re: frozen screen
Monday, April 2, 2007 at 6:11 am
Windows Me Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Ed
(659 messages posted)
Firstly, you might try booting into Safe Mode and uninstalling spywebroot and Norton
2006, if they were what caused the problem.
Probably the system is not powerful enough to cope with being forced to run those
programs. You won't be able to run modern software on an old, slow P3 processor.
And probably you have too many programs running automatically at startup. You can't
run a lot of programs at the same time on an old, slow P3 processor. Go to START
> PROGRAMS > STARTUP and delete the shortcuts there, to stop unnecessary programs
from running automatically. Only start programs you are actually using, when you
actually need them.
Secondly, if the above doesn't solve the problem, try booting to DOS (using a bootable
Win ME floppy from http://www.bootdisk.com)
and typing the following at the C:\ prompt -
SCANREG /RESTORE
and follow the instructions on your screen. Try to restore the *oldest* backup of
the registry (they're listed by date), as that's the one with the best chance of
being from before the problem arose.
Thirdly, if the above doesn't solve the problem, try using Win ME's "system restore"
function to return the system to a point before the problem arose, if you have System
Restore enabled in your PC.
For details, do a google search on the phrase "System Restore in Windows ME" at www.google.com
Finally, if nothing else works, you can reinstall Windows ME even though you have
no installation CD, by following the instructions in this post:
http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/winme/1081893868
This is the "nuclear" option though. You will lose all your settings, and will therefore
have to reinstall your PC's hardware, and all programs. You *must* have the original
setup disks and CDs to hand in order to do this.
You *must* also have your "product key" (serial number) to hand. Get it by going
to START > SETTINGS > CONTROL PANEL > SYSTEM and then write it down on a piece of
paper. It's the twenty digit string of numbers and letters under the heading "Registered
to:" on the 'General' tab.
You might want to post here again for further suggestions before reinstalling Windows,
as that is a bit of a drastic solution (and doesn't always work).
Ed
On Thursday, March 29, 2007 at 9:06 pm, penny wrote:
>I am trying to get an older P3 computer to work for my 5 yr old son for learning
>games and internt games. We too had repaired our computer 2 yrs ago and upgraded???
>us to windows me ( no Disks). It was slow and would freeze on closing some game.
>we recently purchased a wireless router D link I am using the USB craddle, installed
>spywebroot and Nortons2006 form our new computer. The old P3 froze I can work
it
>in safe mode except for the d drive no disks will start from it. Any suggestions?????
>Just learning
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- frozen screen (penny: Thursday, March 29, 2007 at 10:06 pm)
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