Repair Reinstall
 

Is it possible to do a repair reinstll of ME? I've read that it is and I've
read that it isn't. I'm having a problem with functions such as Defrag. and
Scandisk hanging up and freezing the computer.

Milt

Repair Reinstall
 

Milt asked :-

Is it possible to do a repair reinstll of ME?

Yes - BUT!!! - not recommended without some major proviso's, however, see
next bit.

I'm having a problem with functions such
as Defrag. and Scandisk hanging up and
freezing the computer.

Try running them in Safe Mode and see if they run OK there. If so, then
there are issues with 'things running in the background' which can be
overcome.

How to boot into Safe Mode? Press and hold the Shift key or Ctrl key (or
the F8 key) during power-up sequence).

Also - if necessary - try running scandisk in Real Mode DOS by booting from
your WinMe Startup floppy disk.

Mart


"Milt" wrote in message
...
Is it possible to do a repair reinstll of ME? I've read that it is and
I've
read that it isn't. I'm having a problem with functions such as Defrag.
and
Scandisk hanging up and freezing the computer.

Milt

Repair Reinstall
 

Milt,

The provisos Mart mentioned are that you need to be very careful about
reinstalling Win Me over itself if you have upgraded to using IE6 and/or
Windows Media Player 9. If either of these are true special steps need to
be taken before reinstalling Win Me such as uninstalling IE6 via
Add/Remove Programs and renaming the WMP file wmploc.dll to wmploc.old.

Failure to do either of these steps will lead to major problems and what
is known as version soup and DLL Hell.
--
Mike Maltby



Milt wrote:

Is it possible to do a repair reinstll of ME? I've read that it is
and I've read that it isn't. I'm having a problem with functions such
as Defrag. and Scandisk hanging up and freezing the computer.

Milt

Repair Reinstall
 

Both problems you mention are due to the disc being occupied by other
functions in the background. Forget the reinstall, just try running Scandisc
in Safe Mode. Don't use a 3rd party defrag. If you have an Intel chip,
there's works better than anything else.
--
I mastered Wordstar graphics!


"Mike M" wrote:

Milt,

The provisos Mart mentioned are that you need to be very careful about
reinstalling Win Me over itself if you have upgraded to using IE6 and/or
Windows Media Player 9. If either of these are true special steps need to
be taken before reinstalling Win Me such as uninstalling IE6 via
Add/Remove Programs and renaming the WMP file wmploc.dll to wmploc.old.

Failure to do either of these steps will lead to major problems and what
is known as version soup and DLL Hell.
--
Mike Maltby



Milt wrote:

Is it possible to do a repair reinstll of ME? I've read that it is
and I've read that it isn't. I'm having a problem with functions such
as Defrag. and Scandisk hanging up and freezing the computer.

Milt

Repair Reinstall
 

WTF are you on about, Corday?
Neither problem that Mike mentions has ANYTHING to do with 'other functions
in the background' - it's simply that reinstalling earlier versions of IE
and/or WMP over later ones does seriously bad things to version integrity -
which isn't adequately checked during the reinstall.
If you need instructions on the proper methodology of a reinstall, look
here....
http://crashfixpc.co.uk/reinME.htm
Unfortunately, some of it's a little outdated now, as Ad-Aware, etc are no
longer Win9x-friendly - I'm working on a revision to address this issue -
but the essentials are still true


--
Noel Paton
CrashFixPC

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
www.crashfixpc.co.uk
"Corday" wrote in message
...
Both problems you mention are due to the disc being occupied by other
functions in the background. Forget the reinstall, just try running
Scandisc
in Safe Mode. Don't use a 3rd party defrag. If you have an Intel chip,
there's works better than anything else.
--
I mastered Wordstar graphics!


"Mike M" wrote:

Milt,

The provisos Mart mentioned are that you need to be very careful about
reinstalling Win Me over itself if you have upgraded to using IE6 and/or
Windows Media Player 9. If either of these are true special steps need
to
be taken before reinstalling Win Me such as uninstalling IE6 via
Add/Remove Programs and renaming the WMP file wmploc.dll to wmploc.old.

