How do I reset to active desktop back to the way it was? When I go in to display properties to choose a background the little tiny computer preview stays blank. It will only show bmp files. If you choose a jpg file and hit apply it will show on desktop, but the preview stays blank. Can someone...

desktop I am working with a friend who is using Windows ME. He was running ScanDisk and touched his mouse while it was in progress. Now, when he boots up, there is a second Grey colored taskbar at the top of the screen. It shows all the drives that are in the My Computer window. He can no longer...

Is there any way to improve the quality of thumbrint images of my picture files? They are usually so blurred, they're not much help. The picture files and monitor displays are good. Everything in the system is crystal clear except for the Thumbnails. Thanks in advance for any help.

Me han mandado un parche por correo para mi windows pero no se si abrirlo, tengo miedo ^^

I am having some problems with the text display on my computer. Anything that doesn't involve a program appears as gibberish (for example, www.microsoft.com might read as þòC1ÖN§×e??. I would appreciate any assistance that you would be able to give. Thank you in advance.

Under the Appearance. How can I set it back to its default. Currently I have two settings: scheme - windows scheme item - desktop ... then color blue font - nothing appears

Windows ME IBM Aptiva The wallpaper, icons and screensaver look great, but whenever I open a menu or other window, there are ghost images (streaking) to both the right and left of that window. Any help, clues or comments will greatly appreciated. Thanks V

Mike Thank you for your reply. I downloaded tweak and then deleted it like you said. So needless to say I no longer have the directions on how to use it. oops lol. So can you tell me how to use it just to delete the stupid little arrows on my shortcut folders? Thankx Beau

my resolution is stuck on a lower resolution and there is no cursor and i cant change it when do it tells me to restart and but it dosnt change. i dont know whats rong.

Following a 'crash' and using recovery disc (lost all progs!) I managed to get things going again. Two problems - 1. Graphics are very poor and 2. The screen view size is too large - How do I adjust the size viewed to fit my screen? Would be grateful for any advice.

I set up a hard drive with ME to use when I want to use PhotoDraw (doesn't work well with XP). The display is only 16 color and low resolution. PhotoDraw won't open because it says it needs 256 color. The 16 color and resolution can not be changed. What driver can I use and how can I import it so...

I have posted this problem before but got no response that solved my problem. I have the following set up: Turn off monitor=1 hour, turn off hard disk=2 hours, and system stand by=1 hour. During the day even after 2 hours it'll turn by me pressing any key on the keyboard, however, in the morning or...

the display show all the icons 8-10 times the normal size. can't see whole desk top, and change get to properties to change. anyone have any idea's

when i try to install new items such as a memory stick,to my pc i get this message.......... missing WinMe\BASE2.CAB file ... how can i cure this and is there a way i can dowload these files,thanks

REGSVR32 THUMBVW.DLL This works! This just saved me hours of work. I am working a project with 4000 photos and other images saved on my computer. This should be listed on the Knowledge Base Article for this issue with Windows ME. Thanks a bunch!

The WinME background picture is stuck on my desktop. Enabling/disabling Active Desktop is not releasing it. I can preview in Display Properties and when I click apply/ok I can see signs that something is happening to the desktop. But the same display remains. Help! Also I have noticed while...

I upgraded from Win.98 to Win.ME and now the only color display I have is 16 bit (slider won't even work). Has anyone had this problem? and if so, how do I fix it? Thank you in advance for any info. Take care :)

anyone knows how to disable logging menu in winme... That the winme could start itself, without logging... ex. after restart.. thanks

Hi. My brother was messing around in the display properties the other day, and now ive noticed that the icons in the taskbar are extremely small. I cant seem to get it back to where it was normally, can anyone please help me out? Thanks

How do I add colors to my display properties? it's set to 16 bit and that's all it's allowing me. Under settings it says hp f1903 on standard PCI Graphics adapter (VGA). and under that it says 16 colors and that's all it's giving me and I can't slide the screen size bar. Do I need to download...