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I need help on installing a Windows XP upgrade to a Windows ME machine. The computer is a Micron Systems IBM-compatible machine with 640.0 mb RAM and a 667 MHz CPU clock. I'm getting the following error after the Windows XP setup restarts the computer: A problem has been detected and windows has been shut down to prevent damage to your computer If this is the first time you've seen this Stop error screen, restart your computer. If this screen appears again, follow these steps: Check for viruses on your computer. Remove any newly-installed hard drives or hard drive controllers....

Excerpt - Microsoft again warned today that customers face security risks if they use some of its ageing operating systems after it ends support for them next month. The systems affected are Windows 98, Windows 98 Second Edition and Windows Millennium Edition. Support will end on 11 July, the next date for Microsoft's monthly security patches and software updates. Security updates will also end, a posting on the Microsoft Security Response Center said. ~ snip ~

At PC World, we spend most of our time talking about products that make your life easier or your work more productive. But it's the lousy ones that linger in our memory long after their shrinkwrap has shriveled, and that make tech editors cry out, "What have I done to deserve this?" Still, even the worst products deserve recognition (or deprecation). So as we put together our list of World Class winners for 2006, we decided also to spotlight the 25 worst tech products that have been released since PC World began publishing nearly a quarter-century ago. Picking our list...

My OE server times out when "receiving list of messages from server". I have upped the server timeout to 5 minutes and made a rule telling OE not to download any big emails. I've been through the whole troubleshooting section on OE help. I ran a virus scan, none detected. Any other suggestions? Besides buying a mac? ;-) (I've had a mac and didn't like it - and the modem blew, which supposedly never happens on a mac) Thanks!