If you've been thinking about getting a registry cleaner for your computer, you've probably noticed that there are dozens to choose from. Any search on Google for the term "registry cleaner" will produce pages and pages of results giving you more options than you can handle. So how do you choose...

Windows ME has given me a lot of problems, but the latest really has me scratching my head. We recently got two new (actually used and old) PC's running Windows 98 SE. I upgraded them to ME using the same installation CD. I expected them to have identical OSes. That gave us one (really) new PC...

On the desktop, when I right-click and create a new file, the "New" submenu is not there. Even if I go to an "Open" dialog box, it still won't show me the "New" submenu. Does anyone know how I get my submenu back? I have Tweak UI installed if that's any help and Norton Internet Security 2003

Hi...thank you all for any help you can give me with my problem. I am trying to find out how I can have the computer disconnect when a call is trying to come in. There is no call-waiting here, just basic touch-tone service. Could anyone help me please? Thanks.

Hi there, Well, I've successfully re-installed WinMe after I tracked down my back-up disk and run all the critical updates. It's running beautifully after this clean install, and I don't want to mess it up. I've googled and was not very successful, so now I am requesting your assistance. I'm...

I've been trying to find a way to restore the folder view in the Explorer folder bar on my mom's computer. It went away and won't come back -- there is a gray field where it's supposed to be. The other views -- history, search, favorites, etc. -- work fine. I consider the folder view to...

For the past while, my system has been taking overlong to boot. I haven't been able to track down why (even when I disable start-up items, it still takes forever) and today I ran Bootlog and spent about an hour going over the list. Although I didn't see any obvious problems (failures), I did see...

Hey Job, I know we have been over this, but, I got my icons 'scrambled' the other day.........still not sure how that happened. Anyway, I did find this little app, 267Kb, works like a champ AND it has an uninstaller. Check it out from this...

i can't format my hard drivem , it has some stupid crap abou thow there are things in use by windows, but i use control alt delete, and all it SAYS IS explorer. and my memory is shrinking, i have a virus i think, yada yada. i am screwed.

I just switched from WinME to XP Pro SP2 and couldn't be happier (even though I liked ME). I was just wondering what I can delete in order to save HD space since having switched to the new OS. When I installed XP, I upgraded (installed over ME) & opted to not save any "backup" files as the XP disk...

Had a friend tell me about this and they say it is free and they have installed it and found some trojans that their Norton did not even pick up on. Checked out the site a bit and they say if you use your puter for profit, ( I do a bit on ebay) then you should buy the professional version...

Wondering what programs NEED to run @ start up? My machine is very slow and I think If I deselect some items that may speed it up. Here is a list of what is currenty running: Sccenter - Exec - Wkcalrem - Msnmsgr - Directcd - Devgulp - Motmon - Dcfssvc - Loadqm - cpqeadm - Bttnserv - Pctvoice -...

Hi, I have an old DOS program which runs fine in every version of Windows EXCEPT WindowsME !. The error box I get is here : "This program has performad an illegal operation and will be terminated.Quit all programs and then restart your ...." and it also shows under its details button : "The...

I'm trying to get around a "missing or corrupted" VMM32.VXD file error message when booting. I can start up in SAFE MODE using the Windows ME startup disk, but get the following error message when taking the next recommended step, running SCANDISK: "SCANDISK encountered a data error while reading...

Hi, I have the below issue as described on the Knowledge base. The commentary indicates it's an XP issue but I'm running ME and the solution, load the rundll32 from CD, doesn't work as there does not seem to be this file on the ME CD. 812340 - Cannot Find the Rundll32.exe File When You...

Somehow I needed to downlaod Java Runtime Enviornment (v1.4.2) onto my notebook which is running Windows ME (Chinese Edition), but an error "Error Applying Transforms" occurred. When I tried to manaully cleaning up the install using OFFXP：Windows Installer CleanUp, i could not find the RJE...

for some reason, there is no 'New' section whenever i click on 'File' when browsing through my folders, or when i right click on the desktop does anyone know how I could get this back?

I've looked all over for how to control/change programs that launch during startup in Windows Me. I found a couple of KB Articles: #258578 - How to Backup/cleanout the Startup Folder - ...but some programs launch another way #270035 - Modify the startup list in the Registry - ...but this does not...

I have set up my mouse pointer so that an hourglass is next to the pointer when "Working in Background." The condition rather frequently occurs, or is present, at the end of a long session and I'm ready to turn power off. I don't know what's working; Process Explorer (the very latest release)...

When I run Norton, it scans this folder forever and does not go any farther. I eventually stop the scan, but I would like to scan my whole computer. My work partitioned my hard drive and the files in one drive are not the same as on the other drive. Not sure if that has anything toi do with it....