Where can I get a copy of Windows ME and its updates? It takes to long to download the updates off the web (hours). I can not find anything on Microsofts web and they want $35 to answer an email message. Is Bill getting cheaper as he gets richer? David Johnson

I have gone through all of MS's Knowledge Base on how to prevent the Win ME Logon Prompt at startup per article 152104. At step 6 when I click OK at the end, I get an additional window that says WINDOWS NETWORKING, "You must specify a password". Thus I can not get away from having to use a...

Is there a way to upgrade ME to 2000 or XP?

I keep on getting pop-ups & when I try to close them down the shut down windows box appears and my comp freezes. I then have to manually shut it down, it also happens when I try shutting some other programmes down. I've run spybot & ad-aware, but the problem is still there. I also have a pop-up...

Hi, I have recently purchased a PC off a coleague at work. The PC is registered to them (in System properties). Is there any way I can change this to my name? The PC was bought from TIME and the OS disk wasn't included with the PC. Cheers,

when i bought my computer 3 yrs ago i had ME OS then i upgraded to XP...last week i was on the internet then my computer shuts down and rebooted over and over again...even if i go to safe mode or last config it does the same thing...reboots again and again...does anyone of you know what caused this...

for the past week I have gotten the error msg 'error 404 microsoft1 and also error 'kbgcdf32' could this be a virus or is it a software problem

I cannot delete an address in my home page setting. When I start to type an address to make it my home page, a list of addresses comes up.I can delete all but one.One always remains. I tried all the usuall ways,but that one web page remains. I'm ready to wipe the whole computer clean and start...

SE1R2 10.08.2004 -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2004, Win9x) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj

I can't get my pc to degrag, any type of assistance would be of great help.

Every time I try to load the SE1R2 definition file & restart the computer, it goes back to the SE1R1 definition. There seems to be a bug in this & I'm going to re-install Adaware 6, at least this one works. Regards Mike. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free.

My temp folder in my Windows folder has a few things in it I was curious about. For example there are setup information files with the titles (jsproxy.$s$)or (polmx3.inf.) polmx3 opens up and has a signature of $Chicago$. Is this useful, is it junk, is it harmful? And how can I tell? Is there...

I keep getting this message when I start up ME. "Windows 98 is bypassing startup files", Then it freezes. I can't get into safe mode. I cannot type anything for commands. Can someone help me out?

I have been receiving an error message advising that there is a Stack fault, and to increase the number of stacks. How to I go about doing this? Thanks one and all for any assistance provided. D~

I am less than impressed with this one. Just FYI People. I am all for simple, but this one a first grader could use it. No bells and whistles on it. I normally research the hell out of everything, but didn't this time.

How do I permantely delete wallpaper?

I want to delete some wallpaper permantely from my hard drive. When I go to c:/ - explore - windows - there is no wallpaper listing to search for the wallpaper I want to delete. How do I delete a specific wallpaper?

I have Windows ME. When I try to shut down it just hangs. When I hit cntl/alt/del it says that CCAP is not responding. I have to manually shut off the computer then reboot. It then will check the hard disk for errors and run ok. How can I get my computer to shut down normally? Thanks, Anna

Recently, I deleted some keys in the Windows Registry to remove all obnoxious Adware files on my Windows ME operating system. Shortly after, I started constantly receiving a RUNDLL window popping up with the message "Error loading winup.dll The system cannot find the file specified. I had made a...

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