true color & 800x600

I have a PC that is mostly used to play games and not hooked to the
internet.

It is stuck in 16 colors and 640x480. When I go to Display and try to
change to true colors (24 bit) nothing shows but 16 colors and the
resolution is stuck at 640x480.

I get the message that system restore has been turned off and to uncheck the
"clear disable system restore" in the troubleshooting tab. I did this and
then it says I have to restart the PC and I said OK.

When the PC restarts, windows ME doesn't come up. Amongst the text there is
"Incorrect Drive A type -- run setup F1.

F1 will not work and the PC hangs up so I turn it off by the power button...
turn it back on and Windows Me comes on. I go to Display and the old
settings are still there and stuck... and it tells me to uncheck the "clear
Disable System Restore."

What can I do.

Thanks, Eileen

Reboot to Safe Mode
Open Device Manager
Remove ALL Display Adapters
Remove ALL Monitors
Reboot to Normal Mode - Windows will reinstall the required drivers -
hopefully curing that problem, at least



--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm
http://tinyurl.com/6oztj
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"Eileen" wrote in message
...
I have a PC that is mostly used to play games and not hooked to the
internet.

It is stuck in 16 colors and 640x480. When I go to Display and try to
change to true colors (24 bit) nothing shows but 16 colors and the
resolution is stuck at 640x480.

I get the message that system restore has been turned off and to uncheck
the
"clear disable system restore" in the troubleshooting tab. I did this and
then it says I have to restart the PC and I said OK.

When the PC restarts, windows ME doesn't come up. Amongst the text there
is
"Incorrect Drive A type -- run setup F1.

F1 will not work and the PC hangs up so I turn it off by the power
button...
turn it back on and Windows Me comes on. I go to Display and the old
settings are still there and stuck... and it tells me to uncheck the
"clear
Disable System Restore."

What can I do.

Thanks, Eileen

Noel,
I tried to start in safe mode and couldn't.. Windows ME opened. Is there a
way to get to safe mode besides either holding down Control Key or taping F8
while rebooting?

Eileen

"Noel Paton" wrote in message
...
Reboot to Safe Mode
Open Device Manager
Remove ALL Display Adapters
Remove ALL Monitors
Reboot to Normal Mode - Windows will reinstall the required drivers -
hopefully curing that problem, at least



--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm
http://tinyurl.com/6oztj
A Happy Xmas, and a Merry New Year to everyone!

Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's

"Eileen" wrote in message
...
I have a PC that is mostly used to play games and not hooked to the
internet.

It is stuck in 16 colors and 640x480. When I go to Display and try to
change to true colors (24 bit) nothing shows but 16 colors and the
resolution is stuck at 640x480.

I get the message that system restore has been turned off and to uncheck
the
"clear disable system restore" in the troubleshooting tab. I did this
and
then it says I have to restart the PC and I said OK.

When the PC restarts, windows ME doesn't come up. Amongst the text
there
is
"Incorrect Drive A type -- run setup F1.

F1 will not work and the PC hangs up so I turn it off by the power
button...
turn it back on and Windows Me comes on. I go to Display and the old
settings are still there and stuck... and it tells me to uncheck the
"clear
Disable System Restore."

What can I do.

Thanks, Eileen

You can force the Startup Menu by going to MSCONFIG|Advanced, and putting a
checkmark in the 'Enable Startup Menu' option

--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm
http://tinyurl.com/6oztj
A Happy Xmas, and a Merry New Year to everyone!

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"Eileen" wrote in message
...
Noel,
I tried to start in safe mode and couldn't.. Windows ME opened. Is there
a
way to get to safe mode besides either holding down Control Key or taping
F8
while rebooting?

Eileen

"Noel Paton" wrote in message
...
Reboot to Safe Mode
Open Device Manager
Remove ALL Display Adapters
Remove ALL Monitors
Reboot to Normal Mode - Windows will reinstall the required drivers -
hopefully curing that problem, at least



--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm
http://tinyurl.com/6oztj
A Happy Xmas, and a Merry New Year to everyone!

Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's

"Eileen" wrote in message
...
I have a PC that is mostly used to play games and not hooked to the
internet.

It is stuck in 16 colors and 640x480. When I go to Display and try to
change to true colors (24 bit) nothing shows but 16 colors and the
resolution is stuck at 640x480.

