I have just had a warning message that I am out of disk space (Laptop, HP Armada 1750, 4GB) on checking I find that in my _RESTORE folder is one labelled TEMP which is 1.5GB. I can only see it using the TREE utility, not with Windows Explorer even though I have checked the hidden files option. How...

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whenever i unplug the flash memory stick on my computer without shutting it down, i get a msg saying to use the hot plug icon on the status bar before unplugging or else i might crash my computer. my status bar doesn't have any such icon. perhaps all i need to do is enable it. can anyone tell me...

I know there's a restore file located deep inside the computer somewhere. Can anyone tell me exactly where this is? I figure that this is the only way that I can safely restore my settings and fix my sound problems. Thanks. -- Message posted via...

I'm trying to install windows on a newer system. I boot from the Windows ME floppy disk, run setup from the cd-rom, but once the system reboots, it just keeps rebooting, even when in safe mode, or if I choose step by step and entery no to all questions. I see there's something about AGP video...

Hi My friend has the following problem. For what ever reason the computer locked up. Turned the computer of via power switch as unable to do it any other way. Computer restarted, desktop appeared it then went in to Active Desktop Recovery mode and locked up, could move the mouse but was unable to...

hi guys; if you help i will appreciate... i have refurbished sharp actius al 27 512 mb amd mobile athlon 2700+, it is just twoo-week older. i had previously service pack 2 home edition then i changed it two xp pro service pack two after formatting. but my laptop is now rebooting itself...

I formatted my hard Drive and did a fresh install of Millenium. I switched the harddrive to a new machine, disconnected 1 or 2 cd drives, took out the sound drivers and lan and modem, just so that I have the basics inside the tower. I am using 256 ram, pc 100, a floppy and 1 cd drive Now when I...

i have been having problems with our 2nd computer, it has windows me and i want to uninstall it and then reinstall it without the system restore pack.it contains a floppy disk and our drive is broken!)

I have a secondary computer running Win ME. It only has 6.4GB of hard disk but it is useful as an internet network machine for my family to access the internet/email. It is currently partitioned. It is a little unstable (every second boot it hangs and I have to restart + other annoying things) and...

G'Day All, I am an Xp user with little knowledge of ME. I am trying to help a neighbour. She has experienced a number of slightly different errors with MPREXE.EXE and KERNEL32.DLL. These errors occurred during start-up.

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Hello, I am unable to start windows normally. When I turn on PC it gets past the windows ME screen then a black screen with a message - Cannot find System.ini. And says please insert emergency diskette or something like that. I have tried to start in safe mode and it goes to the "it is now...

I want to move my existing (Windows 98, AT) system to another computer. I want the power management facilities provided on the new (ATX) machine to work properly as well as the existing software, for which I have no installation media, to remain available. Can I: Clone the old drive onto the new in...

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When trying to reinstall ME after a clean format i receieve a serious disk error when setup begins copying files. A new partition was created using fdisk. What I dont understand is that windows XP setup was run on it to test the drive, and it installed with no problems. I have tried a few...

Unable to start Windows ME, used startup disk but unable to start in safemode, I followed help directions on startup disk but nothing will get it started. When I did a directory of C drive no windows directory listed. Also tried to use restore disk but I get the message this program must be...

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I've had no trouble before, shut down normally the other day. Cold boot just now, after BIOS screen, after password screen, next phase, get the error screen "can't find Windows Loader Installer", it shows the path statement. The path statement is to a subfolder in my Download folder, this is not...

Hi There are three users on my computer. To switch from one user to another, the "new" user name must ALWAYS be typed in as the InputBox always comes up with the name of the previous user inserted. (Note that none of the users uses a password). Is there any way to avoid having to type this in by...