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Hi, I have windows 98se on a 1996 computer and when the desk top comes up after starting my computer, i get a small box on the desktop with Error-(Runtime error 21b at 00002DE4):sad: . So far I have seen no problem, but a problem has to be there somewhere. …

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Currently I have ME, but I want to upgrade my PC to XP, because basically ME is ish. It's a free PC though, so hey. Should I go to ebay and buy a copy? ...or should I download it from an FTP? Also what are some things I will need …

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I have Windows 98. When I start my computer I receive the message that states wupdater not responding. When I shutdown my computer I receive the message Backtrack Monitor Fatal Error 8205---cannot take snapshot

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My friend installed XP over ME, and now it's killing his hard drive...he wanted to know if anybody can provide any insight as to how to remove Windows ME now. Thanks!!

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I have Win Me and very often get a message that states there is an "error running scripts on this page-do you wish to continue?" I sometimes get this 3-4 times on the same page! What could be the problem? I also cannot run a disk defrag-It'll start, get to …

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A trojan virus seems to have attached itself to my Internet Explorer and I cant get rid of it, I have tried Norton Anti-Virus ,an online virus scan program found it but said it cant remove it, and the Norton program didnt find it at all, does anyone have any …

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[size=2]By: [email="geek@bizwriter.biz"]Jeff Johnston[/email] [i]Q: My email program seems to be blocking out notices that are sent to me from an internet message board that I post on. But I never added their address to my "block sender" list, and it's not shown on the list either. How is this happening? …

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hi everybody,I need help,cannot login to hotmail and navigation is too slow,because ActiveX is not functional. In windows update I could not get my Win98SE past the "Administrators Only" roadblock to scan and fetch updates I need,because my ActiveX doesn't work properly. a friend suggest a solution and i do …

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I currently have Windows ME installed on both of my hard drives. I did this because I was nervous about using Litestep and wanted to be able to just boot from my other drive if I had a problem. (Seems silly now.) Now I just would like to know what …

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[font=Arial][size=5][color=#0000ff][i][size=2][color=black][font=Verdana][color=black][i]I found this in a few different places around the 'net - hopefully it's helpful:[/i][/color][/font] [/color][/size][/i][/color][/size][/font][font=Arial][size=5][color=#0000ff]Fix Movie Interference in AVI Files[/color][/size][/font] [font=Arial][size=2][color=#000000]If you have any AVI files that you saved in Windows 9x, which have interference when opened in Windows XP, there is an easy fix to get rid of …

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[i]I found this in a few different places around the 'net - hopefully it's helpful:[/i] [font=Arial][size=5][color=#0000ff]Remove Interference in Movie Files[/color][/size][/font] [font=Arial][size=2]If you have any AVI files that you saved in Windows 9x, they might have interference when opened in Windows XP. Fortunately, there is an easy fix to get rid …

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I have a Dell Inspiron 4000 laptop with Windows ME installed. ME has been nothing but trouble all along. I won't go into that, I would have to write an entire book. LET ME FIRST SAY I A NOVICE SO NEED SIMPLE INSTRUCTIONS. I want to one of the following …

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Yet another computer is screwing up. What is happening is that when I put in the (student) password to log onto the network, nothing happens. About 5 minutes later you see the log on script come up and run and then nothing happens. When I do the 'thee fingeres salute' …

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Can anyone help me? When i do Ctrl-Alt-Del there is sometimes 2 programs running called eankhtkm. When this happens my windows explorer seems to stop working. I am wondering if it is a virus. Many Thanks

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I have an OLD (and by old I mean it still has a serial mouse) computer that works just fine, it just freezes around 5th period (that is 12:35-1:25 CST) I have already worked on it once and it did fine in my lab, but it froze the next day. …

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i have already posted this somewhere else but i think its the wrong place i dont know much about computers the problem i have got is i downloaded a crack for an avi converter and when i try and open it a box appears at the top it says loader …

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Hello everyone: I have used ME for several years now, and up until a few days ago, had no major problems on my Viao PC. However, I now get a message as Win ME is loading that "Explorer has caused an error in D3DBE.DLL. and explorer will now close." I …

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[font=Comic Sans MS]My computer will not display red. I run Windows 98, I have a Dell D1728D-LS 15" monitor (I've tested another monitor, same problem) and a NVidia GEForce2 MX400 graphics card (I've tested another graphics card, same problem). I'm using the default "Plug and Play Monitor" driver, as my …

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When i boot my computer, this message comes up on my desktop Error loading "C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\BRIDGE.DLL" My Os it Win 98se. I have seen another person with this problem so can anyone help me to. :( I have downloaded Ad-aware,Spybot search and destroy and Hijack this and here is the log …

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O.S Win 98. Just downloaded Internet Explorer 6 a couple weeks ago and cant enable java chat rooms now. When I try to log on to most chat rooms I get no error message except a colored square,circle,triangle inside a bigger square. I checked internet options -advanced section and java …

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[left][font=Arial][size=3]Hi all,[/size][/font][/left] [left][font=Arial][size=3]i basically face a problem concerning a WinMe installation in my old laptop[/size][/font][/left] [left][font=Arial][size=3](IBM Thinkpad 380z) which has a [color=red]broken floppy[/color]. As u might have already undestood i cant install WinMe cause i cant boot from floppy:-| . Furthemore i cant find a bootable WinMe cd or make …

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:sad: Okay Here is the problem!!!!! I had someone rebuild my computer for me. Everything inside is new. He installed Windows 98. After having problems with that we tried to install Windows Xp and that never happened, could not install, had errors coming up. Thought the hard drive was bad. …