I get the message that system restore has been turned off and to
uncheck
the
"clear disable system restore" in the troubleshooting tab. I did this
and
then it says I have to restart the PC and I said OK.

When the PC restarts, windows ME doesn't come up. Amongst the text
there
is
"Incorrect Drive A type -- run setup F1.

F1 will not work and the PC hangs up so I turn it off by the power
button...
turn it back on and Windows Me comes on. I go to Display and the old
settings are still there and stuck... and it tells me to uncheck the
"clear
Disable System Restore."

What can I do.

Thanks, Eileen

Noel,
When I turned on the PC this morning, I got the message "Driver [CORE] not
found winerr=2.

I finally got up the Start up menu and typed in 3 for safe mode and hit
enter. It hung up, so I still can't get to safe mode. Another thing... my
"m" key must be stuck for it won't work.

Eileen

"Noel Paton" wrote in message
...
You can force the Startup Menu by going to MSCONFIG|Advanced, and putting
a
checkmark in the 'Enable Startup Menu' option

--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm
http://tinyurl.com/6oztj
A Happy Xmas, and a Merry New Year to everyone!

Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's

"Eileen" wrote in message
...
Noel,
I tried to start in safe mode and couldn't.. Windows ME opened. Is
there
a
way to get to safe mode besides either holding down Control Key or
taping
F8
while rebooting?

Eileen

"Noel Paton" wrote in message
...
Reboot to Safe Mode
Open Device Manager
Remove ALL Display Adapters
Remove ALL Monitors
Reboot to Normal Mode - Windows will reinstall the required drivers -
hopefully curing that problem, at least



--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm
http://tinyurl.com/6oztj
A Happy Xmas, and a Merry New Year to everyone!

Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to
NG's

"Eileen" wrote in message
...
I have a PC that is mostly used to play games and not hooked to the
internet.

It is stuck in 16 colors and 640x480. When I go to Display and try
to
change to true colors (24 bit) nothing shows but 16 colors and the
resolution is stuck at 640x480.

I get the message that system restore has been turned off and to
uncheck
the
"clear disable system restore" in the troubleshooting tab. I did
this
and
then it says I have to restart the PC and I said OK.

When the PC restarts, windows ME doesn't come up. Amongst the text
there
is
"Incorrect Drive A type -- run setup F1.

F1 will not work and the PC hangs up so I turn it off by the power
button...
turn it back on and Windows Me comes on. I go to Display and the old
settings are still there and stuck... and it tells me to uncheck the
"clear
Disable System Restore."

What can I do.

Thanks, Eileen

That error message appears to be related to attempting to run AVG version 6
while in Safe Mode. (if that's the case, then you need to update it now to
v7, as support for v6 finishes at year-end!!)

This is beginning to look like either a hardware problem, or a virus!

Time for the big guns, I think!

If you don't already have a boot floppy for the PC, go to www.bootdisk.com
and download a bootdisk maker for Win ME (the OEM one) run it to create the
boot disk, then use that to boot the machine - does that work OK??

On a known-clean machine, go to www.f-prot.com and download F-Prot for DOS -
read the instructions, and create the boot disks from that, then use them to
boot the PC, and run the virus checker over the system. see what it finds.

Such errors can be caused by problems with the RAM - download DocMemory from
www.simmtester.com and create the boot disk. Use this to boot the PC, and
run the test overnight to check the RAM thoroughly.
See what it reports.


--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm
http://tinyurl.com/6oztj
A Happy Xmas, and a Merry New Year to everyone!

Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's

"Eileen" wrote in message
...
Noel,
When I turned on the PC this morning, I got the message "Driver [CORE] not
found winerr=2.

I finally got up the Start up menu and typed in 3 for safe mode and hit
enter. It hung up, so I still can't get to safe mode. Another thing...
my
"m" key must be stuck for it won't work.

Eileen

"Noel Paton" wrote in message
...
You can force the Startup Menu by going to MSCONFIG|Advanced, and putting
a
checkmark in the 'Enable Startup Menu' option

--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm
http://tinyurl.com/6oztj
A Happy Xmas, and a Merry New Year to everyone!

Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's

"Eileen" wrote in message
...
Noel,
I tried to start in safe mode and couldn't.. Windows ME opened. Is
there
a
way to get to safe mode besides either holding down Control Key or
taping
F8
while rebooting?

