Windows ME
Windows Millenium edition help and discussions.
575 topics in this forum
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Explorer..Shell32.dll
by Guest Mizrahi- 0 replies
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Explorer has cause an error in Shell32.dll. Explorer will now close. If you continue to experience problems, try restating your computer. This error popped up first time while adding an MP3 file to Winamp 5.1. I clicked close. The mp3 file however got added and played normally. I noticed that Modem and Soundcard icons have dissppeared from the Quick Launch bar leaving Volume icon only. But both of them remained active. Restarting the computer made no change. I soon found out other players ( Total Recorder, Cooledit) are acting similarly. Scanreg... reports no error in registry. Reinstalled the windows and the players and still the same position. Please…
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Re: WindowsMe is Dying
by Guest Greegor- 0 replies
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Re: WindowsMe is Dying Crossposted to: alt.windows-me,microsoft.public.windowsme.general How much work are you willing to do to fix up a 9 year old PC? At 350 MHz clock rate, it's awfully slow. Can't run DVD, can't do ROM burning (with exceptions), horrendously slow for internet use, etc. I use castoff computers in the 500MHz range, but the 350MHz I have in the basement (IBM) would be consigned to be an MP3 player jukebox and maybe for a photo archive (duplicate set). If your community garbage haulers have a day for spring cleaning where they don't charge for disposal of tires and junk computers, you could trade up to a 1GHz or better. Corporation…
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GOOD NEWS! Memory Leak Work Around -> Hibernate
by Guest Bob- 2 replies
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A couple days ago, while running the System Monitor, I tried Start -> Shutdown -> Hibernate again. Good news! It appears to have a very positive affect in cleaning up memory leaks. We've been using winME at our home ever since it came out in 2000 or whenever. I have been constantly amazed at the bad press it receives because it has worked so well for us. At first I really liked its Movie Maker (had some help from MS before it was dependable with our old Sony VX1000). Also the Sony Blue Ray worked altho Sony told us it wouldn't. Since Internet Explorer 6.0, it definitely got worse. I put IE6.0 on twice. The first time up the system was such a pain that …
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XP from ME
by Guest Honeysweet- 20 replies
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Hello all.. I have a maybe stupid question, but I really dont know the answer.. I have been running Windows ME for years now with very few issues.. But I just think its time for me to move on to XP..ME is too difficult to find any help or answers for these days. My question is.. What is the best way to do this? Is it best to simply "upgrade" to XP from ME, or to delete ME altogether and install a fresh copy of XP? This is new to me and I will have to do this myself so what is the best way to go about this? I just want to be sure that I wind up with a fresh installation of Windows XP and nothing else with it Thanks to everyone in advance! You can complai…
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Tab Issues
by Guest Honeysweet- 10 replies
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Hi all, I am not sure which catagory this question belongs in, so pardon me if Im sending it to the wrong group... My problem is this: My TAB button on my keyboard will not move my cursor. For example, when signing into my Yahoo email, I'll input my username, and then press the tab button to move the cursor down so I can put in my password, but it will not move. Yet if I am on a regular webpage, the tab button will function just fine. I thought it was a keyboard problem, even though every other function worked just fine..I went and purchased a new keyboard anyway. But I am still having the same problem, so it cannot be the keyboard. I didnt always have th…
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Spybot S&D
by Guest Ed Meza- 12 replies
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Hello, I just upgraded from version 1.4 to 1.5 Problem(s): 1) It takes about 2 minutes to get the Spybot screen loaded before it shows on the computer screen. 2) I honestly don't know what settings I should have on/off. 3) Thinking of uninstalling version 1.5 & going back to version 1.4. Any ideas as of why the new version is such a hog on computer resources? Way too slow to load. Also, what's the best way to go back to the older version - without affecting any files that might be left over throughout the system/registry. Thanks, Ed
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SpamBully
by Guest SGB- 22 replies
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Top of the morning to you! Oops! Top of the afternoon, and evening for everyone else. I would like to know YOUR opinions about SpamBully by Axaware? Thanks!
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Spybot update Oct 10
by Guest richard- 0 replies
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Error message
by Guest Gary- 1 reply
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When I try to buy a product from this particular company's web site I get this error message: Microsoft OLE DB Provider for SQL Server error '80040e' Incorrect syntax near the keyword 'AND' /AnimalHealth/OrderEntry/ProductItem.asp, line 116 I called the company and two of their employees followed my sequence of clicks and they said it worked fine on their computers so they didn't know how to help me. I placed my order by phone but would like to fix my problem so I can order on line next time. Any suggestions?
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Help: I Can Only Load Pages For Several Minutes
by Guest Searcher7- 2 replies
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My old Compaq pc with WindowsME only allows me to surf the internet for several minutes. It will then completely stop loading pages and in order to temporarily fix the problem I have to reboot. At first I thought it was Verizon(which had gone down a couple of days ago), but has hoping someone can give me advice on what to check and do next if it is my system itself. Sometimes I can't even save an image because the system "thinks" there is not enough room on my drive even though it is a 4g that has 6-700mb free. Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks. Darren Harris Staten Island, New York.
