Does this mean the hard drive is gone? CHange it, or reformat/reinstall software?

Because I'm an idiot, I ran a Windows update on my ME machine. After the reboot, I got the above error. I tried using a fix found on the Microsoft support site (it involved editing in DOS the system.ini command line regarding the Explorer.exe shell). This didn't work and now my computer...

I recently installed a wireless card in my IBM Netvista (2271) PC all went well. About ten days latter the machine starts up but no signal to the monitor. After about an hour or so the system appears to have re-booted and the monitor comes into life? So I took out the wireless card and...

As my subject indicates, I have a friend with a PC that was infected by that new-making worm last week. As a result, his PC kept rebooting itself and I can't get into it to perfrom any maint. (not even Safe Mode). The owner never did any backups, so all the data is trapped on this drive that will...

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On my WinME box, I originally installed the OS with a dedicated swap partition (F:) on the main physical drive. A while later I moved the VM to a separate spindle, for sake of extra speed: - added a dedicated swap partition on the second physical drive - labeled it 'SWAP' - relabeled F: to...

I need to find where i could get an update for Q290700 on the Windows Millenium Me 2000 Home Edition. Could Someone e-mail me a response

Running ME on a Compaq Presario. Everything's fine. Shut it down one night and the next day when I start it up there is no mouse pointer to be seen on the desktop. Also, the display changed to 16 colors and the lowest resolution. I can TAB through to the controls settings and change the display...

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I wish to copy files from HDD to DVD to keep as backups using windows explorer for some reasion can't to it anymore Can anyone help me please

Hey, For some crazy reason, I cant open my files, or folders on the desktop, not even my computer, or my documents. I have recived these error, Explorer has caused an error in (PDF563F.Dll, or Shell32.dll, or Shiwapi.dll, shdocvw.dll, even once i believe kernel32.dll), i have tried restore, but to...

I am looking at an external modem, made in Taiwan, with no apparent brand name. The computer is running Windows Me. Device Manager is reporting a problem with the modem. There are no disks or manuals with the modem. If I install the Windows generic 56k modem drivers, should I expect the Windows...

When I tried to install Microsoft Wireless Optocal Mouse with Intellipoint 5.0 software, I get a message that Installation cannot start because the operating system does not support this software. My question is, will windows ME support Intellipoint 5.0 software? If so, what do I need to do to get...

I have added a USB 2.0 card to my daughters computer running ME. The install went fine and it will recognize a compact flash reader I have . I really want to add a external HD so I can back up her system. I bought a case and put a 20 gig used drive I had in it. The drive is formatted Fat 32 and...

Windows ME and I get the yellow down arrow under display adapter. When I go to update driver it states: "device is either not working properly or does not have all the drivers installed" This is the best adapter for this comuter (NVIDIA VANTA LT Compaq) but it will not accept driver updates. Also...

While fine on a WXP machine, my WD USB drive is not recognised by Windows ME. The blue light (USB power) shines, the gree arrow in the system tray comes up (Disconnect Hardware icon) come up, and in the Device Manager the USB Drive is fine as well. But in Explorer, no USB drive comes up. What do I...

My mouse and keyboard shortcuts are messed up. When I right click on the mouse and choose copy, when I try to paste it to another folder, my internet connection window opens as for me to log on 4 times. The keyboard does the same thing with Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V. Any ideas how to reset the defaults so...

I've tried to use a flash drive, an MP# player, and a compact flash card reader. The system won't recognize anything as being there. I know the USB port works because it will recognize my digital camera when I connect it to the port. How do I get ME to recognize these devices? Thanks for any...

Everytime I shut down to restart my computer I get this error message . 1720 Harddrive detects imminent failure . It then has two boxes to choose from . One says F1 boot the other F10 Computer setup. It seems to be running pretty good and boots up okay . I have a Compaq with Wimdows me. Is my...

ME with ps2/mouse and usb/kb. Upon boot up, both are functioning but after a while the mouse hang. Any idea what causes these. Since we mouse cant move, how can I go to see the 'IRQ'. It will work ok upon reboot but the problem will appear again.(ME besides the usual driver for the graphic card,...