Is there any way that you can run a program designed for XP in Windows ME? I'm thinking that maybe there is an emulator that can run in WinME. If anyone has any ideas, please let me know. thanks!

First: Windows Me would only start in safe mode Tries: disc clean up, full disc scan, Solution: reloaded recovery disc. All loaded correctly After a couple of days on the computer, the hard drive started beeping every 2 seconds after being turned on, (it only beeps once when turned on). Solution:...

I recently received a PC from someone with Windows ME on it and everytime I boot up I get an error message relating to the dw.exe file and have to close it out. I don't know for sure but I think this might have something to do with the downloadware files/program. I just want to...

My mother deleted this file thinking it was infected with a virus (god protect us from mom's with NO comp knowledge), now everytime she opens outlook express --Can not find script file "C:\Program\\SBC\Connection Manager\sprt\htmlagent\vbs\tsoe.vbs"-- pops up and I get a phone call. She called SBC...

I installed a new program and then restarted the computer and got the following error: Windows could not upgrade the file %1 from %2 %1: %2 I read Article 283069 which refers to this error and says that the solution is to rename the wininit.ini file. I do not have a wininit.ini file.... Has...

I was installing a wireless router and as soon as the program sensed a cablemodem, i got switched to a web based installation system. since then everytime i try to install some hardware i get a messgae telling me that the computer has to be restarted to complete a pending installation.It keeps...

does anybody know if windows ME requires a directory with a name "_restore" to be present on the hard drive and if it does belong in fact the normal size of it. The problem is that, this directory is taking up 8gb of 10 gb hard drive. and it obviosly doesn't look normal. Thank You

Oh, for heaven sake! I am doing everything to try to get 5 new fonts to be listed as available to me, after having downloaded them from online. The Microsoft page tells me the procedure, (as did the vendor Ipurshased the fonts from,) which I go through, but when I click "select all" from the list...

Can I install XP PRO PLUS on a machine that has ME already on it without any conflicts? ME is not compatible with a internet software package I use professionally.

My system tells me that I am missing file mscoree.dll Is there a way I can download it?

My up-to-date version of Norton AV tells me I have the Download.Trojan virus in two files in the C:\_Restore\Temp directory. Norton says it cannot delete, quarantine, or fix the files (access denied). I have tried everything I know of, to delete the two particular files. The constant reply is...

I want to ugrade from Win ME to XP Pro, and I may want to reformat the hard drive. My computer and software is OEM, so I have only a system restore floppy rather than a full system CD. Given that I may want to reformat, must I buy a full version of XP Pro, or can I buy the upgrade version? I ask...

cannot locate stdole2.tlb and fm20.dll in c:\windows\system32\ folder. can only assume not present with WinME install. can anyone tell me if these files are compatible with WinME. Thanks

Recently, when I try to open a .txt message I get the message "Can't locate notepad.exe." I might have inadvertantly deleted it through SystemSuite anti-virus program, when a virus was present. I use Notepad to send out resumes via e-mail, and would like to know the best, and easiest way to either...

I'm trying to install an infrared adapter through the USB port on a Dell Dimension 4100. The system recognizes the unit, and asks to mount the ME CD that came with the PC... when I redirect the install to the CD, it can't find the files... when I redirect to the WIN9X subdirectory, the files are...

Is this possible? -- _________________________________ Though leaves are many, the root is one; Through all the lying days of my youth I swayed my leaves and flowers in the sun; Now I may wither into the truth. - William Butler Yeats 1865-1939

I've been looking through the registry and noticed alot in there is no longer needed, and probably taking up alot of unused space. Remnants of old installations, settings, hardware, etc. scattered throughout the various branches is something I would like to somehow eliminate if possible. I see no...

Some of the registry entries seem to have been accidently wiped out. I can think of no other reason for Add/Remove Programs in Control Panel becoming useless. When I click on it I only have about a third of the programs installed on my computer listed there. All other entries are no longer...

cannot synchronize with Outlook 97.how do I solve this?

I am getting an error "An exception OE has occurred at 0028:C006115D VxD VNETBIOS(01)+ 00000B8D. This was called from 0028:C023f58B in VxD VMM(0C) + 0000058B." This happens at boot up. The only reference I can find has to do with Win 95 but Im running Win Me. I've tried multiple restores but it...