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That service doesnt exist on my PC.I had a feeling it may have been a service I may have changed.I think the shell hardware detection is for Windows XP www.cadtutorforum.net

Just tried that and it said: The wizard ran into problems whiole trying to fix this setting.See the repair log for more details In the log file the following was present: AutoFix [V5.2.3790.67] Time [2005-03-26 17:02:06] Microsoft Windows Version [5.0 (Service Pack 4) <2195>] Test [The Shell...

When I click on it, all it gave me was a list of numbers for the devices that were not autorunning.I have deleted it and found there is still no difference after restarting.I have also previously reinstalled all my drive drivers and still no difference.Starting to bang my head against a...

Thanks bcastner for the reply but I have just looked at that registry value and it is set as 1.I also have a entry in the CDROM folder(that you specified) that is called AutoRunAlwaysDisable.Maybe this is the problem do I need to delete it?Not a good idea I dont know.I thought of reinstalling...

I remember turning off something related to (auto scan or auto detect my drives, not sure what its called), but now my drives just say the drive is not formatted do you want to format it now?I cant seem to get to the bottom of this I have been scratching my head for about 2 months.The only way I...

Right click your desktop and go to "properties" then "effects".Take the tick out of "smooth edges of screen fonts". www.cadtutorforum.net

Thats how you change the language, but Im not confident that when I go to install Win 2000(english),that there wont be problems as the original Windows ME is Czech.Surely the DOS will be in Czech to?That would cause big problems ss I dont know Czech DOS!I have anothetr simpler but more expensive...

Ive run MSCONFIG before and shut down anything that isnt needed,Msn Messenger is though,may switch over to Zone Alarm and AVG soon.Also what does a quick restart do?If say the PC runs out of memory will a quick restart actually free up more mmemory again without shutting the PC down?Is quick...

I was previously on 2000 and upgraded to 2004,I noticed a difference to.Must be due to the extra little tweaks and features theyve added.2004 is hungrier on resources,so I guess 2005 will be a little hungrier stil.You could try freeing up some system resources via the MSCONFIG,disabling programs...

Uninstalling Windows ME at this stage isnt possible as its for some one else who has very little knowledge of IT.She does have NAV and Norton firewall on her PC.These are can cause problems with ME,I do however think I can get her to remove both these programs and install Zone Alarm and AVG...

Your link doesnt work,cheers anyway.

Dont think its that,as I have scanned the PC with Lavasoft & Spybot.Why dop you think its that?These exception erros where are they from?Cant find much on the net about them.

Had this error come up on a PC it said: an exeption occured OE on 0028:C0030D40 in VxD ---. called from 0028:C002F285 in VxD ---. Any suggestions,am also having problems with msn messenger getting stuck and freezing up,maybe a memory leak building up then bam!

A friend of mine curently has Windows ME on her PC.But after much tweaking and looking around on the net for this and that to improve its performance I have given up!So my next move is to install a fesh version of Windows 2000 that she has.Problem is that the Win ME version is in Czech and the...

No I was changing my friends desktop as the toolbar was too big.Unfortunately I was trying to do it through memory as the system was in a different language!Mustve just changed one setting on the icons.Myabe a different size or display setting?