Recent sudden change. Very slow startup, about 30-40 minutes. Add/removed some programs including unused printer, and minor amusements I've had to remove before (kids install CDs). Each first load of explorer, word processor (which calls an AV scan), browser takes long time and makes mouse...

Whenever I click on Printer from either inside the Control Panel or using Start|Control Panel|Printers, I get the below error no matter if I'm in Normal or Safe Mode: ----------------------------------------------------------- Spool32 has caused an error in Kernal32.dll Spool32 will close now ...

i have all the requirments on my system but i wanted to know if xp will work ok on a dial modem. also i wanted to know if my modem speed was 14.4 kbps and how you tell. it's a 900mzh 128. thanks. johnny

hi every time I use restart, the error mesage comes up improper shut down,& the scandisc runs, I have no problems booting up from cold only on restart, any ideas? thanks, malcolm

Hi folks. I really would be very grateful for any advice - I really am stuck and unable to get my pc to run at all. I recently went to windowsupdate.com and permitted the recommended Windows ME upgrades to be downloaded onto my pc. After allowing the recommended reboot my pc seemed to hang in...

When I click on defrag, I get the next screen OK, but the progress bar never gets beyond about 1%, and continually does this routine. Any thoughts?

How can I load my doskey macros in Win ME. Under Win 98, I do it in my auto.bat. Thanks.

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This is the second time that file search has stopped working. I don't want to rebuild again because it is a pain. File seacrch just doesen't work any more. It appears to initiate and then provide no results. Even generic searchs such as *.doc give nothing. It doesen't matter if you use a full...

I am repeating my question in a different format. Under "File" the SendTO option with all of its links has disappeared and only Send still exists with these three links: Page by E-Mail, Link by E-Mail and Shortcut to Desktop. Right or left click, they are all dead ends, because nothing happens...

upgrading from me to 2000 - get message"need NTFINF.CAT" from svc.pkg 3 - will cd svc pkg 4 have this info?

when I try to open windows explorer i get "Explorer has caused an error in VX2.DLL Explorer will now close If you continue to experience problems, try restarting your computer" I re-start the computer and nothing changes.

This is probably another dumb question but here goes. Sometime when I receive an e-mail with pics they are not there just blank. Also sometime when I send a pic that I received and forward it all they get is blank pic. What causes that?

Hi Dave, I did install some Windows Updates in July, as well as Earthlink Total Access updates and that meay be why it's in the McAFee apps list. Would you recommend leaving it blocked as I now have it? Everything seems to be working ok. Kathy

I used to be able to see/browse the images of my pictures when viewing in thumbnail mode. No more. I can't see the images any more - thumbnail mode now shows large icons with filenames only. Any ideas how to restore viewing the images themselves?

New Update for Lavasoft Ad-aware is available. Harry.

A slight tweak but a change all the same. For those of you that are uncomfortable editing the file, disable protection for the one item discussed. http://forum.aumha.org/viewtopic.php?t=7106 Silj -- siljaline

When I had my task manager open, I inadvertently "Ended Task" for the Explorer. Now all I get is a blank screen at boot-up. Does this mean I need to reformat?

I have the same problem. Everytime I go on the internet it's there. No matter how many times I change my homepage it's there. I can't scan for updates from Microsoft, because it's there. It won't go away.