59 second shutdown

[Beau]

everytime I start my computer I get an error messege
telling me that my computer will shut down in 59 seconds.
I reformatted, replaced the harddrive and replaced the
RAM and still, the same problem! Aaaaaaaargh!! Can anyone
help me???

[Mart]

And does it then shut down after 59 seconds?

If so, how did you manage to re-install WinMe after you re-formatted?

What happens if you boot with the WinMe Startup (Floppy) Disk? Do you still
get the 59 second warning in Real Mode DOS

Mart


"Beau" > wrote in message
...
> everytime I start my computer I get an error messege
> telling me that my computer will shut down in 59 seconds.
> I reformatted, replaced the harddrive and replaced the
> RAM and still, the same problem! Aaaaaaaargh!! Can anyone
> help me???

[Beau]

I'm not really sure I'm not home right now so I'll have
to get back to you tomorrow
>-----Original Message-----
>And does it then shut down after 59 seconds?
>
>If so, how did you manage to re-install WinMe after you
re-formatted?
>
>What happens if you boot with the WinMe Startup (Floppy)
Disk? Do you still
>get the 59 second warning in Real Mode DOS
>
>Mart
>
>
>"Beau" > wrote in
message
...
>> everytime I start my computer I get an error messege
>> telling me that my computer will shut down in 59
seconds.
>> I reformatted, replaced the harddrive and replaced the
>> RAM and still, the same problem! Aaaaaaaargh!! Can
anyone
>> help me???
>
>
>.
>

[Muhammad-Ali]

>-----Original Message-----
>I'm not really sure I'm not home right now so I'll have
>to get back to you tomorrow
>>-----Original Message-----
>>And does it then shut down after 59 seconds?
>>
>>If so, how did you manage to re-install WinMe after you
>re-formatted?
>>
>>What happens if you boot with the WinMe Startup
(Floppy)
>Disk? Do you still
>>get the 59 second warning in Real Mode DOS
>>
>>Mart
>>
>>
>>"Beau" > wrote in
>message
...
>>> everytime I start my computer I get an error messege
>>> telling me that my computer will shut down in 59
>seconds.
>>> I reformatted, replaced the harddrive and replaced the
>>> RAM and still, the same problem! Aaaaaaaargh!! Can
>anyone
>>> help me???
>>
>>
>>.
>>
>.
>This can occur if you have a pirated copy of WinMe or
you've an OEM CD. Make sure that your CD is from MS not a
pirated one.

[Noel Paton]

Wrong - you're confusing a number of things, none of which apply to Win ME
1) Product Activation in XP - which is where pirate susceptibility to worm
infections comes in, since it's necessary to hack the activation to access
the patches to prevent infection
2) The Blaster/Nachi worms - which don't affect ME
3) 'pirated' Windows CD's in ME are identical to those legally available
from legitimate sources (at least as far as the code on them goes) -- unlike
most pirate copies of XP, which derive from copies of XP which are supposed
only to be used within large corporations.



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"Muhammad-Ali" > wrote in message
...
>>This can occur if you have a pirated copy of WinMe or
> you've an OEM CD. Make sure that your CD is from MS not a
> pirated one.