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Old March 30th 05, 04:33 PM
NTquated
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Default Reinstall ME

Having too many issues to deal with (I'll tell you if you really want to
know), I choose to reinstall. I have OEM Recovery discs so I think this will
be easy. I have searched this site for info and don't see many issues other
than possibly replacing config.sys and autoexec.bat with earlier versions. Am
I uninformed? It's reinstall or buy new at this point.

Also, ISP (comcast broadband) says I won't need software after reinstall,
just one of their IP addresses (I'm skeptical). I guess I can make a note of
what it is now and reset. Exporting bookmarks and address books would
probably be a good idea too. I just upgraded my E-Trust and still have the
..exe on my desktop so I can re-use that.

Any and all suggestions greatly appreciated!
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Old March 30th 05, 05:10 PM
Mike M
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Win Me uses neither autoexec.bat nor config.sys these files only being
retained for backward compatibility for applications that expect to find
these two files.

As for your recovery CD, these vary from manufacturer to manufacturer and
are not made by Microsoft so the options available to you will depend on
how the manufacturer of your PC chose to configure their CD. Unless the
documentation that came with your CD says differently expect the CD to
restore the PC to the state it was in when first delivered with the loss
of all your installed programs and data so remember to backup everything
first that you want to keep.
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP



NTquated wrote:

Having too many issues to deal with (I'll tell you if you really want
to know), I choose to reinstall. I have OEM Recovery discs so I think
this will be easy. I have searched this site for info and don't see
many issues other than possibly replacing config.sys and autoexec.bat
with earlier versions. Am I uninformed? It's reinstall or buy new at
this point.

Also, ISP (comcast broadband) says I won't need software after
reinstall, just one of their IP addresses (I'm skeptical). I guess I
can make a note of what it is now and reset. Exporting bookmarks and
address books would probably be a good idea too. I just upgraded my
E-Trust and still have the .exe on my desktop so I can re-use that.

Any and all suggestions greatly appreciated!


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Old January 7th 06, 09:21 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
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Default Reinstall ME

My question is concerning internet connectivity. I received a tower that has
ME installed on it and doesn't have a network card. My main system has XP
Home and accesses the internet with RoadRunner broadband through a Linksys
Router Wireless G 2.4 GHz, how can I get a connection for the tower with ME
since I can't use the phone line directly to it as I need access to the
internet?

"Mike M" wrote:

Win Me uses neither autoexec.bat nor config.sys these files only being
retained for backward compatibility for applications that expect to find
these two files.

As for your recovery CD, these vary from manufacturer to manufacturer and
are not made by Microsoft so the options available to you will depend on
how the manufacturer of your PC chose to configure their CD. Unless the
documentation that came with your CD says differently expect the CD to
restore the PC to the state it was in when first delivered with the loss
of all your installed programs and data so remember to backup everything
first that you want to keep.
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP



NTquated wrote:

Having too many issues to deal with (I'll tell you if you really want
to know), I choose to reinstall. I have OEM Recovery discs so I think
this will be easy. I have searched this site for info and don't see
many issues other than possibly replacing config.sys and autoexec.bat
with earlier versions. Am I uninformed? It's reinstall or buy new at
this point.

Also, ISP (comcast broadband) says I won't need software after
reinstall, just one of their IP addresses (I'm skeptical). I guess I
can make a note of what it is now and reset. Exporting bookmarks and
address books would probably be a good idea too. I just upgraded my
E-Trust and still have the .exe on my desktop so I can re-use that.

Any and all suggestions greatly appreciated!



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Old January 7th 06, 04:20 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
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If your router has ethernet jacks (I'm guessing it does) you can get an
ethernet network card and connect it to the router with Cat5 cable. The card
will be inexpensive but if you have a long cable run the cable can get
expensive. This will be the fastest most reliable solution but the cable
can be a bother. Most of my network is in one room connected with cables.

Wireless won't be as fast, can get expensive, and can have reliablility
problems from radio interference. The speed won't be a factor in internet
access but can matter with large file transfers.
You can get a wireless card and connect through the wireless part of the
router.
You can get a USB wireless adapter. This is how I connected a computer in
another room.

"rjlump54" wrote in message
...
My question is concerning internet connectivity. I received a tower that

has
ME installed on it and doesn't have a network card. My main system has XP
Home and accesses the internet with RoadRunner broadband through a Linksys
Router Wireless G 2.4 GHz, how can I get a connection for the tower with

ME
since I can't use the phone line directly to it as I need access to the
internet?

"Mike M" wrote:

Win Me uses neither autoexec.bat nor config.sys these files only being
retained for backward compatibility for applications that expect to find
these two files.

As for your recovery CD, these vary from manufacturer to manufacturer

and
are not made by Microsoft so the options available to you will depend on
how the manufacturer of your PC chose to configure their CD. Unless the
documentation that came with your CD says differently expect the CD to
restore the PC to the state it was in when first delivered with the loss
of all your installed programs and data so remember to backup everything
first that you want to keep.
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP



NTquated wrote:

Having too many issues to deal with (I'll tell you if you really want
to know), I choose to reinstall. I have OEM Recovery discs so I think
this will be easy. I have searched this site for info and don't see
many issues other than possibly replacing config.sys and autoexec.bat
with earlier versions. Am I uninformed? It's reinstall or buy new at
this point.

Also, ISP (comcast broadband) says I won't need software after
reinstall, just one of their IP addresses (I'm skeptical). I guess I
can make a note of what it is now and reset. Exporting bookmarks and
address books would probably be a good idea too. I just upgraded my
E-Trust and still have the .exe on my desktop so I can re-use that.

Any and all suggestions greatly appreciated!





 




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