Windows ME and Windows Media Player9

Hi all, I just wanted to let everybody know of this problem. II have Windows ME on my system, so I upgraded to IE6 and OE6 along with the brand new Media Player 9. For some reason,(still unknown) my internet connection started acting up, niether the tech at Charter Communications or I could find the problem. So he suggested it was a software problem, and maybe I should uninstall IE6 and reinstall. I did, and that's when the real nightmare started. The uninstall left me with missing .DLL files, Windows wouldn't boot. I got it started with startup disk only to find powrprof.dll and winspool.dll were still missingand still had connection problems. I replaced the files, got the tech back on the phone.....this time he suggested I reinstall Windows ME.
So I'm 3/4 finished with the installation when I get this error: "SUWIN caused a general protection fault in modual VERX.DLL . When I closed it I was left with a dos prompt, it wouldn't finish. I finally,after lots of searching, found a newsgroup with the anwser. Here's the post and the reply:



hi...
well when ever i re-install windows ME... it get's to 60%
done there's this error that pops up with Suwin.... and i
can't re-install windows.... Now my computer always has
this error with powrprov.dll, and winspool.drv...... what
can i do to fix this?






Someone else had this problem (as did I). See if this
looks like your problem.

Darn, wish I'd seen this before I went through 4 weeks of
h*ll trying to get the PC to work correctly. I
experienced the exact same problem(s).
Barry

>-----Original Message-----
>VERX.DLL error
>You appear to be attempting an in place re-install of Win
Me over a system
>where a beta of Windows Media Player 9 had previously
been installed without
>having first removed it (not easy I know) before
attempting an in place
>reinstall of Win Me. Boot to DOS using a floppy and
delete or rename the file
>wmploc.dll in the windows\system folder and then try
reinstalling Win Me.
>This should work and now allow you to reinstall Win Me
although you may well
>still have some problems with WMP.
>
>It is also possible if not probable that you also
installed IE6 and this also
>needs to be uninstalled before re-installing Win Me. If
this is the case you
>might want to have a look at MS KB 312474 - "How to
Remove Internet Explorer
>6.0 or Outlook Express 6.0 Before You Reinstall Windows "
>(http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=312474) and 312451 -
"How to Remove
>Internet Explorer 6 by Reinstalling
>Windows "(http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=312451) and
also KB 293907 - "How
>to Uninstall Internet Explorer 6"
(http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=293907).
>
>If it is now to late to remove IE6 and after completing
your re-install you
>have problems due to the resulting version soup between
IE5.5 and IE6 please
>post back and I or someone else can give some guidance as
to how best to
>proceed.


I hope this helps someone out. I can see where it could be a common problem, but Microsoft doesn't have any info on it on the help pages. They got lots of other Suwin issues though.



Blu

 

Thanks
Im going to post a reply so this message will stay at the top
longer----just incase someone need it

Lonny