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Old August 16th 09, 02:41 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.software
D.Schlenk
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Default Spybot S+D caused Windows Me not to start any more


"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