a friend of mine had serious problems with Service Pack 2. Any reason that should be installed?

It's the easiest way of ensuring a years worth of security patches are installed. However, I'm using Windows 2000, so take my advice with a pinch of salt.

halfrek, my mother's computer has Windows ME and it's impossible for us to get it through ScanDisk on the first try. However, if you let it go long enough, it usually goes farther and farther and finally finishes.

dcp this is what i see:

explorer server save wkcalrem loadqm devldr16 systray flashksk wkdetect

when i try to endtask explorer it attempts to do so then it says it is not responding. so then i hit the endtask box that pops up... with all the done it is still there. *thunk*

Daniel C, eye = suck b/c i dont have a spyware checker. the desktop with the Me does not have access to the 'net right now. i will see if i can find a program to dl to disk on the laptop and try it on the desktop. thankfully my laptop has XP.

on another topic...does anyone know of good program to convert wmv.files to something that a Mac can read?

eta Dana, yeah i have done that in the past, but i wanted to put an end to the madness. *g*

does anyone know of good program to convert wmv.files to something that a Mac can read?

I just use the Windows Media Player for the Mac.

on another topic...does anyone know of good program to convert wmv.files to something that a Mac can read?

VLC can play most non-protected WMVs, along with just about everything other format under the sun.

there is a Media player version for Mac? so did NOT know that. i will tell my Mac friend she NEEDS that so i can send her vids. thanks, tommyrot.

explorer server save wkcalrem loadqm devldr16 systray flashksk wkdetect

I'm not dcp, but I play .... *ahem*

The only suspicious looking thing on that list is "server" on a Windows ME box. You obviously run Microsoft Works, but do you also use Front Page?

hmmm, dcp thegrommit, i will try to delete that server thing. unless, um, i shouldnt? i think i do have Works, but nope havent used Frontpage... i didnt think i even had that on there.

thanks Rob, i will also give her that link. is there a way to see if the file is a protected wmv?

halfrek, loadqm was one of the programs that was causing defrag to repeatedly restart on my Windows ME laptop.

serial post to add: In the "Close Program" box invoked by CTRL-ALT-DEL, "Explorer" is not the same program as "Microsoft Internet Explorer."

Leave "Explorer" running, Windows ME needs it to operate your system.