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Sometimes when I boot up, the computer will freeze after you hear the POST beep and all it says: CPU Loading It will not move at all. What I have to do is a hard shutdown, wait 10 seconds and then boot it back up and it works just fine. …

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I have a win98 system with a Futjitsu 4.3 gig and a 80 gig Seagate. I was using Ontract Dynamic drive Overlay v9.45 to be able to access the 80 gig drive. So I was having problems with the system so i re-formatted the c drive (Fitjutsi) drive and re-installed …

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on my other computer everytime you try to access anyhting internet related an illegal operation sign comes up and it closes...when i hooked the old dial up to it, it connected, but when i open the web browser it closes and nothing internet related can be accessed...does anyone know how …

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Ok guys I've got a question for y'all. My bro's comp has been acting really wierd lately. I think it's got a virus, but I'm not the techiest guy around so it may be something simple. Anyway, what it'll do is startup, and get through BIOS and all that. Then …

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Hi Guys, sorry my first post is a question but I need your help. I went to install a USB printer for my niece that she got for Christmas , but found that although there are USB ports, she only has win98 ( not SE ) and therefore no USB …

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Computer will not boot. This is an older computer that is Win98 on it. If knew specs on it it, I would give them. What it does it turns on, there is something of the screen. Here is what it says: Main Porcessor: Cyrix M II-300 Processor Clock: PR300 VGA …

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hi all. I have a problem with installing kazaa 2.6. I get this message when i try to start the program: [CENTER]kazaa has detected that some required components are missing, perhaps due to not rebooting after installation. We suggest you try rebooting and if you still get ths message please …

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I've got a problem. Windows Explorer no longer opens. Also, some of my desktop folders won't open, and others (including MY Computer) won't close once they're open. I've done a virus scan with Norton, and have used both Spybot and Ad-Aware. I used HijackThis, but I don't know what's safe …

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Hello there, Since a few days I have this Windows message error I'm not able to get rid of that says: (it's not IExplorer!!! but Exploring you know the tree structure where you can see all your folders) Explorer "This program has performed an illegal operation and will be shut …

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[font=Times New Roman][size=3]Throughout the day, I am constantly opening and closing programs (just like everyone else). Is there a good program that details the programs that are loaded into my PC

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I have a modem on an e-Machine that will not stay open. It will open the port, hear the dial tone and then just click off before it can dial the number. The OS is ME Also, I just recently did an update with the drivers from the Microsoft website. …

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Hello Techies this is my first post on this forum, i have a weird problem. I am using Win 98 SE and Office 2000. Now the problem is i cannot print mails from the sent items folder. I can print from any other folder in Outlook except from sent items. …

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Hello My first post here. My problem is with the Explorer window in Windows 98SE on an new, custom 1800 Celeron system with dual hard drives and 512 RAM. It's a problem I've not seen before on three of my own systems and two of my wife all running the …

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My computer is on Powersaver,my mouse won't work.How do I change this setting?Everything works in safe mode.I even reinstalled windows and it still does it.Can anyone Help?

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That's what it says. When I start up my old comp (the one my parents/sister use) it says windows protection error, press any key to restart. whenI prss any key, it just shuts down. Then, when I turn it back on, it gives me startup options (you know, start in …

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I was always told that when u press ctrl alt delete, it should tell u that u are running programs. I was also told that at start up u should ony be running Systray and Explorer, now i am only running Systray, how can i run Explorer again????

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I get alot of errors when I go into scan disk on this one computer. It gives me that 'Scandisk has restarted 10 times...' stuff and it will not fix. I tried to defrag it last night and nothing happened. I have also uninstalled some programs that I knew were …

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Well, that is what the teacher told me. This is an old computer running Win98 and it keeps freezing. She tells me that it freezes when she submits her attendence (the program here is called Winschool) or when she checks her e-mail (Outlook) or does anything. If she has more …

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I am needing to upgrade from Win95 to Win2K. Is this possiable? If so, what is it that I will need other than the boot disk?

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Okay, simply put, I have no idea what I am doing here, and probably less business being here on this site. But, this is my issue: I am trying to update a free photo gallery page for my son and the damn thing keeps saying "this program has performed an …

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Hi, first time here, great site, hopefully you can help me with my problem and in the future I may be able to help as well..... I have Windows 98, for some reason I cant explain all of a sudden the setting in the Settings/Display box went to 640 x …

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It's been a long time since I used Windows 9x systems. Hell I was on WinNT back in those days but I think if your on any of these systems it is time to upgrade big time stop waiting stop getting problems after problems. There really is no different from …

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My girlfriends computer will not boot up. Here's what it does: Upon starting the computer it will go to the Network Log In Screen where you input your user name and password and then the screen is just blank w/ only the background, you see the task bar for a …

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Do to some puter problems, I have had my computer hard drive completely redone. Upon reinstalling my windows 98 and then all the updates, I have been confronted with this update for .net framework. Being computer illiterate I have no idea whether or not I need this download and because …

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Hi, I'm hoping someone can help. I have a Gateway Pentium 4, 1400 mhz, intel with windows me. We started having alot of problems with error messages, so finally as a last resort, we uninstalled windows and reinstalled it. We noticed that alot of the error messages seemed to have …

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Hello everyone How do you clear some memory from C drive when using just the command prompt. I can't remember how to do it! I tried to install GNU C++ and I had to put some commands into autoexec but things went wrong and now can't bootup to windows or …

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Hey Currently running Windows M.E At boot up I was told to run scanreg/fix to fix a problem I had. I did so, and the computer successfully loaded to the windows login screen However, we have 4 identities on this computer and a number of problems have now arose. 1. …

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