M.s Windows M.e

[tin_tinr]

i am having a problem with m.e for some reason
whenever i try to shut down my p.c it keeps
restarting if it helps any im running an athlon 1.4 c.p.u
abit kt7a motherboard . i eagerly await some help thanks

 

[Shadowsong22]

Hmmm, I'll have to check but I might have a clue what's wrong. What happened before this started or did it just start doing this on it's own?

 

[tin_tinr]

Hmmm, I'll have to check but I might have a clue what's wrong. What happened before this started or did it just start doing this on it's own?

was running 98 se and then upgraded to m.e and then it just started rebooting on its own.
have tried deleting and reinstalling m.e but the problem just reoccurs

 

[Shadowsong22]

was running 98 se and then upgraded to m.e and then it just started rebooting on its own.
have tried deleting and reinstalling m.e but the problem just reoccurs

Hmm, sounds right. I had that problem awhile back too. There's a patch/fix for it, let me see if I can find it.

 

[Shadowsong22]

Okay, try this link. This should fix it.

http://www.microsoft.com/windows98/downloads/contents/WURecommended/S_WUFeatured/Win98SE/

 

[Weird Harold]

i am having a problem with m.e for some reason
whenever i try to shut down my p.c it keeps
restarting if it helps any im running an athlon 1.4 c.p.u
abit kt7a motherboard . i eagerly await some help thanks

Is it immediately restarting, or just coming on at "random" times?

If it's coming on at random times, Win ME probably reset your power management settings to Wake Up on modem activity, mouse activity, or keyboard activity.

I'd start with double checking the power managment scheme to make sure everything there is set the way you want it in either case.

Shadowsong22, your link is for fixing the before configuration -- ie Win 98SE. Does it solve the same problem for Win ME? Especially since the problem didn't exist with Win 98 SE?

 

[tin_tinr]

Re: Re: M.s Windows M.e

Is it immediately restarting, or just coming on at "random" times?

If it's coming on at random times, Win ME probably reset your power management settings to Wake Up on modem activity, mouse activity, or keyboard activity.

I'd start with double checking the power managment scheme to make sure everything there is set the way you want it in either case.

Shadowsong22, your link is for fixing the before configuration -- ie Win 98SE. Does it solve the same problem for Win ME? Especially since the problem didn't exist with Win 98 SE?

when i go to my start bar click on shutdown then press ok
it shuts down then immediately restarts

 

[Weird Harold]

Re: Re: Re: M.s Windows M.e

when i go to my start bar click on shutdown then press ok
it shuts down then immediately restarts

I'm not sure what Win ME's shutdown menu looks like, 'cause I don't use it that often. However, win 98 SE's shutdown menu (see attachement) has a radio button to choose to do exactly what your system is doing. ("Restart") Whichever option was last chosen is the default for the NEXT time you shutdown.

So, dumb question of the day -- Do you have it set to restart instead of shutdown, Standby, or restart in DOS mode?

 

[tin_tinr]

Re: Re: Re: Re: M.s Windows M.e

I'm not sure what Win ME's shutdown menu looks like, 'cause I don't use it that often. However, win 98 SE's shutdown menu (see attachement) has a radio button to choose to do exactly what your system is doing. ("Restart") Whichever option was last chosen is the default for the NEXT time you shutdown.

So, dumb question of the day -- Do you have it set to restart instead of shutdown, Standby, or restart in DOS mode?

the answer is sometimes a simple solution , but
unfortunately not this time the shutdown menu is slightly different on m.e but i definetly shutdown

 

[mcveigh]

Hi i'm new here and this is my first post.
1) windows ME is probably the most hated MS operating system ever, so you may hear a lot of people telling you to upgrade. (personally I reccomend windows 2000, and XP once service pack 1 has come out)

anyways my queastion is, when you say you deleted ME did you do a full reinstall? formatting you HD or not?

also check your bios settings, under power settings there may be an option to automatically restart after a power loss, make sure that is not selected.

Let us know what happens.
good luck!
Seth

 

[tin_tinr]

Hi i'm new here and this is my first post.
1) windows ME is probably the most hated MS operating system ever, so you may hear a lot of people telling you to upgrade. (personally I reccomend windows 2000, and XP once service pack 1 has come out)

anyways my queastion is, when you say you deleted ME did you do a full reinstall? formatting you HD or not?

also check your bios settings, under power settings there may be an option to automatically restart after a power loss, make sure that is not selected.

Let us know what happens.
good luck!
Seth

no i didnt do a full reinstall . would you reccomend doing a boot up disk and then format my h.d and start from scratch?

 

[mcveigh]

first check the bios settings related to power control

yes try a clean install, fdsik the hard drive, then install. make sure you have a full copy of ME not an upgrade (unless you have a copy of win98, should ask for it during install if you have a upgrade version of ME)

Seth

 

[max_dylen]

hey im running a k7 amd 1.4 and i also have problems, althought im using win 98 , it doesnt seem to wanna shut down sometimes or restart it just sits at that your computer is shutting/restarting screen

 

[Weird Harold]

althought im using win 98 ,

Sounds like you're the one that needs Shadowsong22's link for the Win 98 patch.

http://www.microsoft.com/windows98/downloads/contents/WURecommended/S_WUFeatured/Win98SE/

 

[SXCRgirl]

I use Win ME and I absolutely hate it. I've downloaded the upgrades and stuff from the Microsuck website and it has gotten a bit better. I liked Windows 98. But, when I bought my laptop last year, it came with Win ME, so I had to live with it. *shrug*

 

[mcveigh]

you can find copies of windows 2000 for under a $150.00 dollars now.

actually you can find copies of winXP home (which is based on windows 2000, most people won't need some of the extra functions in the professional version.)for 90.

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduct.asp?submit=manufactory&catalog=90&manufactory=1149&DEPA=1

If you're really kinky you can try linux!

 

[Guest]

Theres a sure fire way to get fix it.... get rid of ME and upgrade to XP. ME is just a hunk of junk as far as I'm concerned.