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Old August 16th 09, 10:20 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.software
Noel Paton[_3_]
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Default Spybot S+D caused Windows Me not to start any more

Whoah!!!!
There's no need to uninstall any hardware - what exact hardware is
installed???
If you had drivers once, then they can be found now!!!
Specifically, what is the make/model and revision number of the mainboard?
is the Graphics adapter a separate unit, or built onto the mainboard? - if
separate, what is the make/model (use AIDA32)
The MX400 drivers for ME are easily available from the nVidia site, or
elsewhere - I'd have to check. (they may not give the 'full functionality '
of the manufacturer's drivers, but I'll lay odds that you'd never know the
difference!).

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Noel Paton
CrashFixPC

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
www.crashfixpc.co.uk
"D.Schlenk" wrote in message
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"Noel Paton" schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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Schutzverletzung= "General Protection Fault" - GPF for short
Which version of Spybot were you using? - I suspect that more recent
versions are not fully compatible with ME at the boot level (It used to
be one of the highest-rated spyware-killers for ME, but that was 5-6
years ago!)

You are absolutely right. Spybot has become more and more ineffective and
bloated up. The version I was using was a more recent one, which did
install on the Windows Me Platform. After having re-installed it, I
immediately uninstalled it. However, most of my programs no longer appear
in Software folder of the control panel, but quite a few of them still
function. That means the Registry after re-installing Windows Me the first
time after the general protection fault was no longer the same as before.
You need to update your drivers for hardware - especially the Display
Adaptor.

I fear that this is not possible with the mainboard I am using presently
(it's the third one), because the manufacturer of this mainboard only
offer drivers for XP and Vista. But I still have the first mainboard
Windows Me was delivered with (which does not function any more) and the
second one which comes from the same manufacturer as the third one, but
which delivers drivers for Lan, Sound, which are compatible with Windows
Me. So the only thing I can try is to remove the actual mainboard and
replace it by the second one.

Get hold of AIDA32 (Google it) and run it to find out what your hardware
is.

I am using Everest and SIW which are installed on the other hard disk
which has XP as a operating system. Furthermore I know what hardware I'm
using because I bought it to my own gusto and installed it all by myself.
But I think the driver for the graphics card (Nvidia Geforce2 MX/MX 400
was already installed in the Windows Me system when I bought an OEM
Computer with Windows Me in 2001. The CD containing the utilities for the
system of 2001 delivers drivers for this graphics adapter, but they cannot
be installed now although I installed Direct X 9,0 c after installing the
Windows Me system.
Go to Device Manager, and check for items that are flagged with Yellow
or Red - and go to the manufacturer's websites and download the drivers
I have not yet tried to find proper software on the site of the
manufacturer of the mainboard. I fear that they don't have any for
Windows Me. The only thing that may function is to try to find standard
drivers. However, with standard drivers the system is no longer as
comfortable as before but I can still keep my applications/programs that
are running only on a 16 bit platform like Windows 98 or a 16/32 bit
platform like Windows Me.
If you have problems, feel free to email me direct - my email here is
valid

Thank you. I know that you have done this job already many years because I
have known your name for several years now.

--
Noel Paton
CrashFixPC

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
www.crashfixpc.co.uk
"D.Schlenk" wrote in message
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Hallo,
kann ich hier auch auf Deutsch schreiben? Wenn nicht, dann eben mit
gebrochenem Englisch.

After using Spybot S+D on my Windows Me System in order to find any
spyware which it did not find, this monster of a program asked whether
it could eliminate some minor irregularities with the beginning of the
next start of Windows Me. When I allowed Spybot S+D to do this, my Me
System refused to start any more because of a "Schutzverletzung". I do
not know the English equivalent to this German word. I had to re-install
the whole system from my _setup.exe file in my Windows/Options/Cabs
folder which exists since it was installed there by the manufacturer
which was in 2001. I cannot use my recovery CD because I changed my
mainboards several times already. Now re-installing my system is no
longer possible in the same quality as before. It now runs only in a way
that is similar to the Protected Mode, that means the graphics display
is with only 16 colo(u)rs, I can no longer use the lan connection, the
sound chip on the mainboard which I use (ALiveDual-eSATA2) is not
recognized. I am now really fed up with Spybot Search and Destroy
because the only thing it destroys is your system!

Greetings from Germany

Detmar Schlenk