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He kinda beat me to it.
Shane "Heather" wrote in message ... ROFL!! I have no secrets anymore!! That was for the dual boot situation, which I never got to try. You know Who will get you.....if I don't, lol. XX Figgs "Noel Paton" wrote in message ... You don't need another HD - merely another partition (I *know* you were looking for an excuse to use that copy of PM that's sitting there!g) -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "Heather" wrote in message ... "Rick T" wrote in message ... Shane wrote: "Heather" wrote in message ... Where do I start?? Constantly crashed *when* I could get into it......which was about 1 out of 5 tries. Had a hell of a time installing it, but had gotten so far with the first one that it had taken over......yet not fully installed. Spent 24 hours trying to get it to stop crashing and finally gave up and uninstalled it (took 4 tries due to crashing)......so I have one hell of a mess on here, yet WinME is working OK so far. Something's not right then, I guess! g Just have all these folders and files that belong to XP and will try removing some eventually. I really don't want to format this....so playing it by ear. So you're upgrading ME rather than doing a clean installation? Shane hmm today's the 25th Figgses last message was the 23rd... I'd take that as a "yes". That I did.......and it was a mess!! I am slowly picking my way thru the minefield and removing unnecessary folders and with some help, fixing drivers, etc. Got that Device Manager Code 15 one cleared up, thanks to Noel's instructions. Poor ole computer....turned 4 yrs. old last week......didn't like XP. So if I ever do put it on again, it will be on another hard drive so I can dual boot. Which was my original plan. Cheers......Figgs |
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(well, that makes a change!g)
-- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "Shane" wrote in message ... He kinda beat me to it. Shane "Heather" wrote in message ... ROFL!! I have no secrets anymore!! That was for the dual boot situation, which I never got to try. You know Who will get you.....if I don't, lol. XX Figgs "Noel Paton" wrote in message ... You don't need another HD - merely another partition (I *know* you were looking for an excuse to use that copy of PM that's sitting there!g) -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "Heather" wrote in message ... "Rick T" wrote in message ... Shane wrote: "Heather" wrote in message ... Where do I start?? Constantly crashed *when* I could get into it......which was about 1 out of 5 tries. Had a hell of a time installing it, but had gotten so far with the first one that it had taken over......yet not fully installed. Spent 24 hours trying to get it to stop crashing and finally gave up and uninstalled it (took 4 tries due to crashing)......so I have one hell of a mess on here, yet WinME is working OK so far. Something's not right then, I guess! g Just have all these folders and files that belong to XP and will try removing some eventually. I really don't want to format this....so playing it by ear. So you're upgrading ME rather than doing a clean installation? Shane hmm today's the 25th Figgses last message was the 23rd... I'd take that as a "yes". That I did.......and it was a mess!! I am slowly picking my way thru the minefield and removing unnecessary folders and with some help, fixing drivers, etc. Got that Device Manager Code 15 one cleared up, thanks to Noel's instructions. Poor ole computer....turned 4 yrs. old last week......didn't like XP. So if I ever do put it on again, it will be on another hard drive so I can dual boot. Which was my original plan. Cheers......Figgs |
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Huh, like you don't get to the sheep first!
