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Upgrading to Win Me

For best results, I recommend a clean install of the new operating system to a new or newly formatted hard drive.  Remove all out of box peripherals and PCI cards except for video. If your keyboard and mouse are PS/2 capable, install them in PS/2 mode, (you can remove in Safe Mode and install them in USB mode after the OS is installed correctly).   Install PCI cards such as sound NIC and modem one at a time after the OS is installed.  Monitor IRQ assignments after every device installation to avoid conflicts.  Install out of box peripherals including USB devices last.

If you choose to update to WinMe from Win98 or Win95 you MUST first disconnect and uninstall all USB devices except for the keyboard and/or mouse. 

Upgrading from WinME to Win2000 is NOT Supported

 

Make a BOOT Disk with CDROM Support

Download the boot disk image and click on the program file to extract to a floppy

Download Floppy Image

 

Removing ACPI

ACPI active can be the source of problems in Win ME.  Windows ME automatically installs in ACPI mode if an ACPI BIOS is detected.  Unfortunately, Win ME does NOT handle ACPI very well and IRQ sharing with this OS is problematic.  If USB is sharing its IRQ with IRQ Holder for ACPI Steering and several other devices you will need to install the OS in APM mode as outlined below.

  • Reinstall Windows by starting the system using the boot floppy with CDROM support.  

  • From the A:\ prompt start Windows from the CDROM

  • D:\setup /p i when D:\ is the drive letter of the floppy.

  • If your hard drive is running from a High Point, Promise or ATA 66 or 100 controller, the drive will not be recognized at bootup and you will need to come back a letter.

  • A clean reinstall is recommended

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Drivers

Windows Me is the last version of the Win98 Operating System.  Many Win98SE peripheral drivers will work on systems running the Me operating system, some will not.  If you are experiencing problems with a USB device that requires non-native drivers, check with the manufacturer for a WinMe version of the software and drivers.

List of WIA Supported Devices for WinMe

WinMe System Files Needed for Some Devices

Download  the file(s) to a Floppy Disk and point the Hardware Wizard to look in A:\ when prompted.  These files are located, in compressed form, on your WinMe CD in Win9x/BASE2  For WinMe ONLY

 

Green ? on Lucent USB Host Controller

 

WindowsMe Resources

 

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USB General Troubleshooting WinMe

Q269138 ErrMsg: The Driver NT1003.SYS Is Not Compatible w/ Windows Me

Q268170 ErrMsg Appears When Plugging in the Iomega 100 USB Zip Drive

Q268146 Windows Me Detects Floppy Disk Drive When One Is Not Present

Q267860 Roland SuperMPU64 USB Speakers Do Not Play MIDI Music

Q267597 ErrMsg: This Program Does Not Run Correctly on Win Version

Q267491 MP3 Audio Skips When Copying Files with USB Devices

Q267317 Cannot Remove the Driver for the PS/2 Mouse in Device Manager

Q266068 Philips 665 Vesta USB Camera Does Not Install on Windows Me

Q266014 No Drive Letter Assigned to USB or IEEE 1394 Storage Device

Q266013 Keyboard Repeat Rate Not Correspond to Keyboard Property Setting

Q265876 Eject Option for USB Floppy Drives/LS-120 Drives May Not Work

Q265860 Cannot Select Text in Edit.com with Shift Key on USB Keyboard

Q265478 Installing Aureal VXD Drivers May Cause the Removal of USB Audio

Q264523 Midi File Playback Function Does Not Work Correctly

Q264386 Cannot Wake Computer from Standby with USB

Q264338 USB Web Cameras May Cause Hibernate to Work Improperly

Q263796 Windows Me-Based Computer Hangs When You Try to End a Task

Q263764 Error Message or USB Devices Do Not Work After Inserting PC Card

Q262725 Cannot Install PlugWorks 2.3 Speaker Software in Windows Me

Q261842 USB Keyboard Standby Does Not Work in Windows Millennium Edition

Q261822 Logitech PageScan Does Not Work After Upgrade

Q261729 Microtek C6 Does Not Respond, Is Listed As Unknown Device

Q261702 Cannot Format Sony HiFD USB 200 MB Media in Windows Me

Q261696 Out of Bandwidth Message with USB Audio Device

Q261501 USB CD-ROM Does Not Work After You Update the Driver

Q261380 Cannot Install HP PrecisionScan LT 3.0 Software in Windows Me

Q260546 HP USB Printers Must Have HP Software Installed to Print

Q257770 Unable to Change Settings for IntelliPoint Mouse in Windows Me

Q257395 General Purpose Hub for Keyboard Shown as 4-Port Hub

Q256300 USB Input Devices Do Not Work in Safe Mode or Real Mode

Q255954 USB Bandwidth Usage Detection in Windows Me

Q254901 USB Power Exceeded Error Message When Connecting USB Devices

Q278289 Unable to Properly Install a USB Device

Q295966 Cannot Add New Hardware Driver Using Drive A

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04/08/2005

 

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