pc/screen freezing up (usually in 1st 20mins)

[SPQR33]

Happened across your thread. As you have found out, Win ME (Mickeymouse Edition) is the worst garbage OS ever offered to an unsuspecting public that M$ ever created.

You have 512 MB ram. Remember, that Win ME is still DOS. DOS has two built in choke points of 64K each, and 512 MB of memory overwhelms it regularly.

Try going to Start-Run and type MSCONFIG in the box. In the Advanced tab, limit memory usage to 128 MB (the minimum needed to run Win ME) and then 256 MB and finally 384 MB. Also in MSCONFIG, in the Start-up tab, shut off any processes you may not be need, except for *Statemgr, and your Virus protection items. Doing so will turn off programs that are running in the background that consume much memory. They will run when you call for them as needed.

In the Win.ini tab, click the + box next to Windows to expand it. Uncheck any items that have Run= or Start= or Load= next to them. This will make Win ME more stable, such as it is.

Let me know if this helps.
[email protected]
spqr33


I have Win ME also and as you have found out, you will soon wear out the Start button on your machine from all of the lock ups you will have.