When a computer runs on a Windows operating system, it has what is called a Windows registry. Over time, this registry develops errors. These errors can cause system instability and may even cause your computer to crash. In fact, almost all computer problems can be tracked down to some type of...

I am suddenly having strange boot disk problems. When trying to boot from either a Winows 98 or Windows Me boot disk, if I try to boot with CD Rom support, it gets to a point where it says "Scanning PCI Bus using Mechanism #2". It seems to hang there. Is this normal? Am I not waiting long...

Hi all, A few months ago I got a laptop from work with Media Edition on it Rolling Eyes . I'm having terrible problems with it. It keeps losing the connection to my "M-Audio Transit" (basically an external usb soundcard), every thing seems fine then it just goes dead. It sometimes recognises my...

I recently gave a friend a HP Pavillion (circa 2000) with ME factory loaded, and I am wondering what to do should it crash. There is no CD or recovery CD, it would be a lame-duck imho if struck down with a major problem. I have a strategy in mind and wonder if any here could add to it in order to...

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Silj: Need refresher course in the use of 'HijackThis'. Found a couple of dubious, but not necessarily harmful.entries. TIA. Harry.

Spyware and Adware is software made by publishers that allow them to snoop on your browsing activity, invade your privacy, and flood you with those horrible popups. If you are like most users on the internet, chances are you are probably infected with these applications. Why does Spyware and Adware...

My clock (as it appears in the taskbar) keeps losing time. It gets behind by several minutes at a time. What could cause this? Thanks in advance, Martin

Recently I tried to adjust the settings of the monitor and once I did this nothing displays on the monitor. I reboot the computer and I see the windows ME start up page before windows boots (which tells me the monitor works). I think if I start the computer and use the keyboard I can adjust...

That would be Noel but all welcome. I just upgraded to XP Home on a Dell 4100 that was a present from my daughter (groan) Nothing but problems. At one time I had Norton on here along with McAfee. It wasnt too bad until I got the Norton flu and Doctor Noel came to the rescue. I uninstalled Norton...

Never had this problem before. Actions leading up to this fault. With my computer switched off I removed a CD writer (drive E) and replaced it with a DVD writer. I then burned a DVD disk (Work backup files) by putting the backup disk in my DVD ROM drive (Drive D) - success. I then burned a audio...

Not announced elsewhere yet, that I can find. http://aumha.net/viewtopic.php?t=22773 Silj -- siljaline MS - MVP Windows (IE/OE) & Windows Security, AH-VSOP

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Hello, I bought Emachines T2893 two years back. It is running well. Yesterday when i was working...... suddenly nothing is displayed. Screen went black. I don't know what's the problem. I changed the RAM and checked but it didn't work. After sometime again i switched on it woked for 5 mins and it...

I have Windows ME on PC. By mistake, I added some software that was meant for XP or 2000 systems. Now, I going Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime Errors -- Abnormal Program Termination. I am assuming that some of the files that were loaded overwrote the ME files with XP or 2000 files. Is there...

We were given a computer that has Windows ME loaded and I have been setting up users accounts for each of my kids to have their own logon (desktop, screen saver, etc). I would like to have a master/administrator account where I can install their games, educational software, etc into folders i...

Hello. We're having a problem with my wife's computer and I'm hoping someone here can help. I had to reinstall her WinME after the last time change because it's decided to crash every time daylight savings time comes around. It was working as well as it usually did, but now she can't see any...

I have WINME and everytime I use safe mode it hangs and I have to power off. It hangs at various times and after various changes. -- The Neurotic

When I try to launch a program called DefragMagic, I receive the message: Run-Time Error 13 Type Mismatch Any solutions out there? I am running Windows ME. Thanks for your help.

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