I have just removed a faulty hard drive (D:) and 3 of the 4 partitions on the primary hard drive (C:) which were E: F: and G: have all moved down one! I did know, but have forgetten, how to reassign these partitions their original letters. Please could someone clue me in? I have looked in Control...

i'm trying to load windows me, but when i get to the "checking installed components" i get a su0410 error - c:\wininsto400\msdxwin.inf missing/damaged or not enough memory. 1) What is this file? how can i re-install it from my windows 98 cd 2) when it says not enough memory does it mean memory on...

Hello, I cannot find the ShellIconCache file? either on my system or on my WinME CD. Although I have no problem with my computer I would appreciate some input as to the significance (or otherwise) of this missing item. Thank you. Ben.

I have Windows XP installed on drive 0, partition 1, formatted ntfs. I have formatted partition 3 as fat32 and made it primary as well (partition 2 is ntfs). I have a 2nd hard drive that is a sata with 2 partitions formatted ntfs. I am using a boot manager called "Graphical Boot manager" or...

I'm trying to re-install Win Me onto an old laptop and keep getting the error code SU0173 and a message telling me that I need a different version of the OS. Is there any way to fix this? The error doesn't appear in the list of SU codes available on Microsoft's site. thanks, calum

I think the trouble started when I got a worm and tried very hard to erradicate it. After much effort the worm and viruses that accompanied it were eliminated and I went to the MS updates page and installed the windows media player update. I didn't notice a problem at first but then my kids said...

I'm trying to install windows on a newer system. I boot from the Windows ME floppy disk, run setup from the cd-rom, but once the system reboots, it just keeps rebooting, even when in safe mode, or if I choose step by step and entery no to all questions. I see there's something about AGP video...

Hi, I have WIN ME with all recent patches applied. I have a memory problem. As applications are opened, memory usage goes up drastically. I first had 512 Meg installed, so yesterday I removed the old memory and added 2 512 Meg chips. Same exact problem after doubling the memory. My...

Hi, I've been very stupid. A friend of mine gave me a program called Xen tweak and like a 1st class pratt I gave it a wirl, using Xen to backup my registry before I made any changes. Everything was fine when I did all the tweaks and tips, and then... I went to log onto the internet and my password...

I gateway PC which is quite functional but afflicted with many small problems. I'm wondering if anyone can tell me if I can do a low level format of my HD, and then re-install my OS from the "installation discs" that came with the PC. Richard -- Message posted via...

I just installed ME on a formatted hard drive. Everything is working good except it takes a long time to boot up. It gets to the windows screen and just sits there. The only thing on screen is a green background and the hourglass mouse pointer. The red light is flashing so it is doing SOMETHING,...

I have been at this problem for a solid two weeks, tried everything, and got nowhere. It seems that you can set up a Dual or even Multi boot with every Windows O/S product "except" Millennium Edition. You don't even have the option to "Shutdown to Command Prompt" in any menu. I need to use...

I have a secondary computer running Win ME. It only has 6.4GB of hard disk but it is useful as an internet network machine for my family to access the internet/email. It is currently partitioned. It is a little unstable (every second boot it hangs and I have to restart + other annoying things) and...

I was trying to fix a problem and accidentally removed the file type definition for EXE (and DLL) extensions. Now, I can't double click on those file types and have them work. Can anyone tell me how to restore that file type entry. F.Y.I., when I was looking for ".EXE" file types int he first...

I am having trouble reinstalling ME on a compaq computer. First thing I did was Format c:. Then after a couple tries at a regular install I defaulted to the extract all .CAB files and run setup /c. Doing this everything went fine until the last 13 minutes of the install. During the driver setup...

Hello dear dear people.... My girlfriend's mothers PC runs Windows ME and it had trouble botting into life the other day. It started then went to Safe Mode and so I reset all the system defaults in start up mode and now the PC starts but all that appears on the monitor is " NO SIGNAL " All leads...

Is it possible to slipstream Windows Me to create a custom install CD that is already updated with IE 6 SP1 and other Windows Updates? You can do this with certain versions of Office, and I've heard you can do it with Windows XP. What about Windows Me? Does it matter if my CD is oem or...

I have now tried two different scenarios to now avail. Computer crashed decided to reload windows me program. After using utility disk to reformat, reinstalled program. Get all the way to the end, "windows now detecting your hardware" and system locks. Believing my disk may have been damaged,...

Hello - please help me. I got a direct hit on Microsoft's site in reference to the above issue but still can't get into windows ME - even in safe mode. When I power on the computer I get this message, "error loading explorer.exe you must reinstall windows." I tried to extract the explorer.exe...

I have recently had several instances of IE popping up the error window: "An error has occurred in your program. To keep working anyway, click Ignore and save your work in a new file. To quit this program, click Close. You will lose information you entered since your last save." Clicking...