Hi, Some of the icons which appear when a desktop shortcut is created (FileSendShortcut to Desktop) are attractive, but a reboot will always replace them with the MS I.E. logo. Is there a way of preventing this replacement? Thanks.

I'm about to upgrade a friend's PC from Windows 98 to ME. I will retain the existing setup in case something goes wrong. If it does, how can I restore Windows?

Hi, I have just reinstalled the OS on my older pentium. The CD-Rom worked to install the OS, but now that I am in the OS (Windows ME) it can see the CD Rom drive, but cannot read any CD. Sometimes it recognizes data CDs to see the name (IE it shows the Windows ME name when that disc is in). ...

Good Afternoon:Can I setup microsoft office only from a windows 2000 CD? Now this CD was an original Compaq 2000 setup. I have a laptop that did not come with office; just Windows XP pro! Can I load just the office from the 2000 CD? if so what do I need to do? Please explain.Thanks -- rantoland

hi, I have to go from WinMe to Win2000Pro. i have to format the disk before i install Win2000. what's the proper procedure to retain control of the CD Drive, yet wipe the disk clean of all remainants of WinME? all help is apprecitated! Curt

HI, I am reinstalling windows me on my computer and it had a corrupt explorer error that is why I am reinstalling. The problem is when I reinstall it stops at the explorer.exe and says that it is corrupt and you must reinstall windows. Can I boot to a set up disk and then to dos and go to the...

I need to know how to reformat the hard drive on my son's computer. It's an old HP with Windows ME on it. We have the CD to reinstall the OS, I just don't remember how to do the reformat.

i'm trying to download yahoo messanger but i keep on getting an error message that says theres no idle.dll file.it could be because i might have deleted it and didnt know that i did. now how cant i restore that back to my files so i can download yahoo messanger and anyother thing that requires that...

The Error Says Wtoolsa Wtoolsa has caused an error in Kernel32.dll Wtoolsa Will now close. If you continue to experience problems, try restarting your computer I did this allmost every time theres A kernal32.dll error this means to reinstall my os but how do I fix this error without doing this...

Hello, My Power Options, preset by the store tech from where I purchased this computer (together with the advice to leave them as set on account of WinME's proclivity towards problems in this area) has meant I have made no change to those settings - Always On. Never. Never and Never. In the...

With 30 minutes "work" millionaire?!? store / copy this text or site, before the administrator could remove this letter. You start this program quickly and simply NO RISK!! 100% SERIOUSLY and LEGAL!! Your dreams can be true!!

Ok i have tried about 4 times to install windows ME on a system that i will be using to run a Vent server, the system specs are, Hard Drive-8 gigs, processor- pentium-1 266mhz, 164mbs or ram, NIC Card. i am using an iso image for the cd, and a regular floppy for the floppy boot. basically i can get...

I hadn't changed anything, when I tryed to play a game, it was too big for the screen, I tried doing Go Back but ir was disabled, when i tried to enable it it freezes up. Can't beboot. Message once about missing drivers. Help!

Hi, Suddenly I find that "search for files or folders" is disabled. The dialog box accepts input, and the "search now" button seems to click, but no results are shown. Any ideas?

When i start my pc now it starts loading windows and then shows a dos screen and it says Could not upgrade 1 or more system files before starting. I have tried to boot with start up disk and make a new retore point and then write to drive c but it then tells me write protect error writing drive c....

I have Windows Me on a Toshiba Tecra 8100 I left computer powered on and battery went dead causing computer to crash. This has happened before without a problem but this time I can not start Windows Me. When I start computer the Windows startup screen displays and than it goes to dos and asks if I...

Greetings. Trying to connect a Win98se with a WinME to share files/folders. Setup is currently both machines connected to a hub which is connected to a router which is connected to the cable modem. Both machines are accessing the Internet ok. Problems are 1) the Win98 Network Neighborhood is not...

I just reinstalled option #3, for the Windows Me, Restoration Disk, which only reinstalls all of Windows Me's files. Because I've had problems with the SUWIN file in the past, I both changed wmploc.dll to wmploc.old, and returned IE 6.* to IE 5.5. Did the restoration so that I could use...

When trying to reinstall ME after a clean format i receieve a serious disk error when setup begins copying files. A new partition was created using fdisk. What I dont understand is that windows XP setup was run on it to test the drive, and it installed with no problems. I have tried a few...

When I try to reinstall Windows ME at about 65% completion I get the following error message: "SUWIN caused a general protection fault in module verx.dll at 0002:24AE " In the Microsoft knowledge base - it says the cause is "This issue may occur when you try to reinstall Windows Me on a computer...