Eileen

"Noel Paton" wrote in message
...
Reboot to Safe Mode
Open Device Manager
Remove ALL Display Adapters
Remove ALL Monitors
Reboot to Normal Mode - Windows will reinstall the required drivers -
hopefully curing that problem, at least



--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm
http://tinyurl.com/6oztj
A Happy Xmas, and a Merry New Year to everyone!

Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to
NG's

"Eileen" wrote in message
...
I have a PC that is mostly used to play games and not hooked to the
internet.

It is stuck in 16 colors and 640x480. When I go to Display and try
to
change to true colors (24 bit) nothing shows but 16 colors and the
resolution is stuck at 640x480.

I get the message that system restore has been turned off and to
uncheck
the
"clear disable system restore" in the troubleshooting tab. I did
this
and
then it says I have to restart the PC and I said OK.

When the PC restarts, windows ME doesn't come up. Amongst the text
there
is
"Incorrect Drive A type -- run setup F1.

F1 will not work and the PC hangs up so I turn it off by the power
button...
turn it back on and Windows Me comes on. I go to Display and the
old
settings are still there and stuck... and it tells me to uncheck the
"clear
Disable System Restore."

What can I do.

Thanks, Eileen

Noel,
This PC is not hooked up to the internet and I haven't installed any new
games for a long time, so I don't think it is a virus. I'm a novice when it
comes to fixing the PC. Do you think it would fix the problem if I
re-installed Win ME? Is it hard to do that?
Regards, Eileen

"Noel Paton" wrote in message
...
That error message appears to be related to attempting to run AVG version
6
while in Safe Mode. (if that's the case, then you need to update it now to
v7, as support for v6 finishes at year-end!!)

This is beginning to look like either a hardware problem, or a virus!

Time for the big guns, I think!

If you don't already have a boot floppy for the PC, go to www.bootdisk.com
and download a bootdisk maker for Win ME (the OEM one) run it to create
the
boot disk, then use that to boot the machine - does that work OK??

On a known-clean machine, go to www.f-prot.com and download F-Prot for
DOS -
read the instructions, and create the boot disks from that, then use them
to
boot the PC, and run the virus checker over the system. see what it finds.

Such errors can be caused by problems with the RAM - download DocMemory
from
www.simmtester.com and create the boot disk. Use this to boot the PC, and
run the test overnight to check the RAM thoroughly.
See what it reports.


--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm
http://tinyurl.com/6oztj
A Happy Xmas, and a Merry New Year to everyone!

Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's

"Eileen" wrote in message
...
Noel,
When I turned on the PC this morning, I got the message "Driver [CORE]
not
found winerr=2.

I finally got up the Start up menu and typed in 3 for safe mode and hit
enter. It hung up, so I still can't get to safe mode. Another thing...
my
"m" key must be stuck for it won't work.

Eileen

"Noel Paton" wrote in message
...
You can force the Startup Menu by going to MSCONFIG|Advanced, and
putting
a
checkmark in the 'Enable Startup Menu' option

--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm
http://tinyurl.com/6oztj
A Happy Xmas, and a Merry New Year to everyone!

Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to
NG's

"Eileen" wrote in message
...
Noel,
I tried to start in safe mode and couldn't.. Windows ME opened. Is
there
a
way to get to safe mode besides either holding down Control Key or
taping
F8
while rebooting?

Eileen

"Noel Paton" wrote in message
...
Reboot to Safe Mode
Open Device Manager
Remove ALL Display Adapters
Remove ALL Monitors
Reboot to Normal Mode - Windows will reinstall the required
drivers -
hopefully curing that problem, at least



--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm
http://tinyurl.com/6oztj
A Happy Xmas, and a Merry New Year to everyone!

Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to
NG's

"Eileen" wrote in message
...
I have a PC that is mostly used to play games and not hooked to the
internet.

It is stuck in 16 colors and 640x480. When I go to Display and
try
to
change to true colors (24 bit) nothing shows but 16 colors and the
resolution is stuck at 640x480.

I get the message that system restore has been turned off and to
uncheck
the
"clear disable system restore" in the troubleshooting tab. I did
this
and
then it says I have to restart the PC and I said OK.

When the PC restarts, windows ME doesn't come up. Amongst the
text
there
is
"Incorrect Drive A type -- run setup F1.

