Thanks Mike, and why am I not too surprised that you didn't take it
further? g
Thick head, stuffed nose, chesty cough and bronchitis is "the why"?
Result, little time spent anywhere other than in bed, 5-10 mins at a
keyboard is about all I can manage at the moment.
Also, be sure that you've still got a copy of the 25 digit product
key, before you start.
If not make a copy of it from your existing system before formatting. OP
can do this using either Belarc's Adviser or similar or using Regedit and
copying the key from the data for the string "ProductKey" located at
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion
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Mike
Mart wrote:
Mike M wrote :-
Back to Mart.
Thanks Mike, and why am I not too surprised that you didn't take it
further? g
Amongst the chaff, Mike S wrote that not only did he have Norton
installed (and I think Mike M has well alluded to the potential
catastrophe of having Norton products installed on a WinMe system)
but somewhat more worrying is the spectre, where you "ended up
reinstalling Windows ME" - which I take to mean that you reinstalled
it over itself. In other words it was NOT a clean (fresh) install -
which is very likely to have caused a 'version soup' - with all of
its attendant problems.
If that is the case, then I personally wouldn't even bother
attempting to try and 'fix' things. I would be far more inclined to
cut my losses and save myself an awful lot of time and effort by
starting over with a completely fresh install - assuming you have all
the 'original' installation disks etc. Just try to recover any
important (personal) data from your hard disk before you start.
I suspect that you may have an OEM version of WinMe - in which case
follow your User Manual's instructions for a 'factory fresh' install
(WITHOUT NORTON). However, If you've got MS copy of the WinMe
(retail) CD, then start by reading the following instructions :-
"Windows Millennium Edition Cleanhd.txt File Contents"
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/271673/en-us
Also, be sure that you've still got a copy of the 25 digit product
key, before you start.