Re: Windows ME

The message <df3tlu$j2f$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
from "citizen142" <citizen142@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> contains these words:

> Can anyone point me to a link concerning Repairing Windows ME? She
> says system restore isn't working, defrag won't work and scan disk
> won't work. From what I have read in the past its not the most stable

You'd not be wrong there, mate. It wasn't for nothing that the initials
'ME' were understood to be an acronym for "Monumental Error".

> of operating systems and think she would be better off using XP but

Assuming the ram size is at least 128MB, I'd say win2k would be the
best OS upgrade option to be contemplating rather than that abomination
known as winXP (basically a badly broken version of win2k).

> she lives way up country so she needs some on-line advice. She admits
> she hasn't updated anything for ages, i.e. Spybot, Adaware or AVG - so
> a nasty crept in? Any ideas?

AVG will normally keep itself updated automatically so that should have
just left SpyBot and Ad-Aware possibly out of date (versionwise as well
as their databases).

Since the main problem these days is 'scumware' rather than 'viruses'
detectable by most AV programs, this could well be the problem (or, at
the very least, the initiator of the problem).

The other problem areas, especially in the case of large fat32 boot
partiton space, is the insane default data size limit in IE's cache
setting and the accumulation of dross in the system temp folder.

Of course, as another poster has pointed out, she could have run very
low on free disk space. However, this is all (almost totally) pointless
speculation and you won't really know the score unless you can actually
eyeball the system for yourself. However, if "She" is ok at following
telephoned instructions, the hints you've gained here might save the
need for an actual 'on-site' visit.

HTH

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Regards, John.

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