My computer, running WinXP Pro with 128 MB RAM, today has started acting very strange. Although normally it has to be double-clicked to open a file or folder, now it sometimes opens files/folders/e-mail with only one mouse click, not two. However, it is very inconsistent, sometimes requiring...

I've done all of the below items Noel stated here, and my audio is still kaput. The speaker icon in the startup taskbar does not appear, but an empty space for it does. How to I find the driver on the Microsoft web site, and remove the corrupt one, replacing it with the new one? Or are...

Running WinME (OEM) on a Compaq Presario. Get "Explorer has caused an error in unknown" as soon as desktop appears after boot. Don't know what triggered this (helping a friend debug this) but the error keeps coming up repeatedly if I close the error dialog. I tried reinstall by booting from...

This a continuation of my earlier post - Repairing ME. On monday I booted up in Safe Mode. I got an error message from Helpctr stating that it had caused an error in MSHTML.DLL. This DLL appeared more than once afterward. I closed the window without any problem and completed the boot. I opened...

I will be helping someone with their ME OS.They say it's sluggish.I will go there and do a scandisk and defrag first.Then I will update or install anti virus,clean temp files,clean registry,check what is loading at startup,run anti spyware/adware ,install firewall.Also I will do windows update. I...

Just wanted to know...GOOGLE doesn't seem to detect any said users. BTW, I would like to thank MS for the ME version of FDISK...which I used to trash the NTFS File system in preparation for reinstalling Win 98. Until the MALWARE STORM passes, it is no further upgrades here!

Following on from the earlier thread about my sound problem, I have completed a clean install of WinXP Home as a dual boot using Acronis boot manager. With only WinXP and the newly installed Audigy2NX USB sound card running (on board sound disabled in Bios and no drivers for it installed)...

Current WMF exploit detection by AV scanners as of January 1, 2006 AV-Test, an independent test lab that tracks malware and anti-malware products, has been closely tracking detection of exploits based on the WMF flaw. Below are current numbers as of the morning of January 1, 2006, based on 73...

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yep, finally got it installed, BUT! I boot into windows. PATA is three partitions. SATA is one, newly formatted with SG tools. I show 2 of the SATA in Explorer. It grabbed D: and G: Looks OK in device manager, and drive at G shown there. (no duplicates or anything related to D), except that the...

1. Before installing Sun-Java must Microsoft Java be disabled? 2. At this stage what version of Sun-Java would be the best for WinME? Harry.

http://aumha.net/viewtopic.php?t=19159 Silj -- siljaline MS - MVP Windows (IE/OE) & Security, AH-VSOP _________________________________________ Security Tools Updates

Does anyone know why Acrobat reader does not quit when done using? When I use the program to read something upoing closing and ctrl/alt/deleting still shows the program there and leaves after a few end tasking.

If it isn't one thing it's another. I have a friend's digital camera I'm trying to download pictures from, however, I've never done this so I'm flying a little blind. I found a program trial version of (Photomeister) to download the pics, well, I can't find the camera which is plugged in USB. I...

Hi there, Sorry to say I've asked this question before but have mislaid the answer. Can you give me recommendations for various packages to run on a 7-year-old Win ME system that are free? I'm looking for: Antivirus Antispyware/Malware Pop-up blocker/ad blocker Antiphishing

I am having a problem when typing. Some of the keys cause multiple characters to appear. Here is the unedited version of what I just typed: I am hvahvinbgf a pyronblem whvenb t5yrpeinbgf. Some ogf t5vhe keyrs cause mult5iple chvayract5eyrs t5o appeayr. This is the second time this has...

I've been watching the swap file usage and available physical memory with this tool. The swap file uses close to 70M with little running. The available memory with little running is 4M but drops to as low as 100K when simply viewing Yahoo mail. Does is sound like more memory might speed things...

I have - only - one desktop icon that will not stay where is have placed it. I do not have anything checked in "Arrange Icons". Is there a registry setting I can tweak to assure this icon will stay in its place. Thank you in advance. SGB

This website: Browser Security Test http://bcheck.scanit.be/bcheck/ Allows users to subject their computer/browser to a selection of synthetic exploits as follows: - user selectable tests / exploits - test only exploits known to affect the user's particular browser

Hopefully none of you recall the ugly saga last time with my elderly Dad's computer (which I recapped on 12/31/05, in the ME systems tools newsgroup, if you're a glutton for punishment). He has an old ME computer, with minimum RAM, that I almost killed last time around, by trying to download an...