F1 will not work and the PC hangs up so I turn it off by the power
button...
turn it back on and Windows Me comes on. I go to Display and the
old
settings are still there and stuck... and it tells me to uncheck
the
"clear
Disable System Restore."

What can I do.

Thanks, Eileen

Reinstalling Win ME is a last resort - not a first port-of-call!
There are a lot of very good reasons not to reinstall - and very few good
reasons for doing so.

Just because a PC isn't hooked to the Internet doesn't mean that it can't
get infected - any floppy disk or CD could be an infection-carrier.

do the scans I indicated below and see what they return.

--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm
http://tinyurl.com/6oztj
A Happy Xmas, and a Merry New Year to everyone!

Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's

"Eileen" wrote in message
...
Noel,
This PC is not hooked up to the internet and I haven't installed any new
games for a long time, so I don't think it is a virus. I'm a novice when
it
comes to fixing the PC. Do you think it would fix the problem if I
re-installed Win ME? Is it hard to do that?
Regards, Eileen

"Noel Paton" wrote in message
...
That error message appears to be related to attempting to run AVG version
6
while in Safe Mode. (if that's the case, then you need to update it now
to
v7, as support for v6 finishes at year-end!!)

This is beginning to look like either a hardware problem, or a virus!

Time for the big guns, I think!

If you don't already have a boot floppy for the PC, go to
www.bootdisk.com
and download a bootdisk maker for Win ME (the OEM one) run it to create
the
boot disk, then use that to boot the machine - does that work OK??

On a known-clean machine, go to www.f-prot.com and download F-Prot for
DOS -
read the instructions, and create the boot disks from that, then use them
to
boot the PC, and run the virus checker over the system. see what it
finds.

Such errors can be caused by problems with the RAM - download DocMemory
from
www.simmtester.com and create the boot disk. Use this to boot the PC, and
run the test overnight to check the RAM thoroughly.
See what it reports.


--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm
http://tinyurl.com/6oztj
A Happy Xmas, and a Merry New Year to everyone!

Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's

"Eileen" wrote in message
...
Noel,
When I turned on the PC this morning, I got the message "Driver [CORE]
not
found winerr=2.

I finally got up the Start up menu and typed in 3 for safe mode and hit
enter. It hung up, so I still can't get to safe mode. Another
thing...
my
"m" key must be stuck for it won't work.

Eileen

"Noel Paton" wrote in message
...
You can force the Startup Menu by going to MSCONFIG|Advanced, and
putting
a
checkmark in the 'Enable Startup Menu' option

--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm
http://tinyurl.com/6oztj
A Happy Xmas, and a Merry New Year to everyone!

Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to
NG's

"Eileen" wrote in message
...
Noel,
I tried to start in safe mode and couldn't.. Windows ME opened. Is
there
a
way to get to safe mode besides either holding down Control Key or
taping
F8
while rebooting?

Eileen

"Noel Paton" wrote in message
...
Reboot to Safe Mode
Open Device Manager
Remove ALL Display Adapters
Remove ALL Monitors
Reboot to Normal Mode - Windows will reinstall the required
drivers -
hopefully curing that problem, at least



--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm
http://tinyurl.com/6oztj
A Happy Xmas, and a Merry New Year to everyone!

Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages
to
NG's

"Eileen" wrote in message
...
I have a PC that is mostly used to play games and not hooked to
the
internet.

It is stuck in 16 colors and 640x480. When I go to Display and
try
to
change to true colors (24 bit) nothing shows but 16 colors and
the
resolution is stuck at 640x480.

I get the message that system restore has been turned off and to
uncheck
the
"clear disable system restore" in the troubleshooting tab. I did
this
and
then it says I have to restart the PC and I said OK.

When the PC restarts, windows ME doesn't come up. Amongst the
text
there
is
"Incorrect Drive A type -- run setup F1.

F1 will not work and the PC hangs up so I turn it off by the
power
button...
turn it back on and Windows Me comes on. I go to Display and the
old
settings are still there and stuck... and it tells me to uncheck
the
"clear
Disable System Restore."

What can I do.

Thanks, Eileen

Noel,
Okay... I'm having a big party tonight so have a lot to do... then there are
the New Year parties. When that is over, I will download Doc Memory Ram.

