WINDOWS ME PROBLEM, PLZ HELP!!!

[gizz]

I have tried everything I can think of, though I'm computer blonde. Is there anyone out there that can get the numbers to apear, I can't seem to get mine to work, it's sad when I can't tell how many planes, sqds, tanks, supply, or anything that I have, makes for moving men around very hard. Also to tell how much damage i have dished out to the enemy. Thanks for the help in my other forum, but it was a no go, not for lack of trying though. Please remember that my system is windows ME, any other windows system doesn't seem to change the windows ME config. I'm at wits end, plz send help. Thank you Gizz

[Capt. Harlock]

gizz,

A bit of bad news. In Windows 9X, as in Windows 3.1 and DOS before it, the key to solving memory problems is often the CONFIG.SYS file. Unfortunately, in Windows ME this is NOT true: ME ignores everything in CONFIG.SYS except minor things like SHELL commands. The important settings are now ferreted off somewhere in the registry, and the only way to get to them is to use the System Configuration Utility.

If you're feeling adventurous, or if you have a friend who is good with computers to guide you, go into System Information and select Tools => System Configuration Utility. For the time being, just head over to the Environment tab. The settings in here are similar to the ones used in the autoexec.bat and config.sys files, but they no longer use an equal sign [=]. So, for example, if you originally had Stacks=0,0 (an excellent idea) in your startup files, you will now need to add a new variable (New button), put in the variable (in this case, stacks) and then the value (in this case, 0,0). Go through your old autoexec.bat and config.sys files and insert any of these performance settings into the Environment tab using this method.

A second choice would be to create, or get a friend to create, a floppy disk to allow you to boot directly into DOS. (Don't forget to load a mouse driver when you do this!)

One final thing that might help someone else to help you: use the MEM command in a DOS window, but this time turn on your printer and type:

MEM /C >PRN

Copy the text that the printer spits out, and post it to the forum. This will tell us what you have taking up memory--maybe we can figure out something you don't need.