[AT] OT - Big computer problem - Update

[Larry D. Goss]

You said everything we needed to know when you said you installed
Windows ME.  Dump it, Mike.  Upgrade to anything else except Windows ME.
Do it soon, do it now!  I fought the same sort of catch-22 situation
with Windows ME as you are currently going through.  What you're
experiencing is a glitch that's built into the software.  I also had a
situation develop where there were errors in the code that it could not
or would not correct.  None of the third party utilities could touch it,
and the system couldn't even run SCANDISK. 

I upgraded to Windows XP and have had none of the problems since then.
Upgrading is NOT a piece of cake, though.  I had to download and install
something on the order of 33 drivers off the Internet to get everything
back to normal.

Larry

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Thanks for all the offers of support, here's what I accomplished last
night. I formatted my hard drive, first running fdisk. Then I installed
windows ME (groan) using the disk that came with the system. Everything
seemed to go fine, except my screen is only shades of gray. When I open
the control panel, my display options are limited to 16 part color. The
desktop also appears a little strange, almost like it's in safe mode,
things are a little bigger. I figured maybe it is a driver issue, and
will play with it more tonight, unless I'm barking up the wrong tree. I
also get assorted error messages, so things still may not be right. Any
thoughts?

Thanks again,
Mike

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