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AMANDA - 13 May 2004 03:01 GMT

Everytime I try to add new software (i.e. AOL, Windows ME) I get an error reading : Fatal Exception OE has occured at ______________ in V x D VFAT (01)...etc. Can any one help me understand this? I thought it was a RAM shortage situation, but I have about 95% of my system free. I know it's a "granny" PC, but i want to get it running. It's got a 2.0 GB HD; 128MB, 1.66GHz Processor - I'd live to at least be able to upgrade AOL to 7.0...ANY POINTERS would be appreciated

Thank You.

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Jim Eshelman - 15 May 2004 03:06 GMT

> Everytime I try to add new software (i.e. AOL, Windows ME) I get an
> error reading : Fatal Exception OE has occured at ______________ in
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> It's got a 2.0 GB HD; 128MB, 1.66GHz Processor - I'd live to at least
> be able to upgrade AOL to 7.0...ANY POINTERS would be appreciated.

I suggest you take this to a Windows ME newsgroup where ME's special needs
can be best met. Here are some that may be suitable for this particular
question:

news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windowsme.general
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windowsme.new-user
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windowsme.setup
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windowsme.software

Get a list of MS newsgroups for a wide range of purposes (and direct links
to them for your newsreader) here:
http://aumha.org/nntp.htm

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AMANDA - 15 May 2004 05:01 GMT

I'd love to take this to an ME newsgroup, but i can't if i don't have ME. I have Windows 95 and I can't add anything to my pc without those errors

But Thank-you jim for the info i'll use later

Any other suggestions would help especially on the errors i'm recieving.

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Jim Eshelman - 15 May 2004 16:17 GMT

My apologies. I misunderstood. I thought your prior post stated you have
Windows ME. I now suppose it to mean that you were trying to install ME,
correct?

Since you (apparently) want to install ME anyway, and since this appears to
be a corruption of your existing Win 95 system, maybe the best approach is
to install Win ME as a second operating system - alongside 95. Don't try to
launch it from inside of WIndows. Get a Win98 boot disk from
www.bootdisk.com and boot from the floppy, then launch the Win ME CD from
the command line. I suspect the problem you are now reporting will vanish
from ME. To install two Windows versions so you can dual boot between them,
see this article:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=217210

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> I'd love to take this to an ME newsgroup, but i can't if i don't have
> ME. I have Windows 95 and I can't add anything to my pc without those
[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]
> Any other suggestions would help especially on the errors i'm
> recieving.

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