I just upgraded from IE 5.50 to IE 6 because I thought it would cure a lot of script errors I was getting. Unfortunately, although those errors have disappeared, the problems with IE 6 are worse. I surf a few pages, and then it stalls, won't open anything. I close it, and then it works, and then...

Hi, I have something running in my processes called NDrv.exe, I looked it up on google and believe it's adware/spyware because it seems to be robbing my computer of CPU. Just wondering if you guys you know how to delete this and everything related to it safely. It appears to be a hidden folder and...

When I press Help, the Help & Support File tries to open up,the download does not complete. I get a message which reads , "Report to Microsoft Support 2147143678" I have recently compressed a lot of files, don't know if that could have anything to do with the problem. When I use Bug Doctor, it...

I received an error message the other day after restarting my computer. It asked to go into safe mode or load normally. I choose safe mode and it came up with: The following file is missing or corrupted: C:\Windows\Ifshlp.sys The following file is missing or...

how do I format my hardrive using ME it always says that the c drive is being used by another program

When I right-click the mouse either for opening properties of a desktop icon or a file for getting to the "Open with" Menu, the mouse hangs up and the pointer showing "system is working in the background" starts showing. The system is back to normal once I End Task after hitting...

Updating system configuration files I just installed software on my VAIO for my new CyberShot camera. It installed a new version of Direct X (Version 9). When I try to reboot (in all modes) I get a message "Updating System Configuration files,this may take a few minutes." It never returns... What...

I have an HP computer with 98SE. It has a "dosboot" directory and instructions for making a DOS Boot diskette. Yet 98SE can inherently boot DOS. I have another computer with Windows ME, which has no "Restart in DOS" yet it lacks the dosboot directory. Seems to me it would make more sense for...

during startup I receive an "mgsrv32 has caused an error in IPHLPAPI.DLL. I don't know what this means or how to fix it without completely reinstalling the OS. If someone can help I would appreciate it.

during start up a message appears "msgsrv32 has caused an error in IPHLPAPI.DLL. I don't know what this means or how to fix it. If anyone knows it would be appreciated.

Hi. Like so many in the weeks past, I am getting that God forsaken error message when I start up Windows...: "Explorer has caused an error in ~7583836889.TMP, Explorer will now close". And of course, by letting it do so, I am left with a blank desktop (no icons or anything) and a mouse pointer,...

thanks for the info mike m. i used some of your advice and so far things seem to be ok. i installed the spyware. i'm still leary of it because it takes out so many things and i don't understand all of it. thanks again.

I watch TV (using Tuner Card). The TV card's output is in sound card's (Built-in Avance AC97)input. Some channels have very loud settings compare to others. This really disturbs when changing from low to high setting or vice versa. Is there any programe (free of course) which control low/high...

I used spyhunter to remove spyware. On the next boot I got a message like "building hardware database" and the computer locked up when booting repeatedly. I re- installed windows Me and it continues to lock when booting. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

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I downloaded the sun systems java runtime evironment, it installed itself but i'm still not able to view pages requiring it. (Yahoo games and stuff.) What else should I do? I have Win XP Home. Thanks!!

Hello, While running an online virus scanner my Norton Antivirus popped up a warning and I followed the prompts. After a few minutes the system became unstable and I had to shut it down. When I restarted some of my data was gone. For instance if I click on "favorites" some links are there, but...

I purchased a jumpdrive 2.0 pro and downloaded the driver for win98se but I have to reboot my computer everytime I hook it up in order to be recognized. Any ideas ? Thanx.

I'd like to boot up WinME with the absolute minimum amount of drivers and TSR's so that I can play my games (for example, Superbike 2001) running smoother without unnecessary programs running in the background. I figure running a selective startup through the System Configuration Utility would be...

Is there any big advantage in installing the Java plug-in on a computer with WinMe? Is it superior to the MS Virtual Machine?