Can anyone help me. my degrag just runs & runs. It used to show boxes in diff colors but I have left my computer on all night & get up in the morning & there is nothing done.not 1 percent. what can I do?

I have windows me. what happened was i try to defrag. the screen comes up, but the screen is white instead of having all the little squares that change color as the defrag goes along. then the perscent goes to 1 or 2% and then keepes starting over. i have 81% free space. all other programs seem...

I have a 3 year old PC and have begun to experience delays in the execution of certain commands initiated by clicking the mouse. For example, when I click the "x" box in the upper right corner of a document to close it or when I click on an icon to open an application. The delay lasts abour 5...

i deleted my graphics program and cant restore it does anyone know how to fix it

Hi folks, my mice have developed "hiccups". i use both a PS2 and USB mouse (the ps2 is hooked up to a shared KB/ mouse / monitor system that feeds 3 computers. never been a problem.) the USB is one of those optical mice with scroll-wheel. nice.) using both mice on my main XPpro box has never...

how do you permanently delete files from your computer?

Dear Group, I am trying to fix a laptop for a friend. It's a DELL Inspiron 4000 with a 10GB hard drive. Date of latop is 2001, Intel P3 700MHz, 128MB RAM, original OS is Windows ME. This HD failed completely, making rattling noises and a "phutttt" type sound at boot. BIOS doesn't see it. I...

I recently re-loaded Windows ME on my machine. My HP Deskjet 952C is not working now. I re-ran the software CD that came with the printer and it loaded successfully. However, I get an error message stating that I’m getting an "error writing to LPT1. Printer timeout occurred. Increase time...

my laptop doesnt have the Device Manager in its control panel! whats wrong?? or where can i find it?

I have been having difficulty reinstalling the dial-up adapter (was working on clearing up some DNS conflicts). When attempting to dial-up, I get an error message that the dial-up adapter is either not installed or not working correctly. The dial-up adapter is no longer indicated in the...

I'm using DSL but have found in the system monitor that the dialup adapters are using rescources. I can't seem to find out if they need to be running for the DSL to work. If I don't need them can I disable them where's safest place to do this? Thanks.

Hi! I have a problem with my internet connection. I signed up to Tiscali and whenever I dial to connect to the internet, it says its connected (though it really doesn't look like it..), stays on for up to 2 minutes, and then the connection drops.

I just added a new CyberPix E520S digital camera, Win ME "added new hardware". The software(Digital Image) said the driver was already installed. The software recognizes the camera when I plug it in the usb port and asks "do you want to download photos from camera?" When I select "yes" I get the...

it seems that ME does not want to recognize my digital camera card reader. i have and amd processor, 256 ram. when i plug in the usb it does recognize that, but it asks me to insert a card into the slot, which i have done, both before and after it has asked me to do that and i get the same...

HELP!! I just bought a Sony Dscp 73 digital camera and have spent hours trying to figure out how to transfer images to WIndows ME. The software that came with the camera says it will install a USB driver, but it does not! I have tried downloading USBNTMAP.SYS and USBSTOR.SYS but to no avail... On...

I get an error message trying to play music in digital mode using Windows Media Player in Windows ME. The error message says "an error has been encountered trying to play in digital mode. Do want to retry, or switch to analog mode?" I think this has something to do with what slots and IRQs I am...

Recently did Windows ME Automated update that added some ASP"something" to my desktop. Now, NO mouse will work. Did unistalls/ reinstalls, scandisk, PS/2 mouse install, USB,optical. No luck. Could not run registry diagnostic without a mouse. Any ideas? I'm guessing an INI issue? Thanks!

have recently purchased a new pc. some times when i start up the (presume)hard drive screeches on and off.If I go into properties the dvd rom has disappeared & the dvd rw has a cross against it. going to system info it says serondary IDE controller dual fifo has been dynamically disabled (code10....

Running ME on a Compaq Presario. Everything's fine. Shut it down one night and the next day when I start it up there is no mouse pointer to be seen on the desktop. Also, the display changed to 16 colors and the lowest resolution. I can TAB through to the controls settings and change the display...

I try to run disk defragmenter and it keeps re starting and will never get past 10% complete. ANY suggestions ?