Computer meets its doom

[BlazinDragon]

In the last 1-3 hours my computer has gotten so many errors its going downhill into nothing. It all started with i think downloading essential windows ME Updates, or re-activating Comet Cursor. Anyways i started getting errors with WMPDXM.DLL then after that none of my folders on my windows desktop will open. i cant get to any folders in the run box or the find or control panel. Ive tried everything even system restore and it dosent respond. Im thinking of -installing the computer, but i would be loosing alot of ESSENTIAL computer information, like EXTREMELY IMPORTANT video files from a camera. I hope anyone can help me im in a state of a nervous breakdown :p help :p

Vital Stats:

OS: Windows Millenium Eddition
How long?: 1-3 hours
happened b4?: No
Restarted?: Yes
System Restore?: Tried, but failed
Need help?: Hell yes

[Cpp]

I do not know what the problem is here but you may want to create a dual boot and recover the important data before you go for a complete format.

[BlazinDragon]

explain to me, an amature computer person plz, i have alot of erros and i cannot open any folders. Which contain important info which i cannot save onto any disc or CD.

[Trafton]

Might <a href="http://www.newbie.org/help/messages/5330.html">this</a> help?

(NOTE: I cannot look through it all, so I cannot verify if there are any obscenities within this link. I doubt there are any, but do not go there if you are offended by them just in case.)

P.S. ...Must there be a poll in each topic you post? It tends to take up space and lacks much purpose...

~ Traft

[Link]

Windows Me is known to be very buggy and bad. That's the first problem. Once you get your system back into a semi-working state, I recommend updating to Windows 2000 or XP.

Comet Cursor is probably not helping. It is a spyware-infested useless program. If you want to change your cursor, do it the normal way (through Windows control panel).

WMPDXM.DLL sounds like a Windows Media Player -related file. Try uninstalling Windows Media Player and see if that helps.

Since normal mode doesn't seem to be working very well, boot into Safe Mode and do stuff from there. To do this, press F8 right after your BIOS finishes and choose "Safe Mode" from the menu. (It sometimes also works to hold the Ctrl key down right after you turn on the computer, and hold it down until the menu appears.)

In Safe Mode, the computer should be in a slightly more stable state. Disable startup items by going Start->Run and typing "msconfig". Go to the rightmost tab within this program and uncheck everything. Nothing in this location is essential for the computer to work. Now reboot into normal mode and see if the problems still occur.

If they do, the best course of action would be a Windows reinstall, or better yet a format and reinstall. If they do not occur, one of the items you unchecked in msconfig was causing the problem. Systematically start enabling some of those things again until you figure out what was causing the problem.

If Safe Mode also has the problems, Windows is definitely corrupted. The only thing you can do is reinstall it. Reinstalling Windows will not destroy existing data on the hard drive, except in the Windows directory.

(Do not post polls in this forum please.)

EDIT: Trafton posted while I was typing this message, so try the suggestions on the site he linked to before trying mine.

[BlazinDragon]

I am extremely happy to say my computer has been fixed (probably temorairly) but still its t3h fixors!

Thx for any help you guys provided