You have a purchase to make
Wednesday, May 16, 2007 at 11:45 am
Windows Me Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Kiwi
(2108 messages posted)
If it's worth keeping, it's worth having a legal copy of the OS on it. An old computer
should have Win98se, not WinME, and unused copies do exist. Check on eBay.
If she insists on doing it on a shoestring, and running illegal software, one of
you needs a book on fixing the OS, and this is the best that there is:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/102-5593710-5436132?url=index%3Dblended&search-option=search-amazon&field-keywords=PCs+for+dummies&Go.x=9&Go.y=7&Go=Go
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Kiwi
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On Saturday, May 12, 2007 at 11:43 am, stephanie wrote:
>My mom was given a used computer and well, it's been a pain to even get running.
>(I'm typing this using a WinXP laptop. ) Quite honestly, i have no idea what the
>specs of the computer is other than this:
>A.) It's a Dell Dimension L600cx computer
>B.) It runs Windows ME
>
>Okay, so on to the bad stuff.
>1. the Start Menu doesnt work. The button doesnt work.
>2. Whenever I try to get to the My Computer, My Network Places icon, it gives me
>error that says "Your current security settings prohibit running ActiveX controls
>on this page. As a result, the page may not display correctly." So, no icons appear.
>3. Whenever I rebooted in Safe Mode and tried to repair IE, it gave me an error
about
>"thumbvw.dll"
>
>I have no idea how to go about fixing the computer, so any ideas about how to access
>the RUN command by not using the Start Menu or to go about fixing anything would
>be greatly appreciated!
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