rofl! I think I'll disable scandisk on bad shutdowns now! Then I'll go out back and take a whizz on the catenary, after all I've taken thousands of whizzes and they haven't hurt me yet! Shane "Noel Paton" wrote in message ... (well, that makes a change!g) -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "Shane" wrote in message ... He kinda beat me to it. Shane "Heather" wrote in message ... ROFL!! I have no secrets anymore!! That was for the dual boot situation, which I never got to try. You know Who will get you.....if I don't, lol. XX Figgs "Noel Paton" wrote in message ... You don't need another HD - merely another partition (I *know* you were looking for an excuse to use that copy of PM that's sitting there!g) -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "Heather" wrote in message ... "Rick T" wrote in message ... Shane wrote: "Heather" wrote in message ... Where do I start?? Constantly crashed *when* I could get into it......which was about 1 out of 5 tries. Had a hell of a time installing it, but had gotten so far with the first one that it had taken over......yet not fully installed. Spent 24 hours trying to get it to stop crashing and finally gave up and uninstalled it (took 4 tries due to crashing)......so I have one hell of a mess on here, yet WinME is working OK so far. Something's not right then, I guess! g Just have all these folders and files that belong to XP and will try removing some eventually. I really don't want to format this....so playing it by ear. So you're upgrading ME rather than doing a clean installation? Shane hmm today's the 25th Figgses last message was the 23rd... I'd take that as a "yes". That I did.......and it was a mess!! I am slowly picking my way thru the minefield and removing unnecessary folders and with some help, fixing drivers, etc. Got that Device Manager Code 15 one cleared up, thanks to Noel's instructions. Poor ole computer....turned 4 yrs. old last week......didn't like XP. So if I ever do put it on again, it will be on another hard drive so I can dual boot. Which was my original plan. Cheers......Figgs |
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Wots a *catenary*??
"Shane" wrote in message ... Huh, like you don't get to the sheep first! rofl! I think I'll disable scandisk on bad shutdowns now! Then I'll go out back and take a whizz on the catenary, after all I've taken thousands of whizzes and they haven't hurt me yet! Shane "Noel Paton" wrote in message ... (well, that makes a change!g) -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "Shane" wrote in message ... He kinda beat me to it. Shane "Heather" wrote in message ... ROFL!! I have no secrets anymore!! That was for the dual boot situation, which I never got to try. You know Who will get you.....if I don't, lol. XX Figgs "Noel Paton" wrote in message ... You don't need another HD - merely another partition (I *know* you were looking for an excuse to use that copy of PM that's sitting there!g) -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "Heather" wrote in message ... "Rick T" wrote in message ... Shane wrote: "Heather" wrote in message ... Where do I start?? Constantly crashed *when* I could get into it......which was about 1 out of 5 tries. Had a hell of a time installing it, but had gotten so far with the first one that it had taken over......yet not fully installed. Spent 24 hours trying to get it to stop crashing and finally gave up and uninstalled it (took 4 tries due to crashing)......so I have one hell of a mess on here, yet WinME is working OK so far. Something's not right then, I guess! g Just have all these folders and files that belong to XP and will try removing some eventually. I really don't want to format this....so playing it by ear. So you're upgrading ME rather than doing a clean installation? Shane hmm today's the 25th Figgses last message was the 23rd... I'd take that as a "yes". That I did.......and it was a mess!! I am slowly picking my way thru the minefield and removing unnecessary folders and with some help, fixing drivers, etc. Got that Device Manager Code 15 one cleared up, thanks to Noel's instructions. Poor ole computer....turned 4 yrs. old last week......didn't like XP. So if I ever do put it on again, it will be on another hard drive so I can dual boot. Which was my original plan. Cheers......Figgs |
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http://www.google.co.uk/search?num=5...efine:Catenary
-- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "Heather" wrote in message ... Wots a *catenary*?? "Shane" wrote in message ... Huh, like you don't get to the sheep first! rofl! I think I'll disable scandisk on bad shutdowns now! Then I'll go out back and take a whizz on the catenary, after all I've taken thousands of whizzes and they haven't hurt me yet! Shane "Noel Paton" wrote in message ... (well, that makes a change!g) -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "Shane" wrote in message ... He kinda beat me to it. Shane "Heather" wrote in message ... ROFL!! I have no secrets anymore!! That was for the dual boot situation, which I never got to try. You know Who will get you.....if I don't, lol. XX Figgs "Noel Paton" wrote in message ... You don't need another HD - merely another partition (I *know* you were looking for an excuse to use that copy of PM that's sitting there!g) -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "Heather" wrote in message ... "Rick T" wrote in message ... Shane wrote: "Heather" wrote in message ... Where do I start?? Constantly crashed *when* I could get into it......which was about 1 out of 5 tries. Had a hell of a time installing it, but had gotten so far with the first one that it had taken over......yet not fully installed. Spent 24 hours trying to get it to stop crashing and finally gave up and uninstalled it (took 4 tries due to crashing)......so I have one hell of a mess on here, yet WinME is working OK so far. Something's not right then, I guess! g Just have all these folders and files that belong to XP and will try removing some eventually. I really don't want to format this....so playing it by ear. So you're upgrading ME rather than doing a clean installation? Shane hmm today's the 25th Figgses last message was the 23rd... I'd take that as a "yes". That I did.......and it was a mess!! I am slowly picking my way thru the minefield and removing unnecessary folders and with some help, fixing drivers, etc. Got that Device Manager Code 15 one cleared up, thanks to Noel's instructions. Poor ole computer....turned 4 yrs. old last week......didn't like XP. So if I ever do put it on again, it will be on another hard drive so I can dual boot. Which was my original plan. Cheers......Figgs |
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OUCH!! Point taken, grin!!
