halfrek, loadqm was one of the programs that was causing defrag to repeatedly restart on my Windows ME laptop.
Raise your hand if 'ew.'
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dcp - Nov 29, 2004 5:13:05 pm PST #250 of 10003
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
dcp - Nov 29, 2004 5:20:04 pm PST #251 of 10003
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
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.
halfrek - Nov 29, 2004 5:41:01 pm PST #252 of 10003
The appearance of things change according to the emotions and thus we see magic and beauty in them,
while the magic and beauty are really in ourselves.--Kahlil Gibran
dcp, that explains why i could not shut it down. *hee*
what is loadqm? can it be deleted? or stopped? it wasnt even shutdown by the SafeMode.
and why do these computers have to be such pains in the arses? gah!
dcp - Nov 29, 2004 5:50:33 pm PST #253 of 10003
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
Loadqm is a "queue manager" that you can safely disable.
Short term disable:
CTRL-ALT-DEL, single-left-click on loadqm and click the End Task button.
Long term disable:
Go to Start->Run and type in
msconfig
and click Okay.
Click on the "Startup" tab.
Scroll down the list to loadqm and un-check it.
Click the Okay button to exit the System Configuration Utility, and then reboot.
Rob - Nov 29, 2004 5:55:25 pm PST #254 of 10003
is there a way to see if the file is a protected wmv?
I don't know how to tell that from a PC.
halfrek - Nov 29, 2004 6:01:35 pm PST #255 of 10003
The appearance of things change according to the emotions and thus we see magic and beauty in them,
while the magic and beauty are really in ourselves.--Kahlil Gibran
Rob, wouldnt that be in the file properties? how do you tell on a Mac?
dcp, if i do the permanent disable will it screw up anything important? and why do they put that on the machine if it seriously messes up important things like disk defrag or scan disk?
why yes, i am full of....questions
dcp - Nov 29, 2004 6:09:05 pm PST #256 of 10003
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
No, you can always go back and re-check it. But what happens more commonly is that the next time you update your MSNMessenger or Internet Explorer or some other MS component it will be re-installed or re-activated.
As to why--well, it's Microsoft. Probably someone somewhere sometime said, "Ah, it's not that big a deal, and it's not worth the resources to fix it right."
halfrek - Nov 29, 2004 6:20:35 pm PST #257 of 10003
The appearance of things change according to the emotions and thus we see magic and beauty in them,
while the magic and beauty are really in ourselves.--Kahlil Gibran
As to why--well, it's Microsoft. Probably someone somewhere sometime said, "Ah, it's not that big a deal, and it's not worth the resources to fix it right."
true...sad but true.
as for the updating...that computer has no internet access. so that wont be happening any time soon. *g*
Rob - Nov 29, 2004 6:24:47 pm PST #258 of 10003
how do you tell on a Mac?
I try to play it. If I use Windows Media Player, it tells me that I'm out of luck. If I use VLC, it just doesn't play.
halfrek - Nov 29, 2004 6:59:48 pm PST #259 of 10003
The appearance of things change according to the emotions and thus we see magic and beauty in them,
while the magic and beauty are really in ourselves.--Kahlil Gibran
I try to play it. If I use Windows Media Player, it tells me that I'm out of luck. If I use VLC, it just doesn't play.
i so didnt see the obvious answer. *g* i was thinking it was something more high-tech than that. simple. i like that. ;)