Does ME have a log file that tracks and timestamps each time the system was booted? If so could someone please let me know the name and location. Thank You. Steve H.

i download lots of zips on to cds. when i go to unzip the first 3 or 4, its all good, then on the following zips it takes 45 seconds per file, and then my whole system slows down. what shall i do?

i am having to many errors. when i try to open my WMP9 i get a error saying an internal application has occured. also i cant open some software because it says a .DDL file cannot be found. i am also having problems with my explore. lastly i cant get the volume control to work. please help me by...

This is a new one......I thoroughly cleaned the little devil out (cats and mouses do not get along well, grin). Now if I click on a post (2 times out of 3), it flips up a *reply to post* instead of just lying there quietly and letting me read it. Does weird things in IE as well.....but will go...

I've spent half a day trying to make an Addonics Ultra DigiDrive Reader co- exist with the floppy drive on a Dell Dimension 4100. The short of it is that the floppy drive uninstalls itself in BIOS. It doesn't really make sense, since the reader is an IDE device. After calls and emails to Addonics,...

Dell Dimension 4100 running Windows ME. On startup, after desktop loads, two error messages pop up. One says "Vssjava has caused an error in VSSJAVA.EXE" Vssjava will now close. If problem persists try restarting your computer. Restarting did not take away this message. Other message that pops...

When a friend tries to update IE 6.1 with SP1 security updates, the file downloads but doesn't install. Can the upgrade sedtup be reset? -- - - - - Budd Paul http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/b/buddpaul/

When I open my control panel it says there are 37 items, but no icons on display. All thats there is a blank screen. Where have they gone or how do I get them back??? Any help appreciated, Donal

I noticed, last night, that my TEMP folder now has sub-folders of: Cookies (just contains the index.dat, no cookies) +History History.IE5 +Temporary Internet Files +Content.IE5 G567XXXX (X's in place of #'s or alpha) S7QNXXXX WLYJXXXX Y875XXXX

I have been getting the following error when I start up my computer running Windows Me. Dialog Window: Error Starting Progran "The IPHLPAPI.DLL file cannot start. Check the file to determine the problem." If I click OK nothing happens. If I restart the computer the Error Starting Program dialog...

Recently, when I double-click to open a folder the search companion starts instead. A fix for this under XP is given he http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx? scid=kb;en-us;321186 However, I can't find an equivalent fix for ME, which doesn't have the HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\...

Thanks Richard. Got new spyware and virus protection 3 days ago. Nortons 2004 had messed up my system so had to change. How do I now get rid of the error msg?? Thanks, Donal.

I have a difficult question to ask , i'm trying usa newsgroups hoping someone will be able to answer it i will be short here is my problem when win me try to create a file that has asiat font either way it works and it finds unicode equivalent or something

I can't seem to delete 2 items listed. One is WebRebates (by TopRebates.com) and the other is Web Search. I figured it's because I incorrectly deleted the folder in Program Files before using the Add/Remove Programs procedure. When I try to delete either of them it shows: ERROR: Could not...

Was having problems coming out of Standby mode - computer would do nothing, required reboot. A window popped up allowing that I had problems with Standby and asked if I wanted to eliminate Standby as an Option. I said "Yes". Now I would like to have the Option back in order to troubleshoot if...

I'd working on rehabilitating a seriously ill windows me pc - I won't go there, there are other postings to describe it. I'm now making lovely progress - but it appears that I have a corrupted winmm.dll file. I have a win me upgrade cd but I don't see this file on it. What should I do?

Mike wrote in a post, "All domestic products sold by Symantec in the last ten years have been very seriously flawed and none are fully compatible with Win Me." (ME hangs on shutdown aug 13, 04, 8:25AM) What products are more compatable?

WDIZ0TE7 is the name of a file that says it is an IE file that I can't seem to delete. It is always in my temporary file when I clean up the disc. I send it to the recycle bin, but it keeps coming back. Is this a trojan or virus or what. How do I delete this file? I'm not very computer inteligent,...

Been noticing a lot of empty files with odd symbol names in the C:\ directory. Had the computer scanned with A/V, ad-aware, and CWShedder, all with the latest updates. So far none have found any problem programs on the computer.. Any suggestions as to what might be generating these odd...

I have a Advent 5480DVD laptop with Windows ME. I did a normal shut down and as it was shutting down it crashed. I restarted my laptop but now it says there is a lost registry file. I can't go on normal mode as it won't start as it says there is a lost registry file. If i go on safe mode i starts...