Whenever I run Windows Millennium Edition Updates, I receive a "Recommended Update" of Microsoft .NET Framework version 1.1. But, when I attempt the installation, it FAILS. Repeatedly! I get "The following items failed to install. To try installing them again, click Review and install updates,...

I cannot access one particular website: http://www.winkflash.com/photo/signin.aspx It is not responding (hangs indefinitely). I have contacted the company's customer support dept, and they have run out of idea's! I am truly frustrated! (By the way, it works fine with Firefox and Netscape). I...

On 23-Mar-2005, "Jack E Martinelli" wrote: Confirm that the jumpers on the two drives correspond with the cabling positions. I recommend obtaining a second cable and configuring the HD to be the Master on the first IDE channel, with the CR-RW the Master...

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...

On 23-Mar-2005, "Mike M" wrote: Check that the jumpers on your new CD-RW are set to the same ID, master or slave, as the device it is replacing. If not then your new CD-RW and your hard disk will be confusing the system which would be unable to tell them ...

Hey, need some assistance with this issue. When I downloaded a .pps file from hotmail it asks me what type of program to open it with .... alright. I noticed Windows media player on there 3 times (obviously older programs). How can I ensure that older programs have been removed or in particular...

Is there a particular application or controller for updatng drivers in one location and ensuring the older ones are deleted. A driver manager of some sort? Thanks

explorer has caused an error in user.exe this message appears prior to shutting down. I know Ive posted once here before although I cannot locate it through searching or in my profile list. Any event, I have completed all sorts of spyware scans with about everything available out there. Any...

Having a tough time converting a .txt to .reg in Notepad. Ive tried to rename, however, file is still a .txt in properties. Ive tried to save as, however, only have the two options; txt or all. What can I do to ensure when I double click this file it will save to the registry. Thanks

Recently changed some .pwl to old from a post that I read recently. After that search for the files, I havent been able to use this utility at all. When I tpe in a request it hangs. Any ideas how this would occur? Not getting any error message.

Ive recently seen under system properties, performance, file system under Floppy Disk that each time the computer starts it searchs for new floopy drive. Ive tried to stop this with no luck. This laptop doesnt have a floppy drive. Is there a way to complete this within the BIOS or ensure that...

Completed a flush recently of the system restore. Lowered the restore slider to 200 mb. Now, would like to remove all previous or cached files. 1. Is it necessary to create a bootable disk or can I just go into the dos prompt? 2. How do I properly set up the FIFO option?

Ive gone through the KB articles and as well a few other postings here and am having difficulty with deleting a profile. 1. KB article indicated where to look in the registry and did not see an entry. 2. When I restart I get the "enter windows password" with a blank name and password. 3. Ive been...

Has WinMe PPPoE already installed ? It should be a driver for the Ethernet line ... I 'd like to install a dsl ethernet line . Thanks a lot.

Looking to troubleshoot an issue that I have using a program. The window that pops up asking to choose which program to use/open a file with. What utility is this called and where can I locate it too remove programs in there?

I've just started putting pics in the 'My Pictures' folder. When I try to look at them a box comes up asking me what program do I want to use to open them. Which one do i use?

1. Why will the Scandisk not complete, it just starts over and over. 2. Scandisk will not work, so I tried to Defrag. This will not work either. It never gets past the 0%. Matter of fact it never starts. Other than that programs run normal. Any Ideas?

I get an error message,"can’t update file %1 of %2", but when I went to search for the wininit.ini file to rename the file it wasn’t there. How do I replace the file? I have my the automatic update turned off my antivirus for now until I resolve this issue. Any help would...

Sorry for the cross-post, but this (hopefully) may be important. I'm attempting to correlate some data to find out the cause of people's problems with this patch Current advice from MS, is for those affected by the problem to either uninstall the patch (Add/Remove Programs) or prevent it from...

Writing to indicate that recent upgrade for messenger indicates that it could not locate above extension. Where can one obtain this file? Thanks