I recently purchased 128 megs more of ram from the local Fry's. I installed it in the slot and nothing happened. The computer does not recognize that there is another 128 megs of ram. It is still only using the original 128. Is there anything I can do to make it recognize the other 128 that I...

I am trying to squeeze the last megahertz out of my old, slow Compaq Presario 5000. It is running a 750 MHz AMD Duron chip under Windows ME. I would like to add a DVD drive to burn a DVD of the production my son is building with Pinnacle Studio 8. He has been able to author on VCD; but we want to...

I'm trying to swap out the CD reader with a CD-R. When I plug the CD-R in when I reboot it is asking me to insert a system disk. It's sort of acting like there's no OS. When I plug the old CD reader back in everything works fine. I notice the ribbon goes from the motherboard to the hard drive to...

Apparently we had a power surge. The computer only boots up in safe mode. I tried system restore and everything else the troubleshooter suggested. i can't reinstall Windows ME because it is the software that came with the computer. Any suggestions? To be honest I have no idea how these things are...

without losing all of my other programs/software? i have a damaged win.ini file (on boot up Windows tells me to reinstall Win98SE) and my Canon BJC-2100 printer will not work-error-"cannot communicate with lpt1 port". I really do not want to have to lose everything and do a "system restore" as I...

I can't install my USB Flash (Kingston Data Traveler II Plus 256 MB). As I was trying to install, Windows ME asked me for a file called USBNTMAP.SYS. Unfortunately I have lost my installation disk. Could I get that file from the web or any sources. I have been searching inside the Windows web site...

Geez, have I got a lot to learn! :) That's one reason I enjoy newsgroups. I have never used a flash drive, though I have seen them over at Fry's. I think I'd like to try one for primitive backup purposes and portability's sake. They're certainly cheap enough, and I do have USB 2.0 now. I...

Hello. I used to have a Zip100 drive(D) that I uninstalled. I have a CD Rom (E) and a RW CD(F). When double clicking on my computer I still see the zip100(D) and CDR(E) is missing. The weired thing is that when right clicking on the zip100(D) and choosing Eject it opens up the CDR(E) that the icon...

I have reinstalled Windows Me and need to find drivers for my printers, a Lexmark X5150 and an HP 932c. I have tried the manufacturers' sites and a couple of free driver download sites, without success. Any suggestions (other than upgrading my Windows)? Lee

I'm trying to install a new Simpletech 160GB external hard drive. Simpletech says that the driver should be in ME, but ME can't find the driver. Where should I look for the driver--would it be on the ME CD? Thanks in advance! I'm trying to get everything off my computer so I can reformat my...

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I'm told that in BIOS there is this option that I cannot found " Plug'n' Play OS installed ". I should Set this option to No so that the BIOS will initialize any plug'n' play devices. Why cannot find this option ? Is my Bios old ( my PC has three years) ? Many thanks,regards Lando.

Hello Guys: I have windows 2000 Professional, 850MHz Pentium III Processor, 256SDRam, 20GB harddrive, Dell C800 Laptop computer. My other computer is windows 98se, 600MHz Pentium III Processor, 128SDRam, 20GB harddrive desktop computer. The harddrive of the desktop is getting weak so I want to...

I now have two 4g hard drives. Want to remove one of them. Every time I disconnect the hard drive I can not boot the computer. Wants a disk to boot. Have changed the BIOS and fdisk the second hard drive. Computer shows no hard drive, but also show the primary as disabled. Help

I was having some problems with my Compaq desktop pc running Windows ME. Eventually I gave up trying to fix all the problems, copied files I needed, etc., and did a factory restore. I then followed the suggestion to create a user backup, also tested it a few days later by doing a user restore. ...

I rec'd the subject mouse as a gift but I don't see Windows ME under the system requirements. Will it work with ME? If not, is there one that will work with ME? Thanks

A friend of mine gave me a soundblaster sound card (don't remember the model right now)for my HP Pavilion computer running ME. I installed it, and then had no sound. In fact, the computer does not recognize that it is even there. Since it does not recognize it, it won't load any drivers either. My...

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I have Nero 5.5. Lately, when trying to burn a disk, I get and error stating that the CD I inserted is not writable. Try another disk. All my CD's are CD-r or CD- RW. Why am I getting this message? I don't think upgrading is going to do anything.

I'm getting ready to install a second hard drive in my system and in the very near future will install Windows XP on it to dual boot with ME. I'm hoping someone here can answer my question. I know some of you have XP (probably ALL of you by now!) and maybe someone has done this before. I'm going...