But first... on the site there are two picks: win 95/98 and win 2K/98 & XP.
I have win ME. The only one for ME is a Beta... which one should I
download?

I'm sorry that I am so much trouble but I'm not too smart when it comes to
fixing PC only operating them and I am 71 years old.... but still learning.
Eileen

"Noel Paton" wrote in message
...
Reinstalling Win ME is a last resort - not a first port-of-call!
There are a lot of very good reasons not to reinstall - and very few good
reasons for doing so.

Just because a PC isn't hooked to the Internet doesn't mean that it can't
get infected - any floppy disk or CD could be an infection-carrier.

do the scans I indicated below and see what they return.

--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm
http://tinyurl.com/6oztj
A Happy Xmas, and a Merry New Year to everyone!

Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's

"Eileen" wrote in message
...
Noel,
This PC is not hooked up to the internet and I haven't installed any new
games for a long time, so I don't think it is a virus. I'm a novice
when
it
comes to fixing the PC. Do you think it would fix the problem if I
re-installed Win ME? Is it hard to do that?
Regards, Eileen

"Noel Paton" wrote in message
...
That error message appears to be related to attempting to run AVG
version
6
while in Safe Mode. (if that's the case, then you need to update it now
to
v7, as support for v6 finishes at year-end!!)

This is beginning to look like either a hardware problem, or a virus!

Time for the big guns, I think!

If you don't already have a boot floppy for the PC, go to
www.bootdisk.com
and download a bootdisk maker for Win ME (the OEM one) run it to create
the
boot disk, then use that to boot the machine - does that work OK??

On a known-clean machine, go to www.f-prot.com and download F-Prot for
DOS -
read the instructions, and create the boot disks from that, then use
them
to
boot the PC, and run the virus checker over the system. see what it
finds.

Such errors can be caused by problems with the RAM - download DocMemory
from
www.simmtester.com and create the boot disk. Use this to boot the PC,
and
run the test overnight to check the RAM thoroughly.
See what it reports.


--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm
http://tinyurl.com/6oztj
A Happy Xmas, and a Merry New Year to everyone!

Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to
NG's

"Eileen" wrote in message
...
Noel,
When I turned on the PC this morning, I got the message "Driver
[CORE]
not
found winerr=2.

I finally got up the Start up menu and typed in 3 for safe mode and
hit
enter. It hung up, so I still can't get to safe mode. Another
thing...
my
"m" key must be stuck for it won't work.

Eileen

"Noel Paton" wrote in message
...
You can force the Startup Menu by going to MSCONFIG|Advanced, and
putting
a
checkmark in the 'Enable Startup Menu' option

--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm
http://tinyurl.com/6oztj
A Happy Xmas, and a Merry New Year to everyone!

Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to
NG's

"Eileen" wrote in message
...
Noel,
I tried to start in safe mode and couldn't.. Windows ME opened.
Is
there
a
way to get to safe mode besides either holding down Control Key or
taping
F8
while rebooting?

Eileen

"Noel Paton" wrote in message
...
Reboot to Safe Mode
Open Device Manager
Remove ALL Display Adapters
Remove ALL Monitors
Reboot to Normal Mode - Windows will reinstall the required
drivers -
hopefully curing that problem, at least



--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm
http://tinyurl.com/6oztj
A Happy Xmas, and a Merry New Year to everyone!

Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages
to
NG's

"Eileen" wrote in message
...
I have a PC that is mostly used to play games and not hooked to
the
internet.

It is stuck in 16 colors and 640x480. When I go to Display and
try
to
change to true colors (24 bit) nothing shows but 16 colors and
the
resolution is stuck at 640x480.

I get the message that system restore has been turned off and
to
uncheck
the
"clear disable system restore" in the troubleshooting tab. I
did
this
and
then it says I have to restart the PC and I said OK.

When the PC restarts, windows ME doesn't come up. Amongst the
text
there
is
"Incorrect Drive A type -- run setup F1.

F1 will not work and the PC hangs up so I turn it off by the
power
button...
turn it back on and Windows Me comes on. I go to Display and
the
old
settings are still there and stuck... and it tells me to
uncheck
the
"clear
Disable System Restore."

What can I do.

Thanks, Eileen

Not to Worry (I'm no spring chicken either!)

