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Problem with Windows ME "Freezing"

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by geoff59

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I am using a software program called Framework 7 and when I type or do things in it the computer stops momentarily. When I type letters they will appear on the screen and then suddenly they stop appearing for say 1-3 seconds and they they appear again. Sometimes it freezes for a longer period. Even in Windows this happens. I used msconfig and used selective start-up but ran into problems re-starting the computer. When I used Diagnostic Start-up and re-started the computer it showed a problem with dial-up Adaptor in System-Device manager. The message says "The device is not working properly because Windows cannot load the file (ndis.VxD) that loads the drives for the device (Code 8). To fix this problem run Windows Setup again using your CD ROM." I have re-installed ME 3 times and the same problem is still there. Disabling the device makes no difference. I have now gone into Selective Start-up and clicked all except "Load static VxD's" and the computer is working normally. How do I find what the problem is and then solve the problem.

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by thechas

Can you detail the system hardware for us?

Take a look at the system requirements for the software.
As a general rule of thumb, I double the minimum hardware requirements.

Next, there is a known bug in Windows 98 and Me if you have more than 511MB of system RAM.
The "fix" is to switch to Windows 2000 or XP.

For "most" Windows system problems, the first diagnostic step is to check for a newer driver for your video card.
This is critical if you have installed IE 6 or DirectX 9.
If the latest driver for your video card does NOT support DirectX 9, you can expect problems and may even have a memory leak.

Have you check for viruses?

What about "spy-ware"?
If not, download AdAware from www.lavasoft.de

You say you have re-installed Me 3 times.
Did you simply install Me over itself?
Or did you format the hard drive and perform a clean installation.

At this point, a clean installation may be your best option.
The registry files are apt to be bloated. And, you may have some version conflicts among system files.

Run a system inventory utility such as Belarc Advisor. www.belarc.com

Download the latest drivers for ALL hardware.

Back up your files.

Format your hard drive.

Install Me.

Install the device drivers.

Run Windows Update.

Install your software.

Restore your files.

As a side note: Windows Me is considered to be the least stable and reliable version of Windows.

If your system hardware and budget supports it, it would be worth the effort to upgrade to Windows 2000 or XP.

Chas

by arkilleon

parallel install unix on your system. it'll work like a dream (have no idea how to work it on MS Software).

Sorry
Arkilleon

by geoff59

I searched for and downloaded the drivers for my monitor [Compaq S700]and then went to install the drivers through Start-Settings-Control Panel-Display-Settings-Advanced and when I searched for Monitor to change it I found there was none at all. So I installed my monitor driver files and found that my problem was solved. For some unknown reason Windows ME refused to install a monitor each time I re-installed ME. Then when I started up the omputer ME decided it found new hardware and installed a default monitor so I had to change it back to Compaq S700. Now the computer is working perfectly.

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