I have read most of the submissions and replies on this problem, and have done just about everything suggested in the Win ME forum, as well as in Win Updates forum, such as: Redownload IE 6 SP1 files Attempt to reinstall SP1 without Norton Antivirus (Systemworks 2003) and Zone Alarm (v....

Hi, I want to load virgin broadband to my pc but everytime i try it tells me keep trying. the disk i am trying to load does a check and every thins seems in order i.e cpu ect. What can I do to sort this problem out?

Hi, I'm running a Sony Vaio PCG-F150 Laptop with Windows ME. I've installed a Belkin F5D5020 PCMCIA Network Card and have the internet available through a D-Link DI-704P router. I'm having a problem where if I have the network cable connected to the laptop when I boot up, Windows freezes up and...

I just upgraded to IE6SP1 and all went well except a minor item. Since Windows Explorer and Internet Explorer share the same shell, I am posting here. Regarding Windows Explorer, after the upgrade my view was reset to the default one - large icons. I opened one folder, reset the view to List then...

I have just installed Norton's Anti-Virus 2005 on my ME from the Symantec website to replace the outdated 2002 version. Now Windows Explorer doesn't work, although, strangely, Outlook Express DOES work. Can anyone suggest a remedy? Obviously, I cannot access the internet on that computer.

I keep getting a message "install reminder"--so I click on it to upgrade the windows new upgrade and all I get is a black screen and the message "windows could not upgrade the file %1 from %2. How can I correct this ???

I cannot get into/load WINDOWS UPDATE; within 5 seconds of the page appearing it hangs/freezes. So I press 'ctrl+alt+del' to see that the prog is not responding and I have to 'End Task' to clear the screen. Have visited many many support sites but cannot find a solution. Your ideas would be most...

I can log on to internet but when I try to open window it says not enough memory?How can I get on internet and not be able to open windows because of lack of memory? Please Help!!

Why does my internet connection shut down after about 20 minutes of inactivity, all the time ? I have windows ME.

I was told by my internet provider (Comcast) that I am having problems connecting because of winsock. The advised me to get in touch with you because winsock needs to be taken off of my computer. Please advise

please can anyone help me upgrade to IE6.i run set up but get the message about closing other applications and retrying,Ive tried most of the solutions posted on this site but still no joy.I see that i`m not the only one with this problem so there must be a fix somewhere. please help

Hi all, I'm running ICS with XP Pro as the host and Win ME (Well I like it !) as the (only) client. My problem is that although the internet is accessible from the client, sometimes (but not always) the ICS status icon (2 computers) does not appear in the taskbar on the Win ME machine. This...

Can anyone tell me if when upgrading to Windows ME from Windows 98 via a download from Micrsoft, will Win ME replace I.E. 6.0,SP1 with the earlier I.E. 5.5 or will it reconise I.E. 6.0 as a higher version and leave it alone ? I need this information before I upgrade to Windows ME as my PC does not...

Running on ME with IE6. When I right click in IE 6 and 'Save picture as' the file type indicates JPEG. When I save the file and go to the folder it is in and select view details it still is indicated as JPEG. When I click to open the file it ask me to 'Open with'. I have gone to the folder...

I've recently recieved an error message: MSIMN has casued an error in DIRECTDB.dll. Searching OlEXP / Microsoft, the only solution I found to this problem involved renaming or deleting the folders.dbx file. I have done each one of those suggestions - separately- with no success. I continue to...

I have been using Mcaffe as my antivirus software. I picked up a virus and detected it thru another free program. It appears Mcaffee was not updating when I ran the updates, and after the last update it is full of errors and wont come on. I am thinking of getting a different program to run...

How/where can I download that version. I currently have 6.0. Let me know. Thanks!

Hello everyone.... Whenever i open internet explorer i would normally have a homepage (yahoo) but now when i open it http://www.jetsearch.org/ comes on which is rather annoying....because even if i change my homepage back to yahoo....if i close the window, then open internet explorer again, it...

Hello, I installed Norton Firewall. That interfered (stuffed up) the windows registry. Got that fixed by someone. Then the webpages do not display pictures anymore. Unistalled Norton Firewall and webpages still fo not display pictures just a red X in a box. Also the text disappears when I move the...

I recently downloaded Weather bug 6.0 version.As soon as i saw my search bar i got rid of it.Still don't know why Spayblaster didn't pick it up .Or why spybot or lava soft won't remove the last piece of it -I went to add delete and got rid of weather bug and ...