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Trouble Re-Installing WinME
My Dell Dimension L733r computer froze up on me. Friends
determined it would be best to reinstall WinME. Did that. First thing installed was MSN (since I pay for this IP). Second thing I did was go to Windows Updates. Many critical updates were listed and the first installed fine. I had to reboot and then went to Windows Updates to get more critical updates. The second critical update installed but gave this error: "Ddhelp has caused an error in GDI.exe" What happened? I thought microsoft updates were supposed to help? Thanks for any help you can offer me. |
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Trouble Re-Installing WinME
-----Original Message----- My Dell Dimension L733r computer froze up on me. Friends determined it would be best to reinstall WinME. Did that. First thing installed was MSN (since I pay for this IP). Second thing I did was go to Windows Updates. Many critical updates were listed and the first installed fine. I had to reboot and then went to Windows Updates to get more critical updates. The second critical update installed but gave this error: "Ddhelp has caused an error in GDI.exe" What happened? I thought microsoft updates were supposed to help? Thanks for any help you can offer me. .Hello, this may not help you but I have found and so have other people that updates slow down and mess up your computer. I myself would never use them again. But it's up to you, your choice. Also when your computer freezes, there's a few things you can do to stop the problem without reinstalling windows. Also, how was windows installed? Was there a format done first? If not you may have one installed over another! Hope this helps some. Gary |
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Gary,
"Never use updates". That is a quite ridiculous and reckless policy and makes your system not only vulnerable to malicious exploits patched by those updates but also makes you a potential hazard to other users of the net. -- Mike Maltby MS-MVP Gary wrote: .Hello, this may not help you but I have found and so have other people that updates slow down and mess up your computer. I myself would never use them again. But it's up to you, your choice. Also when your computer freezes, there's a few things you can do to stop the problem without reinstalling windows. Also, how was windows installed? Was there a format done first? If not you may have one installed over another! Hope this helps some. |
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Trouble Re-Installing WinME
-----Original Message----- Gary, "Never use updates". That is a quite ridiculous and reckless policy and makes your system not only vulnerable to malicious exploits patched by those updates but also makes you a potential hazard to other users of the net. -- Mike Maltby MS-MVP Mike, I understand just what your saying. That's why I said it was up to him, his choice. Myself, I've had a computer for five years with no problems. Had more problems with updates on any of my computers. I run other protection myself. Thanks. Gary wrote: .Hello, this may not help you but I have found and so have other people that updates slow down and mess up your computer. I myself would never use them again. But it's up to you, your choice. Also when your computer freezes, there's a few things you can do to stop the problem without reinstalling windows. Also, how was windows installed? Was there a format done first? If not you may have one installed over another! Hope this helps some. . |
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Trouble Re-Installing WinME
We need to know the identity of that second update before we can advise - Go
back to Windows Updates, and then click on the link 'View Installation History' in the left of the window - see what it reports, and let us know which update failed - or which was the last update installed -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2004, Win9x) 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 "SimonSays" wrote in message ... My Dell Dimension L733r computer froze up on me. Friends determined it would be best to reinstall WinME. Did that. First thing installed was MSN (since I pay for this IP). Second thing I did was go to Windows Updates. Many critical updates were listed and the first installed fine. I had to reboot and then went to Windows Updates to get more critical updates. The second critical update installed but gave this error: "Ddhelp has caused an error in GDI.exe" What happened? I thought microsoft updates were supposed to help? Thanks for any help you can offer me. |
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Trouble Re-Installing WinME
I will find this out over the weekend. Thanks for your
help! More on Monday. Simon -----Original Message----- We need to know the identity of that second update before we can advise - Go back to Windows Updates, and then click on the link 'View Installation History' in the left of the window - see what it reports, and let us know which update failed - or which was the last update installed -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2004, Win9x) 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 "SimonSays" wrote in message ... My Dell Dimension L733r computer froze up on me. Friends determined it would be best to reinstall WinME. Did that. First thing installed was MSN (since I pay for this IP). Second thing I did was go to Windows Updates. Many critical updates were listed and the first installed fine. I had to reboot and then went to Windows Updates to get more critical updates. The second critical update installed but gave this error: "Ddhelp has caused an error in GDI.exe" What happened? I thought microsoft updates were supposed to help? Thanks for any help you can offer me. . |
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Trouble Re-Installing WinME
My system crashed too when updating and had to get new
hard drive, even worse. However when restoring Word it won't accept my product key no, altho' I have double checked nos. so I can't get in. Does anybody have any ideas? -----Original Message----- -----Original Message----- Gary, "Never use updates". That is a quite ridiculous and reckless policy and makes your system not only vulnerable to malicious exploits patched by those updates but also makes you a potential hazard to other users of the net. -- Mike Maltby MS-MVP Mike, I understand just what your saying. That's why I said it was up to him, his choice. Myself, I've had a computer for five years with no problems. Had more problems with updates on any of my computers. I run other protection myself. Thanks. Gary wrote: .Hello, this may not help you but I have found and so have other people that updates slow down and mess up your computer. I myself would never use them again. But it's up to you, your choice. Also when your computer freezes, there's a few things you can do to stop the problem without reinstalling windows. Also, how was windows installed? Was there a format done first? If not you may have one installed over another! Hope this helps some. . . |
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