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by sameh fouad

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I have a Windows NT 4 Domain Network, workstations are W2k, and Windows 98, and one Windows Me.
All are working fine, but the problem is that the Windows Me workstation acts a little bit wierd. Every now and then it handgs. Sometimes I can do nothing but hard reset it, and when I unplug the network cable, after a while a dialog box shows up that tells that it can't find a network source for a dll file from a remote printer folder. It always tries to copy a dll file from another computer even if this remote computer is not a printer server, and it seems that it always fails and causes the computer to hang.
Any idea what's going on, and what am I suppose to do.
By the way, I scanned the network and there was no Viruses.
Thanks

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by mshavrov

This is FREE advice:

Remove Windows Me and install Windows 2000 Pro or Windows 98 SE. It's nothing but pain. I spent many hours trying to troubleshoot different computers with Windows Me, intermitten problems, hangs, reboots, etc. I reinstalled it many times, installed latest patches, drivers, etc. Finally I installed Windows 2000 Professional (where possible), or Windows 98 SE (I think if you have Windows Me License, it should cover Windows 98 installation).

Good luck,

Michael Shavrov
MCSE+I, MCSE W2K, MCDBA, CCNA, CCDA, etc.

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