also i am getting popups even when i have my popup stopper...

I would like to know how to change my internet options from note pad to microsoft works word processor. I can't open any of my e-mails because the files are to big for notepad and notepad is my only option. I have windows ME and internet explorer 6...

Hello everyone.... Whenever i open internet explorer i would normally have a homepage (yahoo) but now when i open it http://www.jetsearch.org/ comes on which is rather annoying....because even if i change my homepage back to yahoo....if i close the window, then open internet explorer again, it...

Hello! When I download these 3 updates below I restart my computer and then go back to windows update and they are still there ready to be downloaded again. How can I download these and keep them on the computer? I ordered the Security Update CD and it still wouldn't update these three. I didn't...

I am trying to access my ISP with a second PC that is running ME. I am using a dial=up connection. I have followed the ISP instruction to configure the dial-up as well as setting up the account in Outlook. The dial-up will connect to the ISP. However, if I try to access a web page with Internet...

GOOD MORNING. WINDOWS ME EDITION. AOL DIAL UP SERVICE.HIT START BUTTON, GO TO WINDOWS UPDATE. GET ERROR MESSAGE THAT INTERNET EXPLORER IS BUSY. CANNOT PROCEED TO OPEN THIS UP. TRY TO OPEN UP INTERNET EXPLORER AND GET THE SAME ERROR MESSAGE. ALSO, TRY TO SAVE A WEB PAGE AND PUT IT ON MY DESKTOP,...

Explorer has caused an error in user.exe Explorer will now close. I keep getting this error message after I am on the internet for a short time. Can anybody help me.

Contacted Comcast. It is not their problem. They said it is our browser and to contact microsoft. When we try to connet to internet, either we cannot connect at all or it will say exit and go off right away. When we could connect to the Internet, it was slow. Please reply to the above e-mail...

When I try to access INTERNET TOOLS, it tells me I don't have access, check with my administrator. Um, I'm the administrator (home PC). Also, I'm not able to intall updates. States to restart, which I do and it still doesn't install. Thanks

I keep getting an error message when I try to download MSN instant messanger. --Make sure that your browser files from Internet Explorer are OK-- is the only answer I can find. But I do not know what a browser file is or how to tell if they are okay.... Can anyone help me?

Hi, When I log onto Hotmail it seems fine (other than the fact that it looks different but im assuming that's Microsofts doing) but when I click on Log Off it seems like it takes forever for it to log me out. That wasn't the case a little while ago. I use Norton AV2004, also Ad Aware and Spybot.....

unable to acces secure websites

I am getting this error upon startup. What could be the fix? Thanks

I go to pogo and play games.My windows will not open a new window once I enter that game.It just makes a ding noise.If anyone can help I will be so grateful! Thank You, Brandy

Hi Guys, My problem in OE is,each time I open it while my internet connection is running I keep getting this popup box from OE stating,"A dial up connection is already established to BT Openworld Broadband" In the box I have two options, 1, Try to locate server on current connection, 2,Hang up and...