My update log begins 20 October 2003 because 1-2 weeks prior, (shortly) after a doing an update (wxms or xmls?), my system restore was inop, break points were in- accessable, help center gave script error messages and wouldnt load and autoupdate would hang at 33%(back then). Since then, after...

Does anyone have, or can tell me where I can download hotfix 280127USAM.exe for Windows ME. It involves using USB audio devices. The question appears in the Knowledge Base, but I cannot find a source. Any help will be appreciated.

Can anyone tell me what i need to read word documents emailed to me. When i try to open the attatchments, I get an error that says mswrd832.cnv could not open the file. can someone help out with this. I am using m/works 6.0

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...

Hope someone can help my curiosity. A friend has run Window ME (which was an upgrade from Windows 98) for several years but over the past few months he had problems booting up. He would get requested for scan disks several times, it would hang up, etc. My son and I took a look at it and also...

When I install this software, my computer restarts in safemode. I am not sure why installing this software does this to my computer. It goes away when I uninstall cisco VPN.

My operating system is Windows ME, Outlook Express 6. Something is prohibiting me from deleting messages. This problem occured yesterday. Messages already in the Deleted Items were permanently deleted and the pc was shut down and rebooted. At that point messages could be deleted. OE was closed....

When I try to perform a file search in Windows Explorer I receive the following error message: "Explorer has caused an error in unknown. Explorer will now close." Could this have anything to do with installing the IE 6.0 upgrade? I cannot find anything relating to this in the...

My computer came with ME loaded on it. ME is running slowly and I've heard that re-installing it will help, but I did not receive a system disk with my computer. I have the product key. Does anyone know how to re-install?

I recently tried to install a program I purchased and while the InstallShield was loading, I encountered an error message reading: "An installation support file 'C:\Windows\Temp\{588c135F-0B15-4A02-8F2D-04697- BE2904E}\setup.inx' could not be installed. Catastrophic Failure." If anyone could help...

I use a program called PrintArtist8 regularly, but just recently it has stopped working due to this problem:- when I try to open it a dialogue box comes up titled "Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime Library" In the box it says 'Runtime Error! Program: C:\PrintArtist8\PrintArt.exe' 'abnormal...

I was just starting to load names and passwords in the user section. As my son was going out the door I grabbed him and had him put his username and password in the user box. Then I added mine and my daughters. Now when I boot up my sons username and blank password pop up before windows loads. I...

I currently have Adobe 4.0. Just bought the Adobe 6.0 Professional upgrade but the new one does not recognize the older Adobe CD and won't load. Any help would be appreciated. Adobe was little help when I called. John coll12 AT hotmail DOT com

I am having difficulty, even after looking through all the trouble shooting notes in getting my PC to install the windows updates. I am not a computer expert. Can you help me ? John

where can i get a free copy of MSDOS on the web??

On boot this msg appears: An error has occurred on this page Line: 38 Char: 3 Error: Object expected Code: 0 URL: file://c:\windows\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Desktop.htt Do you want to continue running scripts on this page? Yes No

When I boot up I get the error message: Avsynmgr has caused an error in MCSCAN32.DLL Avsynmgr will now close. When I click on the close option the com;puter finishes booting up. When I try to go into Word or Excel I get the following message:

I hope to buy Norton Ghost 9 to back up my entire hard drive. I've seen this software for sale at TWO prices by the same company, Pyramid Distribution. They sell it boxed at £30 or an OEM version for £17. What is the difference? Surely both will be useable for ever? (or maybe not?). Guidance...

i have internet explorer 6 service pack 1 after i start internet explorer 6 windows shut down and a error occurs this error does not occur everytime. sometimes after a while. error is "explorer has occured a problem in unknown "explorer will now close"

I am getting an error on boot up that states: Error Message: "Explorer Has Caused an Error in Shdocvw.dll. Explorer Will Now Close" I viewed the web page in the knowledge base but it really doesn't provide a cure. When I hit the start button the computer shuts down and I have no icons on...