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Off topic to this NG
by Guest bagger- 3 replies
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Scanning problems, old system, Dell 4100, ME, IE6 SP1. 3rd party issue with Visioneer 6100, USB connected with Paperport 6.1software. Problem just started with no changes to the system. Scans do not work in black/white mode from TWAIN tool dialog box. Grayscale & color is OK, meaning scanning a B/W article in the color or grayscale mode scans OK, but not in the B/W mode. Been using the system for 7 yrs without problems. Unless someone in this NG could have tips, could someone point me to a techie message board? tia
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Have memory leaks? Hibernate...
by Guest Bob- 7 replies
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I'd mentioned a few days back that Hibernate seems to do an excellent job of cleaning up memory leaks altho my hibernations (only) averaged about 10 seconds. Like catnaps, these short hibernation sessions seemed to really revitalize the system performance. I'm sorry if I'm beating on a dead horse but I have seen no mention of a refreshing and memory cleansing associated with hibernate. A reboot has always been needed to get such a refreshing effect. I have to report a couple errata... First the (System Monitor) reported available memory after Hibernating is 366 MB, not 300 MB (on a 512 MB RAM system). Second, and probably more significant, the nature of my hi…
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Anyone install IE7 on windows millenium edition?
by Guest Bob- 7 replies
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Hello All Has anyone installed IE7 on windows Millenium Edition? Any tips? Is it hard to get back to IE6 if your system doesn't work well with it? Thanks Bob
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AdAware SE update Oct.8
by Guest richard- 0 replies
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SpywareBlaster Update Oct 7
by Guest richard- 0 replies
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Update ME to XP
by Guest Joe- 2 replies
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My parents purchased a digital camera which did not support ME. I installed XP. Now it appears that my mothers files are there, but not the programs. It tries to open them in wordpad. Therefore it gives odd symbals. rather than what she had in her document. It also eliminated her address book in outlook express. I do not see her virus protection either. Please help to get this back. I have not installed anything since this happened. -- Joe
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New Apple ipod nano
by Guest Jake- 0 replies
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Aren?t Computers Interesting??
by Guest Taingvesdskcu@gmail.com- 0 replies
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This is a very cool group you have going here. I find it quite interesting how computers behave at times. Sometimes you wonder if they have a mind of their own or not. These posts are quite interesting and educational for me ? I?ve learned a bit about the errors that can occur. Scan your computer for ErrorsFor Free!http:// errors.www-marketingpros.com
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Spybot Update 10-4-07
by Guest Alias- 4 replies
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-- Alias To email me, remove shoes
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Crap Cleaner Update
by Guest Alias- 20 replies
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Make sure you untick the offer for a Yahoo Tool Bar when installing. Alias
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upgrading ME to XP
by Guest Nicdig- 2 replies
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HI, someone has an ad in the newspaper that is selling an older pc that she says she loaded it with XP and it runs good. However, in the event of a reinstall needed, the recovery disks will be reloaded with ME (which she will provide with the newly upgraded older pc) Just what kind of differences (physically and mechanically, etc) will there be if an older pc is upgraded from an ME, to an XP home edition. I have a 2 yr old laptop with XP home. WIll the windows, icons, prompts, etc look the same on both pcs with XP even though older pc had ME once? hope my question makes sense as I havent seen the older pc w/Xp
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me won't start
by Guest sherry- 6 replies
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Hi When I turn on pc does the initial boot. Then I get the window saying last shut down was bad and it wants to scan the hard drive for errors. It starts then pc freezes. I don't have any original cds. How can I get past this? Thanks Sherry
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Network Password
by Guest pauly leotardo- 5 replies
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After installing a network card, i now get a "enter network password" at boot up. Is there any way of getting rid of this box so that it boots straight to windows. Thanks
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ME...DOS ERROR 4
by Guest uzx- 4 replies
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I had been running a Clipper application successfully for the last 18 months. A few days ago I reinstalled ME after formating my hard-disk's C partition. I have 40 Gb HD, partitioned as C and D. The following statements used previously were duly incorporated: Autoexec.bat Clipper = F100 Windows\system.ini [386Enh] PerVMFiles=120 The application now does not run and gives a Dos Error 4. Increasing the Files statement upto 240 made no difference. Installed the application afresh but no success. Any ideas, hints, advise ??
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Copying WinME Feature to Win98SE
by Guest Abraham- 1 reply
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I remember that, when the Recycle Bin first came out, it was useless for restoring files deleted from a floppy disk. So I copied Windows Undelete from the old install of Win3.1 to Win95, and it worked fine. I still use it with Win98 floppy disks. I want to do the opposite of that. I want to copy the following features of WinME to a CD before I uninstall WinME, and restore these feature after I restore Win98SE. C:\Windows\DVDPlay.exe Control Panel>Add/Remove Programs>Communications>Universal Plug and Play Control Panel>Add/Remove Programs>System Tools>Compressed Folders Control Panel>Taskbar and StartMenu Windows Movie Maker Window…