See old thread:
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.windows-me/browse_frm/thread/d6e14c203e3ff2a0
?hl=en#
Crossposted to:
microsoft.public.windowsme.general, alt.windows-me

I have a cd drive on my computer which is not being recognized by ME.
I put the ME disk in the cd drive but it doesn't open because the
drive is not listed.
How do I get ME to open the drive so that I can update drivers on the

I have been using firefox for the past couple of months and find it to be a
good browser. I use outlook for my e-mail.
Is it possible to remove internet explorer and outlook express completely or
do they have to remain on the system to work with the operating system.

I recently had to reinstall Windows ME. I had previously backed up the
hard disk (by setting it as a slave in another machine and
transferring everything to DVDs) and had hoped to restore everything
by simply copying everything from the DVDs back onto the same hard

Need help from knowledgeable guru, have purchased laptop over net but it has
a password for log- on which I cannot get past. Is there a way without
buying new operating system, do not have original disks!  Am hoping there
may be a way through dos to access password file, but is ...

My father's computer won't start windows.  I am going to use the reinstall
disk that came with the computer, but would like to try to save his files
first.   I have located everything except the address book used by outlook
express.    Can anyone tell me the default location of ...

I have an old Compaq laptop with windows me installed.   I would like to be
able to
run some very simple scheduling programs from an internet site using a
wireless card and service.  Will ME support that process?

I had to reformat and reinstall me, and when it said to enter the product key
I could not find it. It is MIA, what can I do besides trying to contact
microsoft and get it? If thats even possible.
Phil

WinME has been treating me well for shutdowns, which would usually happen
within 5 seconds after clicking shutdown.
Recently, I had a power failure while using WinME, and after I had power
again, it went through the regular screens where it runs scandisk, computer

SpyBot offers protection for Global Hosts. What are they, and should
that box be checked?
richard

I have a pc ME that stops to get a password every time it boots.
I want it to boot to the desktop, but so far I have not been able to
do so.  I switch the network thing to windows login, and I also
searched for a pwl file to delete, but there was no pwl file on the

I got a desk top from my sister and some one I guess deleted some hardware
off it. I don't know what was deleted, but I can not get on the internet nor
do I have a recovery cd for it. Can anyone help me out on what I can do? The
computer is for  my 8 year old and it is just for ...

I have an old DOS program which runs fine in every version of Windows
EXCEPT WindowsME !.
The error box I get is here :
"This program has performad an illegal operation and will be

This morning when I booted up my computer, I received a message similar to
this:
General Protection Error.  You Must ReStart Computer.  System Halted.
I've fought this problem all day.  It will start in safe mode but most of

Totally off topic, but maybe one of you can help.
Have been talking to someone via gmail and 'hello', and things have gotton strange.
Anyhow,,,,     could any of you tell me if a person can ping your isp account number just to see if
you are online?