How do I remove UN wanted startup entrees in system config Hal

I'm not sure if this is the right thread for this, so sorry if its wrong but if somebody could help i'll be very grateful. Recently my Media Player has been giving an error message when songs are attempting to be opened, which says 'Class not registered'. These songs have been played before in the...

Windows me on a Dell dimension 8100 desktop. Problem is that after an hour (?) of inactivity it will black screen and will have, on its own, shut down completely. Moving the mouse, space bar or briefly pressing power on button will not revive it. To restart requires full reboot. The monitor does...

Thank you Mike M. and Dapper Dan, info was greatly appericated.

I have just uninstalled Norton antivirus and installed zone alarm anti virus and firewall. Now when I try to defrag with the windows defrager it goes a while then says disc information has changed or something to that effect then starts over again. It keeps doing this. When I try the norton...

I was looking at utilities for SATA hard drives, initially for the possibility of setting them into 3.0Gb/s SATA II mode, but saw other utilities and got them too. OGT - Diagnostic is one such. If you let it install to the default location it goes to C:\Analysis. First time you run it a message...

Neither TaxCut nor TurboTax for this year's (i.e. for tax year 2007) U.S. tax returns lists Windows ME as meeting the minimum requirements for running the tax preparation software. This is a tad upsetting because the only computer I have runs Windows ME. Perhaps one of the packages actually...

Hello! I have the same problem. can anyone help me to solve it please? Thank you very much. Mari

Hi people--Thanks for all the replies to my first post. My problem still exists. I tried everything that you all suggested. I tried to remove the ide controllers in safemode and let windows detect them in normal mode. Which windows did. Still exclamation mark beside primary and secondary...

when i try to power up, i get a black screen with the words edo memory found near audio socket. press f1 to shutdown. anybody know what this is?

Dear friends, I have an Intel Celeron 2Ghz, Intel 845GL chipset motherborad, 256MB Ram, directx 9c desktop PC with WinME. Recently I have been facing a strange problem. If I put any folder on desktop, it is asking me to find a program to open that folder when I'm trying to open it by double click....

My Solitaire doesn't work any more after I took out Real Player. Why is that and how do I fix it again so I can Play it.I had trouble with Real Player so I took it out.I tried to reinstall Real Player but it still gave me problems.Part of the game is there.Free cell is there and seems to work. Any...

I'm trying to install DestiVu 2.1 on a HD with ME. It requires "ae.bmp" in order to install. Where can I find it to download online. Note: DestiVu 2.1 came with my gateway Destination PC.

When exactly does System Restore do a retore. Mine doesn't seem to do one on any determinable regular basis. For instance I lookied yesterday and it hadn't done a restore all month. Walt

I start the computer - it's normal. Except if I click any icon, or start then it freezes. Can anyone help me?

i need to disable the firewall in ME, i have no idea how to do it, if anyone could give me a guide i would be eternally grateful. kind regards

I've used Japanese IME for some time in Me (English). Recently it stopped working: it seems that the IME icon on the taskbar at the bottom of the desktop is triggering the keyboard options. I've tried reinstalling, but to no effect. Anyone have any ideas?

Every time I start my computer it goes to the list for Normal, Safe mode, command prompt but I want it just to go to the desktop without stopping there?

Printer (Lexmark X73) and ISDN modem (Acer ISDN 128 Surf Mini USB) do work only if connected directly to the notebook (ThinkPad R50e, Windows XP). Both devices do not work via the USB-Hub (Targus Model PA050), the internet connection can be set up properly but no internet pages can be...

When I try to use the add/delete in windows setup feature from the control panel I get the following error..rundll32 error in your program. To keep working click ignore and save your work in a new file. I click and get...rundll32 has caused an error in setupx.dll. rundll32 will now close. The...