Odd words you have over there, young lad!! I think we just call the *street car wires*......I thought it was a cross between Rosie and a Canary, grin. Mornin' Noel....... Figgs "Noel Paton" wrote in message ... http://www.google.co.uk/search?num=5...efine:Catenary -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "Heather" wrote in message ... Wots a *catenary*?? "Shane" wrote in message ... Huh, like you don't get to the sheep first! rofl! I think I'll disable scandisk on bad shutdowns now! Then I'll go out back and take a whizz on the catenary, after all I've taken thousands of whizzes and they haven't hurt me yet! Shane "Noel Paton" wrote in message ... (well, that makes a change!g) -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "Shane" wrote in message ... He kinda beat me to it. Shane "Heather" wrote in message ... ROFL!! I have no secrets anymore!! That was for the dual boot situation, which I never got to try. You know Who will get you.....if I don't, lol. XX Figgs "Noel Paton" wrote in message ... You don't need another HD - merely another partition (I *know* you were looking for an excuse to use that copy of PM that's sitting there!g) -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "Heather" wrote in message ... "Rick T" wrote in message ... Shane wrote: "Heather" wrote in message ... Where do I start?? Constantly crashed *when* I could get into it......which was about 1 out of 5 tries. Had a hell of a time installing it, but had gotten so far with the first one that it had taken over......yet not fully installed. Spent 24 hours trying to get it to stop crashing and finally gave up and uninstalled it (took 4 tries due to crashing)......so I have one hell of a mess on here, yet WinME is working OK so far. Something's not right then, I guess! g Just have all these folders and files that belong to XP and will try removing some eventually. I really don't want to format this....so playing it by ear. So you're upgrading ME rather than doing a clean installation? Shane hmm today's the 25th Figgses last message was the 23rd... I'd take that as a "yes". That I did.......and it was a mess!! I am slowly picking my way thru the minefield and removing unnecessary folders and with some help, fixing drivers, etc. Got that Device Manager Code 15 one cleared up, thanks to Noel's instructions. Poor ole computer....turned 4 yrs. old last week......didn't like XP. So if I ever do put it on again, it will be on another hard drive so I can dual boot. Which was my original plan. Cheers......Figgs |
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G'night, Figgs!
-- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "Heather" wrote in message ... OUCH!! Point taken, grin!! Odd words you have over there, young lad!! I think we just call the *street car wires*......I thought it was a cross between Rosie and a Canary, grin. Mornin' Noel....... Figgs "Noel Paton" wrote in message ... http://www.google.co.uk/search?num=5...efine:Catenary -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "Heather" wrote in message ... Wots a *catenary*?? "Shane" wrote in message ... Huh, like you don't get to the sheep first! rofl! I think I'll disable scandisk on bad shutdowns now! Then I'll go out back and take a whizz on the catenary, after all I've taken thousands of whizzes and they haven't hurt me yet! Shane "Noel Paton" wrote in message ... (well, that makes a change!g) -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "Shane" wrote in message ... He kinda beat me to it. Shane "Heather" wrote in message ... ROFL!! I have no secrets anymore!! That was for the dual boot situation, which I never got to try. You know Who will get you.....if I don't, lol. XX Figgs "Noel Paton" wrote in message ... You don't need another HD - merely another partition (I *know* you were looking for an excuse to use that copy of PM that's sitting there!g) -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "Heather" wrote in message ... "Rick T" wrote in message ... Shane wrote: "Heather" wrote in message ... Where do I start?? Constantly crashed *when* I could get into it......which was about 1 out of 5 tries. Had a hell of a time installing it, but had gotten so far with the first one that it had taken over......yet not fully installed. Spent 24 hours trying to get it to stop crashing and finally gave up and uninstalled it (took 4 tries due to crashing)......so I have one hell of a mess on here, yet WinME is working OK so far. Something's not right then, I guess! g Just have all these folders and files that belong to XP and will try removing some eventually. I really don't want to format this....so playing it by ear. So you're upgrading ME rather than doing a clean installation? Shane hmm today's the 25th Figgses last message was the 23rd... I'd take that as a "yes". That I did.......and it was a mess!! I am slowly picking my way thru the minefield and removing unnecessary folders and with some help, fixing drivers, etc. Got that Device Manager Code 15 one cleared up, thanks to Noel's instructions. Poor ole computer....turned 4 yrs. old last week......didn't like XP. So if I ever do put it on again, it will be on another hard drive so I can dual boot. Which was my original plan. Cheers......Figgs |
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lol Why use three words when you can get away with one g
Joan Heather wrote: I think we just call the *street car wires*......I thought it was a cross between Rosie and a Canary, grin. Mornin' Noel....... Figgs |
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lol!
Shane "Heather" wrote in message ... OUCH!! Point taken, grin!! Odd words you have over there, young lad!! I think we just call the *street car wires*......I thought it was a cross between Rosie and a Canary, grin. Mornin' Noel....... Figgs "Noel Paton" wrote in message ... http://www.google.co.uk/search?num=5...efine:Catenary -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "Heather" wrote in message ... Wots a *catenary*?? "Shane" wrote in message ... Huh, like you don't get to the sheep first! rofl! I think I'll disable scandisk on bad shutdowns now! Then I'll go out back and take a whizz on the catenary, after all I've taken thousands of whizzes and they haven't hurt me yet! Shane "Noel Paton" wrote in message ... (well, that makes a change!g) -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "Shane" wrote in message ... He kinda beat me to it. Shane "Heather" wrote in message ... ROFL!! I have no secrets anymore!! That was for the dual boot situation, which I never got to try. You know Who will get you.....if I don't, lol. XX Figgs "Noel Paton" wrote in message ... You don't need another HD - merely another partition (I *know* you were looking for an excuse to use that copy of PM that's sitting there!g) -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "Heather" wrote in message ... "Rick T" wrote in message ... Shane wrote: "Heather" wrote in message ... Where do I start?? Constantly crashed *when* I could get into it......which was about 1 out of 5 tries. Had a hell of a time installing it, but had gotten so far with the first one that it had taken over......yet not fully installed. Spent 24 hours trying to get it to stop crashing and finally gave up and uninstalled it (took 4 tries due to crashing)......so I have one hell of a mess on here, yet WinME is working OK so far. Something's not right then, I guess! g Just have all these folders and files that belong to XP and will try removing some eventually. I really don't want to format this....so playing it by ear. So you're upgrading ME rather than doing a clean installation? Shane hmm today's the 25th Figgses last message was the 23rd... I'd take that as a "yes". That I did.......and it was a mess!! I am slowly picking my way thru the minefield and removing unnecessary folders and with some help, fixing drivers, etc. Got that Device Manager Code 15 one cleared up, thanks to Noel's instructions. Poor ole computer....turned 4 yrs. old last week......didn't like XP. So if I ever do put it on again, it will be on another hard drive so I can dual boot. Which was my original plan. Cheers......Figgs |
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