Use version 2.2b - from here....
http://www.simmtester.com/page/produ...y.asp?ver=2.2b

read the User Guide first - the screen when you boot up can look a bit
daunting!
http://www.simmtester.com/page/produ...c/docguide.pdf

HTH


--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
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"Eileen" wrote in message
...
Noel,
Okay... I'm having a big party tonight so have a lot to do... then there
are
the New Year parties. When that is over, I will download Doc Memory Ram.

But first... on the site there are two picks: win 95/98 and win 2K/98 &
XP.
I have win ME. The only one for ME is a Beta... which one should I
download?

I'm sorry that I am so much trouble but I'm not too smart when it comes to
fixing PC only operating them and I am 71 years old.... but still
learning.
Eileen

"Noel Paton" wrote in message
...
Reinstalling Win ME is a last resort - not a first port-of-call!
There are a lot of very good reasons not to reinstall - and very few good
reasons for doing so.

Just because a PC isn't hooked to the Internet doesn't mean that it can't
get infected - any floppy disk or CD could be an infection-carrier.

do the scans I indicated below and see what they return.

--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows)

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"Eileen" wrote in message
...
Noel,
This PC is not hooked up to the internet and I haven't installed any
new
games for a long time, so I don't think it is a virus. I'm a novice
when
it
comes to fixing the PC. Do you think it would fix the problem if I
re-installed Win ME? Is it hard to do that?
Regards, Eileen

"Noel Paton" wrote in message
...
That error message appears to be related to attempting to run AVG
version
6
while in Safe Mode. (if that's the case, then you need to update it
now
to
v7, as support for v6 finishes at year-end!!)

This is beginning to look like either a hardware problem, or a virus!

Time for the big guns, I think!

If you don't already have a boot floppy for the PC, go to
www.bootdisk.com
and download a bootdisk maker for Win ME (the OEM one) run it to
create
the
boot disk, then use that to boot the machine - does that work OK??

On a known-clean machine, go to www.f-prot.com and download F-Prot for
DOS -
read the instructions, and create the boot disks from that, then use
them
to
boot the PC, and run the virus checker over the system. see what it
finds.

Such errors can be caused by problems with the RAM - download
DocMemory
from
www.simmtester.com and create the boot disk. Use this to boot the PC,
and
run the test overnight to check the RAM thoroughly.
See what it reports.


--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows)

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NG's

"Eileen" wrote in message
...
Noel,
When I turned on the PC this morning, I got the message "Driver
[CORE]
not
found winerr=2.

I finally got up the Start up menu and typed in 3 for safe mode and
hit
enter. It hung up, so I still can't get to safe mode. Another
thing...
my
"m" key must be stuck for it won't work.

Eileen

"Noel Paton" wrote in message
...
You can force the Startup Menu by going to MSCONFIG|Advanced, and
putting
a
checkmark in the 'Enable Startup Menu' option

--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows)

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"Eileen" wrote in message
...
Noel,
I tried to start in safe mode and couldn't.. Windows ME opened.
Is
there
a
way to get to safe mode besides either holding down Control Key
or
taping
F8
while rebooting?

Eileen

"Noel Paton" wrote in message
...
Reboot to Safe Mode
Open Device Manager
Remove ALL Display Adapters
Remove ALL Monitors
Reboot to Normal Mode - Windows will reinstall the required
drivers -
hopefully curing that problem, at least



--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
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http://tinyurl.com/6oztj
A Happy Xmas, and a Merry New Year to everyone!

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messages
to
NG's

"Eileen" wrote in message
...
I have a PC that is mostly used to play games and not hooked to
the
internet.

It is stuck in 16 colors and 640x480. When I go to Display
and
try
to
change to true colors (24 bit) nothing shows but 16 colors and
the
resolution is stuck at 640x480.

I get the message that system restore has been turned off and
to
uncheck
the
"clear disable system restore" in the troubleshooting tab. I
did
this
and
then it says I have to restart the PC and I said OK.

When the PC restarts, windows ME doesn't come up. Amongst the
text
there
is
"Incorrect Drive A type -- run setup F1.

F1 will not work and the PC hangs up so I turn it off by the
power
button...
turn it back on and Windows Me comes on. I go to Display and
the
old
settings are still there and stuck... and it tells me to
uncheck
the
"clear
Disable System Restore."

What can I do.

Thanks, Eileen