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Hello, My brother in law messed with my computer and now it isn't working properly and I can't seem to find the problem. I have a HP xt953 pent 3 100mhz system running windows ME. Whenever I turn on the computer it goesto the blue HP screen then displays the windows ME screen then goes to a DOS...

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The updates download and the site says the updates were installed but I need to restart the computer. When I restart, I get an error message "Windows could not upgrade the file %1 from %2 %1: %2" I consulted the MS knowledge base and found article 283069. It says to search for the wininit.ini file...

i have gotten 3 errors - ccapphas caused an error in kernel32.dll -oe error:o19f;bff8e64b -ccappinvalid page default in module msvcr70.dll at 019f:7c0104d3 help would be appreciated

Has anyone experienced a problem with the auto update for "Critical Patch for ADODB (KB879699)? When I attempt to update nothing seems to happen and my system hangs. Any thoughts? THANKS!

hi i bought a second hand educational package fun school spelling for my friends daughter but when i tryed to run it it wouldnt so i folowed the instructions in the manualwhich says make sure the computer is running in dos mode insert disk into drive a: press enter and then type promt type spell...

How can I stop Win ME freezing intermittently with filesharing software?

AN EXCEPTION OE HAS OCCURED AT 0028:COO5FD2D IN VXD VNETBIOS (01) + 00000b8d. this was called from 0028:co23f58b in vxd vmm (oc) +0000058B. IT MAY BE POSSIBLE TO CONTINUE NORMALLY. I RUN WINDOWS ME. COMPAQ PRESARIO 5005 CL. WHAT DO I DO WITH THIS PROBLEM? IT ALL STARTED WITH MY QUICK RESTORE C.D....

Since running a system restore I have had a load of issues. Symantec says I have to uninstall/reinstall NIS. I have been getting the following error messages so what do I do first and how do I do it? 1. IExplore has caused an error in Kernel32.dll at 08f:bff8elad 2. Application error: SUWIN caused...

Hello all, Hope you can give me some help here. Each time I start /restart my PC Running Windows ME. I get an error" STMGR has caused an error in Wintrust.dll." It says if error persist try restarting PC. Second error only appears when loading Windows update files Downloaded from the website.

I was told by a debugger that my kernel32.dll is damaged so need to reload it. I know how to extract from cab files but I could NOT find kernel32.dll anywhere in my ME CD! So, where is it? All I need to do is to boot off of diskette and copy that file over.

I'm trying to load the Kodak EasyShare 2.1 software on a Windows ME computer from the CD that came with the digital camera. It gives me an error message 1711 and tells me to check disk space, but there should be plenty of disk space. I've tried downloading the software from the website, but it...

My computer keeps hanging , sometimes on booting sometimes in the middle of a game and I get the following error message An exception OE has occurred at 0028:C0030D12 in VxD---. This was called from from 0028:C002F285 in VxD--- When it happens all I can do is reboot. I have run avirus checker,...

Help! During an automatic update my system hung up. Since then the automatic update comes up but when I click on search for updates, nothing happens. Does anyone have a solution. Is there some way to reinstall the automatic update software? Please e-mail any possible solution to me...

Have had to re-install Windows Millennium. When trying to download the EI 6 upgrade from Microsoft's Windows Update page, I continuously get the following error message. The shortcut "Resume Windows Update Installation.Ink" refers to a location that is unavailable. The location could be on a...

Hi: I am having problems with Explorer closing about one minute after start up with the following mesage "Explorer has caused an error in 9068798675.tmp. Explorer will now close." I have been able to delete this file in dos but evertime I re-boot it re-creates the file and the erro appears. I have...

My mouse is running slow/jagged across the screen. When I open a program (i.e. Internet expl), it will go back to its normal speed. Once it's open, then it's slow again? Why does this happen??? I have run ad-aware and spy bot and cleaned everything up. Please help.

Mike I tried what you said but when I try to extract the winspool.dll file I get the error message "the spcified file is protected and may not be copied over or deleted. I also was unable to get any info from MS support using KB 265371 Help

I cannot complete a Scan Disk because Scan Disk continually restarts. Then I receive a message stating, "Scan Disk has restarted ten times because Windows or some other programme is writing to this drive." What does this mean and how can I solve the problem???