I believe that at some point I have accidentally deleted
NOTEPAD.EXE from my system.  I run Windows ME.  Does
anyone know how I can download and reinstall Notepad?  
Please email me if you can.  Thank you.

I have Directx 7.1 and cant seem to upgrade. When I try to
go to 9.1 it freezes for a long time and then the
message "failed to copy necessary file" comes up and
installation fails.

computer got wiped out did not get disk to put back on the
computer from best buy store it has been 3 years sence I
have gottin it Best Buy . I have the Certificate of
Authenticity. Where do I ture next to get these disks with

This group has been such a big help to me.  I am wondering
whether I can replace my Microsoft Word normal.dot
template on my desktop computer (running ME) with the
preferable one I have on my lap (running XP).  Will these

cant open PDF files ,why is it so ,please help

Do you need to have security patches for ME? If so what
numbers are they? Also how vunurable is windows me for
viruses.
Thank you

when trying to shut down the computer, I keep getting an
error that states that program 'suchostp' is still
running, do I want to close the program and shut down? All
I know is that when I open it, it is a DOS program and I

I am installing a router and I am unable to see the
connection.  They say that my registry needs to be
updated.  I currently am running Windows ME.  THe guy from
the support line said I needed to download a winsoc fix.  

Someone said that I had to preform a winsoc update on my
system to update my registry so that I can see my router.  
But what does that mean?  He said that I could search
Google for the update called "winsoc fix" but I tried and

What do I do to correct?

I'm writing again, since I don't if my prior message is
hidden by previous replies.
I now want to ugrade from Windows ME to XP. Can you tell
me where I should purchase XP, and is it easy enough for

Can I change from my current ME version of Windows on my
PC to Windows 2000? If do I purchase 2000 from Microsoft
or a retailer? Does it require a high level of expertise
to do the job?

Anyone who can help i want to upgrade from w98 to wME is
there a place to download the upgrade or i need to buy the
program at a retail store? any good suggestions are really
appreciated because i don't know much about it

Hi,,,I need a little bailing out.
I just reformatted and reloaded WinME, (a Dell version)
One of the problems that I've run into is in Explorer,,,
(rt.clicking on start and choosing explore).

My niece was trying to delete Outlook (she says) and now
is says windows need to be reinstalled. She is running
WinMe.  When we click the ok (in the error message)
another error message pops up and freezes everything.