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I've heard that the only way to properly run scanedisc on winME is to do it in safemode. Is this true? Thanx in advance for your replies. JC

I've been using winME for 10 months now and no crashes here. Spreadsheets, word doc's, video editing and games. No complaints from me. My opinion is your mileage may vary. I know plenty of people, techs, comp. programmers, etc. etc. They all have problems with whatever system they use win98...

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I wish it was as ez as just clicking on the setup.exe. There is no setup.exe to cllick on. they have to be maually installed into the correct folder. I've installed drivers before but they had a setup icon that did all the work for me. I dont even know where to begin looking for the old...

I want to update my southbridge drivers for my mobo. When I downloaded the updated drivers, it asked my where i wanted them unzipped to. I was hoping they would automatically self-extract to the correct location. I dont know where to put them let alone find out where my southbridge drivers are...

mobo; Gigabyte GA-7DXR cpu; AMD 1.4 t-bird memory; crucial PC2100 2x256 mb mods (CL 2.5, unbuff, non-parity, non ECC) os; winME Question, Can I adjust, thru the BIOS, this RAM to make it CL 2.0?? If yes, what are the setings? can anyone tell me how to or where i can find info on...

Hehehe, I cant answer why it makes em share IRQ's when there are free ones available. I've been told if you disable ACPI, u could cause some seroius problems that will make you seek pyschiatric help. i dont know if u are aware of another resource that is very helpful. Heres a link...

Flyboy, Becasue you have ACPI enabled, you wont have much say so in IRQ assigning. I had a similar problem and solved it like this: removed all traces of my sound, ethernet and modem. turned system off, physicallly removed all 3 cards, rebooted and installed 1 at a time trying difernet PCI...

Thanx gents. I will download the drivers from gigabyte however, I have heard that they wont solve my USB hub issue. I will give them a try and see. Was hoping someone had the ssame problem i had and had a definite fix. Thanx again Joe

I have a Giga-byte GA-7DXR mobo with and AMD760 chipset. My question is, is my southbridge VIA technology? How can I find out on my own? I want to know this because I would like to downlaod VIA's latest drivers for this device from the VIA website. I tried to discuss this isue with giga-byte...

No I CANT install over them. I keep getting a message that states the HP software im trying to install is already installed, must un-install first. When try to un-install, get msg saying insert CD-Rom into drive (when it already is inserted). I found and fixed teh problem tho. Since I didnt...

JDT, You were alomst right on. Got me in the right area of the registry tho. it was in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\HEWLETT PACKARD folder. Didnt have to go to the MICROSOFT folder and so on. Deleted the HP folder and re-installed perfectly. THANX for the help bud Joe <P ID="edit"><FONT...

Tried that and it didnt work. I still get an error message when I try to uninstall. I have some hidden leftover files somwhere that i cant find. Please help! Thanx Joe

HP 720 deskjet printer. Un-installed it via the add/remove section in control panel. Then went to the HP 720 file folder and used the program un-installer. I then realized i should have done it via the un-install feature in the HP file folder first. Now when I try to install my software again...

HP 720 deskjet printer. Heres what i did. I sold the printer to a firend who backed out of the deal. B4 he backed out, i uninstalled the printer software thru ADD/REMOVE programs (mistake??) I then went into programs and used the uninstaller associated with the printer software. When I hooked...