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Windows Forum / Windows Me / System Tools / November 2006Return to Normal Mode
I use system tools to limit the number of startup items so I can run the maintenance like defrag, scan disk and clean up. My computer kept starting over when doing this in normal mode. I have done this a number of times, but this time I cannot switch back to normal mode. My desktop look fuzzy, but system tools says it is in normal mode. I have restarted it a number of times also. Please help! You probably are in normal mode but with the wrong resolution and colour depth. Right click on a blank area of the desktop, select Properties and then open the Settings tab and set the screen resolution and colour quality to your requirements and then click Apply.  SignatureMike Maltby mike.maltby@gmail.com > I use system tools to limit the number of startup items so I can run > the maintenance like defrag, scan disk and clean up. My computer > kept starting over when doing this in normal mode. I have done this > a number of times, but this time I cannot switch back to normal mode. > My desktop look fuzzy, but system tools says it is in normal mode. I > have restarted it a number of times also. Please help! Ok, I will try that tonight after work. Thanks, I will let you know. > You probably are in normal mode but with the wrong resolution and colour > depth. Right click on a blank area of the desktop, select Properties and [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > My desktop look fuzzy, but system tools says it is in normal mode. I > > have restarted it a number of times also. Please help! Well, I messed up again! I thought by erasing and reinstalling Windows Me with my disk's that came from Gateway that I could fix it. Now I have only the icons from 2000 when I bought the computer and no access to aol it is not identifying my DSL modem. It looks as if my files and folders are still on my C drive, but the computer seems to be worthless now. > Ok, I will try that tonight after work. Thanks, I will let you know. > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > > My desktop look fuzzy, but system tools says it is in normal mode. I > > > have restarted it a number of times also. Please help! Oh dear, why did you reinstall rather than following my suggestion? What you have to do now is set up your PC again by installing the various drivers, etc. it needs. Your DSL modem probably came with a disk, use that to install the necessary drivers. If you've lost the disk download the necessary files from the modem manufacturer's web site using another PC and then copy the download to your Win Me PC and install the drivers. SignatureMike Maltby mike.maltby@gmail.com > Well, I messed up again! I thought by erasing and reinstalling > Windows Me with my disk's that came from Gateway that I could fix it. > Now I have only the icons from 2000 when I bought the computer and no > access to aol it is not identifying my DSL modem. It looks as if my > files and folders are still on my C drive, but the computer seems to > be worthless now. I had already started the process Sunday night and thought I could go home and do a system restore and then check the resolution and color. It was too late by that time as I see now. My system restore will not restore anymore either. It will set a restore date, but only maybe one per month. It said it was unseccessful this time. I appreciate your help though. I took my cpu to a computer repair store at lunch to see if they could help me get it back to the way I wanted it. I only want to burn cd's, have access to the internet and I would like for it to run a little better than before. I hope they can help me do this since the computer and software when new was about $2,000.00 from Gateway. Thanks again for your help and quick response. I reacted too fast though by making the decision to reinstall. I guess I will use this as a learning experience of what not to do. Yodcr11 > Oh dear, why did you reinstall rather than following my suggestion? > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > files and folders are still on my C drive, but the computer seems to > > be worthless now. Let's try and set out a few facts. You've reinstalled Win Me. All previous system restore checkpoints will have been removed as part of that install and system restore is broken until you install the 290700 patch since the reinstall will have installed the original versions of many files that were updated by subsequent hotfixes including the updated version of smgr.dll which is essential for system restore to create usable checkpoints since September 2001. Help. The only help you need is to install the various programs and drivers just as you did when you first purchased your PC. Whilst taking your PC to a local shop is one, somewhat expensive route to take, doing the work yourself would have cost little other than for some of your time. Reinstalling an operating system such as you did is virtually the past option to take when encountering problems, the last being to repartition and format the hard disk and then clean install the operating system. Best of luck, SignatureMike Maltby mike.maltby@gmail.com > I had already started the process Sunday night and thought I could go > home and do a system restore and then check the resolution and color. [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > reinstall. I guess I will use this as a learning experience of what > not to do. Yodcr11 Thank you, I do have two more questions. If I need to download hotfixes, will there be a blue million of them to do since the software was released in 2000 and will there still be all of the security fixes available? Also, why do I still see my old downloads when I search for files and folders? I'm sorry, I have three. Where are you located? Just curious. > Let's try and set out a few facts. > [quoted text clipped - 30 lines] > > reinstall. I guess I will use this as a learning experience of what > > not to do. Yodcr11 All current fixes are still available at both the Windows Update site (for downloading to the PC that requires updating) or the Windows Update Catalogue (http://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/catalog/en/default.asp) where they can be downloaded to any PC and then transferred to the Win Me PC and installed by running the executable. This latter method is useful as it allows you to save the patches in case you need to use them again. Superseded patches will naturally no longer be available, for example only the most recent Monthly roll-up for Internet Explorer will be available. Since you appear to have reinstalled Win Me over itself rather than clean install this means that much will be left over from your previous installation including, of course, all of your important user files and installed programs. The down side is that the registry wasn't reset and no longer correctly records which patches have been installed or not. I would therefore strongly urge you to download and run Belarc's Adviser (http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html) as this will help you to identify any updates that are broken and might need to reinstalling. Belarc uses a different mechanism to check than the Windows Update site. I'm more worried about possible problems you might have following the reinstall if you had previously installed Internet Explorer 6 (IE6) and Windows Media Player 9 (WMP9) as this might mean that both IE and WMP will not function correctly. SignatureMike Maltby mike.maltby@gmail.com > Thank you, I do have two more questions. If I need to download > hotfixes, will there be a blue million of them to do since the > software was released in 2000 and will there still be all of the > security fixes available? Also, why do I still see my old downloads > when I search for files and folders? I'm sorry, I have three. Where > are you located? Just curious. Thanks so much and have a good day! > All current fixes are still available at both the Windows Update site (for > downloading to the PC that requires updating) or the Windows Update [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > > when I search for files and folders? I'm sorry, I have three. Where > > are you located? Just curious. |
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