I had to do a system recovery and I need the 25 digit number to put word back on my system. I have the cd but not the code to start it. Can anyone tell me how to get it? Thanks! Cornelius

i ecently had to re install my whole computer and so i had to also re instal the whole microsoft works program. it now tells me to enter a 25 character cd key that is on my "jewl case" but i bought my computer about 4 years ago and i cant find that key #. is there any other way of making it run?

I hope I am in the right forum. I had to reformat my system and reload ME. I now only have 16 colors when I used to have 256 and 24 bit colors. How or where can I get them back

Hi, So I'm using a slightly old Vaio with Windows ME and having difficulties showing DVD's on a secondary montior, namely, a flat screen. I can see it perfectly on my laptop screen, but I only get empty space where the movie should be on the flat screen. Solutions? FW

Does anyone know where I can download a copy of 6023.dll for Windows ME for a friend of mine?

I get error 8611 whenever I start or reboot my pc. I can press F1 or Escape, to get past the error and on to my desktop without further issues. Can anyone tell me how to get rid of this error? Marv

I have the ME operating system in mt machine. Since yesterday, whenever I launch the IE, I get to the Web Page but it seems that I get stuck there, especially if there was Java Script involved; May be. For instance if I go to a web page and I am asked to activate a switch so that a player may be...

I'm running Windows Me and whenever I do CTRL C, the computer only beeps. Nothing is copied. This is the case regardless of which application I try this in. Also, CTRLALTDEL no longer displays the Task Manager. ALTPRTSCN doesn't work either. They were all working this morning, and...

I've been looking through the registry and noticed alot in there is no longer needed, and probably taking up alot of unused space. Remnants of old installations, settings, hardware, etc. scattered throughout the various branches is something I would like to somehow eliminate if possible. I see no...

I have clipboard installed and can view stuff on it, what I can't seem to do is save to another location. Save as bmp or jpeg or anything, it does not go where I send it. I dont think it works, only as a viewer, so Mircosoft should remove the save as..... option and stop winding people like me...

When I start up IE the following url appears "about:blank". I reset the registers back to my original and it works once and goes back to the "about:blank" page. I have two new dll's that like suspicious floh.dll and d3d.dll. Can anybody shed some light on this? Thanks

Cancelled a non reaponsive program that was hung up and some of the icons in the right bottom window by the time disappeared. now I cannot access the other programs that ere running, but if I try to restart them I get a message saying already running cannot strt additional program. I do not...

My Microsoft Access will not open, I keep getting the message "This operation has been cacelled due to restrictions in effect on this computer. Please contact your system administrator" Please help what should I do?

When I try to access files in control panel I get permission denied, what is the problem and how do I fix it. Is it corrupt cpl files or is it something else

Hi How install Acrobat 6.0 in WindowsMe? Help-me, please. Valdemar

I am using acrobat reader 6.0.3. (for win98) and when I am on the internet and I want to open a file on the internet that requries the reader, the reader will not open automatically. It show shows a tiny box in the left corner with a red X in it. Then I have to safe the target to my desktop...

have just installed active sync to communicate with a new PDA but when I boot up the nachine hangs. Ctrl-alt-delete shows Wcsecomm.exe not responding. After I end task boot- up finishes. Any ideas as to what the problem is? cheers

Im having the same problem! Only with mine most program icons arnt loading on the desktop, you hit the start button and it just looks like its pressed down. I can right click and explore my computer, but when I click on any of the files I get the same Active X warning, and nothing shows up. Where...

What is Acutil.exe??? When I run msconfig, I uncheck the box, then the computer restarts. When it restarts, the box is checked again. I tried regedit, ctrl+f of acutil, deleted them from there. Then went to Windows Explorer. The application file is located as...

Just caught this. If I missed an earlier post, sorry. sced13ri