Starting months ago on reboot, computer sometimes prompted "invalid boot diskette in A:, insert boot disk". Thought boot sequence was getting hung up on floppy, so moved floppy to last in line. But this started to occur more often, til now, I can't boot. Using boot disk, get "C: does not contain...

I'm trting to set up a Toshiba a Toshiba 2005 CDS that I had upgraded to Windows Me. The system has a lot of junk on it and I'd prefer to just wipe out the disk and re-install Me. But the CD I have is the upgrade edition and I so not have a 98SE disc anywhere. Can I do this or am I toast? It has a...

Whenever I try to start my computer everything starts ok but when I log in in the taskbar where you see the time nothing loads no more like i can't see msn,yahoo,ETC nothing but the time can someone tell me what can be wrong I have to fix this cuz i'm not able to see if i have to download new...

I can't access anything in my control panel. This is the pop-up that I get: "Windows cannot access the specified device, path, or file. You may not have appropriate permissions to access the item." This is my home computer and this pops up whenever I click on anything thats in the control panel....

Hi; I've got a laptop with Windows ME preinstalled. I'm trying to set up an office network, but every time I double click on the Network icon in the control panel, I get a message that says "Your system administrator disabled the Network control panel". This is, and always has been, a standalone...

can't change x2 to x1 My brother called for advice. Because he couldn't access internet (AOL) he decided to reinstall Window ME. Found cabinet files in c:\windows\options\cab. double clicked on setup. watched all the reinstall messages for about an hour. when computer rebooted itself the...

Running IE on WinME machine (P4, 512M). After failed install of NSW 2005, IE 6 & Outlook Express can't connect to web. I can ping my ISP gateway and DNS servers & my time UDP packets pass through ok, other machines on my network connect to web no problem. I am also able to connect to my...

i'm not able so see my cd drive on my ME...i can see it in safe mode but on normal boot....it's not there....what's going on?....

just install ME...system hang after i installed my display driver..although in the box it said that it support ME..after i uninstalled the driver...i'm not able to see the cd drive on my "computer property"...but i'm able to see it in safe mode...more salt to add...got bunch of !!!! on disk...

I've had no trouble before, shut down normally the other day. Cold boot just now, after BIOS screen, after password screen, next phase, get the error screen "can't find Windows Loader Installer", it shows the path statement. The path statement is to a subfolder in my Download folder, this is not...

I can't get my Windows ME to work right. It starts up fine but my programs don't work right expecially my firewall and Norton

Hi all, Will try to keep it brief. My comp,running Win ME was bought in Cyprus,brought it back to Uk 2003. Last year was first time online for over a year so updated antivirus.Then updated Windows.So much there this took all day and then froze.couldn't turn off even with the on/off button so had...

I refomatted my HD and I'm trying to reintall ME. It keeps freezing and I can't get past 2% on installing. I've rebooted and tried so many times. I disconnected one cd rom drive cause I thought it was my dvd drive, but it freezes with my cd-r drive also. How can I install without my dvd drive...

Just built a computer with AMD 64 3400+, Abit MV8 Mobo, 1gb mem, ATI Radeon 9600XT Vid card, Maxtor 150mg SATA HD. All operating systems that I try either can't read files or won't run dll files during hardware detection or finalizing system settings. Tried Win98, WinME, WinXP Pro. can't get any...

Hi After WME launches, I can't start any application - Word, IE etc. When I look at processes in the CTRL-ALT-DEL windows, Explorer is already running, as are several applications that I cannot identify. When I try to close them, system crashes. Problem seems to be all these spyware taking all...

After clicking, icons start coming up but then message box appears - "Windows has caused an error in (kernel32.dll) and will be shut down. Win98 worked fine before upgrade and I could access the Control Panel. Hardware includes a Cyrix P266 CPU, PCI 1MB Video card, GP Sound card, and Motorola...

Hello, My PC was infected with a virus,despite having up-to-date virus software, and I needed to completely reboot my PC from the system recovery disks. I use Windows ME. Since then, my email downloads to my PC to OE from Comcast (Default) with no problems. However any mail I try to received...

My neighbours son had a new game for Christmas, went to put it on and the computer said, not enough memory, so in his haste to get this game on he went into winme folder and deleted a file. Now we can't get the computer to load up past the password page. I have tried to load in safe mode, but...

Hello, I am attempting to help an individual with a problem described as being " that it will not boot into Windows whatsoever". This is what happens on boot up. A screen appears with the following message " Windows has detected a registry/config error. Use scan reg/restore to correct the...

Hi, I have the error " Unable to change the password for Microsoft Networking because of the following error : The passowrd cannot be used now. Pls advise. I have a NEW AD 2003 setup. Thanks