Ahhhh, Mikey.....you and I must be on the same wavelength (G). That is
exactly what I said, but the poor Cumbrian Lad must be a wee bit tired
(some strong ale perhaps?) and missed that. LOL.

No, Mart.....I mentioned it to you in passing a couple of months back
when I was thinking of how to reload WinME, which of course is
impossible with an OEM disc. You had advised I would have Noel's
"version soup".

Not sure why or how the $120 Cyber Power surge protector got hit (same
circuit as this computer with an APC one) and/or why it prevented WinME
from working. But then again, if there are strange and weird things
that could happen, they happen to me.

Sorry I haven't been my usual Xmas card sending self......long story
which I will write off the ng. Tooth still not fixed (since Sept) and
next week is yet another cat scan for another problem. Ain't old age
fun?? (G)

Elayne was here for two weeks and we had a nice, lazy time of it. We
made a lot of jewellery and her stuff is so amazing. I will fire off a
picture or two of that and her darlin' dog named "Rufus".

OH, and I bought a neat gadget called "Clickfree" which is a 250 gig
automatic backup which I just plug in via USB port.....sure beats
burning backup CD's.

Happy New Year to all of you and will write in a day or two.

Cheers.....Figgs

"Mike M" wrote in message
...
However, since I don't recall your post regarding a "looking for
explorer.exe" error report, have you tried a System Restore?

Mart,

No need. As Heather says, the PC's now working. The mysterious
"explorer" not found message was when her old Win Me PC was
(previously) connected to an apparently non-functioning surge
protector (or that's how I read Figgs' post).
--
Mike M


Mart wrote:

Heather wrote :-

... because as I told Mart, all I kept getting was "looking for
explorer.exe"......

Err... When? Did I miss a post somewhere?? Are my little grey
cells
fading so fast???

However, since I don't recall your post regarding a "looking for
explorer.exe" error report, have you tried a System Restore?