And Microsoft shouldn't have released Windows Me, because it had only a limited shelf life. Maybe if it stayed for a bit longer, and had a SP it would become quite good. I know a lot of people say that Me sucked because of drivers. Well, it may be true, but actually, I have never had any problems...

When I receive email with attachments, regardless of the type of attachment- be it text, wav, jpeg - it is always identifed as opening with "Image Preview" in the 'Save Attachment' dialogue box, thus rendering anything other than jpegs and bitmaps unopenable. Is there a way to repair this? Thanks...

System Restore is permantly disabled. I can turn it on (uncheck) but on reboot returns to disabled (checked). Also the restore disc size slider is inoperative - stuck between min and max. Associated text is grey scaled out. Retore folder (viewing hidden files and folders) properties indicate a...

At times certain weblinks open very slowly, especially when they have a lot of graphics in it. I was thinking of using other browsers, i.e. Firefox 1.5, Opera, Maxthon or ShenzBrowser V.I. Firefox 1.5 is already installed and ready to go, anytime I'd push the button. And Opera is supposed to be...

Hello, I have Windows ME running on an HP Pavilion XL761, 850MHZ, 128MB RAM and 40GB HD. Window ME is the original platform and has not been upgraded. I use this computer primarily for internet use and Excel documents. Approximately, one month ago I started to receive the following messages when...

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Hello! I doubt anyone will be able to answer this. I'm trying to squeeze every last byte out of my Father's ME system. In Msconfig/Win.ini I find a key named . Has this got any reason for existence? Doesn't sound likely, does it. I'll disable it for a test, but still would like to know what it...

Last night I installed software for Sony Walkman onto my home Vaio desktop, after installation I was instructed to re-boot system. System will only re-start to Windows ME initial screen. I assume my ME needs to be re-installed, but I do not have the original installation disk, is there someplace...

Samples: fffd195b_{0BC73C3A-5BE4-433E-8BC4-55801AAD9FC6}.tmp fffd195b_{FFF4892C-2C19-4D27-B043-085F76BEEA44}.tmp fffebecf_{63D05A78-3DF2-433F-83A6-31FDB60012D8}.tmp fffebecf_{B5F1BB85-1F6E-44BE-B1AD-7D4301CE7935}.tmp These are the temporary files being created daily in C:\Windows folder. it only...

Which is better: TweakUI or FreshUI? What's the difference between them? Can both be installed or just one? TweakUI http://www.microsoft.com/ntworkstation/downloads/powertoys/networking/nttweakui.asp FreshUI http://www.freshdevices.com/freshui.html http://www.freshdiagnose.com/freshui.html

Hi. If I set my IE Internet Security settings any lower than HIGH then on any website that requires ActiveX, my computer hangs. I am able to go to any of these sites when set to HIGH. Clearly the sites do not work. Typical example is MS Windows Update. If you need more info, I can let you know...

After performing A cleanup routine: Win, TIF deleted; Ran Ad-aware, and a few more, started ScanDisk (thorough) and all ok; Defrag ok but the following msg: "IPHLPAPI.DLL FILE cannot start, check the file to determine this problem". A search for this file: C|Windows|System 47 KB Application...

Have over 200 pictures in file "my pictures"...why doesnt it scan all of them when I choose it for my screen saver? thanks wd5iat

When I try to shut down the computer it blanks the screen but doesn't shut down all the way, I have to hold in the on and off button and I get the automatic scan disk when I turn it back on.

I removed some programs a few days ago and since then I've been getting a message at startup that the OLEPRO32.DLL file cannot be found. Since this computer came pre installed, I don't have a ME disk. What is this file for and can I download it? The computer works fine. -Deb

My computer will not boot up, so now I being advise to reinstall Win ME. I don't want to loose all me personal data. What can I do?

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Anybody else having trouble trying to get updates? About 24 hour now I have been getting "Server Unavailable".. -- Burt The Old Alaskan MVP's listed on TECKPAGE http://www.cvinternet.net/~smokydog http://www.cvinternet.net/~smokydog/teckpage.htm

could anybody help with a query, today i ran a virus scan for a friend running me, we found god knows how many infected files and some were "unable to gain access" so we decided to start from scratch with the original software with the "Packard bell" computer. Unfortunately after installing the...

While scanning with Lavasoft Ad-Aware 6, I had two files which were infected: C:\Windows\Temporary\Kb3jd94kz.exe (infected by: PWSteal.Trojan) C.\Windows\System\asuigg.dll infected by: Keklogger.Trojan both coud not be quarantined and had to be deleted.