Failure to do either of these steps will lead to major problems and what
is known as version soup and DLL Hell.
--
Mike Maltby



Milt wrote:

Is it possible to do a repair reinstll of ME? I've read that it is
and I've read that it isn't. I'm having a problem with functions such
as Defrag. and Scandisk hanging up and freezing the computer.

Milt

Repair Reinstall
 

Thanks for the replies.

In Safe Mode both Defrag and Scandisk hang up. Same from floppy. Other
programs are slugish too. And yes, I'm running both IE 6 and WMP 9.

I think I'll try a reinstall of ME ovr itself though. If I screw up, I'll
have to start over and reload everything. But I'd have to do that anyhow. And
yes, I know to back up data and doc's before I start.

I think I'll wait another day and see if anyone has any other comments
before I do it though.

Milt

"Milt" wrote:

Is it possible to do a repair reinstll of ME? I've read that it is and I've
read that it isn't. I'm having a problem with functions such as Defrag. and
Scandisk hanging up and freezing the computer.

Milt

Repair Reinstall
 

"Milt" wrote in message
...
Thanks for the replies.

In Safe Mode both Defrag and Scandisk hang up. Same from floppy. Other
programs are slugish too. And yes, I'm running both IE 6 and WMP 9.

I think I'll try a reinstall of ME ovr itself though. If I screw up, I'll
have to start over and reload everything. But I'd have to do that anyhow.
And
yes, I know to back up data and doc's before I start.

I think I'll wait another day and see if anyone has any other comments
before I do it though.

Hopefully you'll heed Mike's advice, taking the proper precautions.
H.


Milt

"Milt" wrote:

Is it possible to do a repair reinstll of ME? I've read that it is and
I've
read that it isn't. I'm having a problem with functions such as Defrag.
and
Scandisk hanging up and freezing the computer.

Milt

Repair Reinstall
 

I think I'll try a reinstall of ME ovr itself though.

Unless you first uninstall IE6 and rename wmploc.dll you're wasting your
time.

If I screw up,

Which you certainly will if you don't do the above first. See the link in
Noel's post for a "how to".
--
Mike Maltby



Milt wrote:

Thanks for the replies.

In Safe Mode both Defrag and Scandisk hang up. Same from floppy. Other
programs are slugish too. And yes, I'm running both IE 6 and WMP 9.

I think I'll try a reinstall of ME ovr itself though. If I screw up,
I'll have to start over and reload everything. But I'd have to do
that anyhow. And yes, I know to back up data and doc's before I start.

I think I'll wait another day and see if anyone has any other comments
before I do it though.

Repair Reinstall
 

Both problems you mention are due to the disc being occupied by other
functions in the background.

What on earth are you talking about? Your reply should be to the OP and
not my post.
--
Mike Maltby



Corday wrote:

Both problems you mention are due to the disc being occupied by other
functions in the background. Forget the reinstall, just try running
Scandisc in Safe Mode. Don't use a 3rd party defrag. If you have an
Intel chip, there's works better than anything else.

Repair Reinstall
 

Corday,

If I could run Scandisk in Safe Mode, I would not need to reinstall ME. Same
for Windows Defragmenter.

Milt

"Corday" wrote:

Both problems you mention are due to the disc being occupied by other
functions in the background. Forget the reinstall, just try running Scandisc
in Safe Mode. Don't use a 3rd party defrag. If you have an Intel chip,
there's works better than anything else.
--
I mastered Wordstar graphics!


"Mike M" wrote:

Milt,

The provisos Mart mentioned are that you need to be very careful about
reinstalling Win Me over itself if you have upgraded to using IE6 and/or
Windows Media Player 9. If either of these are true special steps need to
be taken before reinstalling Win Me such as uninstalling IE6 via
Add/Remove Programs and renaming the WMP file wmploc.dll to wmploc.old.

Failure to do either of these steps will lead to major problems and what
is known as version soup and DLL Hell.
--
Mike Maltby



Milt wrote:

Is it possible to do a repair reinstll of ME? I've read that it is
and I've read that it isn't. I'm having a problem with functions such
as Defrag. and Scandisk hanging up and freezing the computer.

Milt