A couple of nights ago, my computer (HP invent, Windows ME, Celeron)
crashed. I got a strange desktop, which looked like the memory was
erased, but I wasn't able to do any of the things that Explorer.exe
does (opening up directories, moving around the file structure, etc).

When I open a picture through Explorer, the picture opens in Photoshop
Elements.  Where can this default be changed so my pictures open in Image
Viewer?
Thank you, Karen

I am having some difficulty viewing some sites whose source is java based.
(slow load times, sometimes having to refresh, etc.) If I dload Suns jre
will it disable or uninstall MS java? Which runtime becomes default? Which
java is preferred? Comments suggestions..all welcomed. ...

I have a HP parvillian 514 x and want to get it to run
faster--Also do I get rid of adware/spyware
stuff or other things I may not need--is there a site I
can go to that tell me what I need to run the program and

A friend is using Windows ME and just about 4 weeks ago Windows started
telling them they did not have access rights to the Quickbooks Pro, in fact
it told them that they need to contact thier system admin so they could get
"Standard User Rights" the popup states they only have ...

Zee,
I have tried to do what you suggested but "Taskmon" is already disabled. I
have found that the program that displays as Monitor when I press
Ctrl>Alt>Del is to do with my Digital camera software.

Can I reinstall ME from the CD-ROM without losing everything on my hard drive?  When I
start, it recommends that I do not reinstall from the CD, and says that this would result
in the replacement of the config.sys and autoexec.bat files with simpler versions.  I'm at
a loss about ...

Maybe someone here can help:  I believe I gotg some sort of worm that installed
"netsvcs.exe" in my C:\windows folder.  Symantec isolated the file and recommended that I
delete it, so I did.  Now, however, Windows ME does not fully load.  It attemp;ts to load,
but then stops with ...

hi group,
i recently bought a usb flash drive (one of those keychain things) to
use to courier work documents around.  sadly, my windows me that i use
at home will not recognize the drive's existence for the reasons

Hi this file has dissaperad from my computer first why has ir gone and
second how do I get it back thanks

     Uh-oh.  I was taking a look at what was in Add/Remove (not for any
particular reason).  There was something that said "Window's Update..... (I
don't remember what else it said) that I had highlighted.  I double-clicked
thinking for some reason  that it would explain more of ...

Seeking advice:
Have Windows ME installed and booting up from C drive
Have hard drive with multiple partitions
Windows XP Prof boots from E partition

I have Windows ME. Sometimes, when I connect to the internet, when or when
I'm on the internet, I get this error in the "blue screen of death":
An exception OE has occured at 0029:CC-120EA in VXD ---. This was called
from 0028:CDBAEE50 in VXD ---. It may be possible to continue.

I went to check Hotmail while writing to say I thought I knew what the
problem was and got a blue screen with an OE Exception.......
1.  0028:C011269F in VxD VDD (01) + 00000CDB
I then hit Enter to go back to windows and got this one......

It has seemed to me that my computer had been operating slower and
slower.  I confirmed this by checking the reported CPU speed and doing
bench marking with various utilities.  The PC has a 550Mhz CPU and was
originally bench marked at 233Mhz (doesn't sound like much but it makes