> I just installed Windows ME for the first time.
>
> Everything was working fine for a couple of days... until today.
>
>         This morning, I installed several freeware games that have worked
fine on Win9x
> computers. I don't remember if I restarted the computer after installing
the games, but I
> think I did.
>         This evening, I temporarily hooked up a CD-RW drive (IDE) and
installed Adaptec Direct CD
> and Take Two for the purpose of making a restore disk set.
>         After installing Direct CD (before I even installed Take Two) when
the program went to
> restart the computer, it hung for a long time, and then got a blue screen
with the message
> below. I made my restore disks, un-installed Direct CD and Take Two, but
now every time I
> try to restart, the computer hangs.
>         I tried to close all open programs and restart with the same
results.
>
> Windows
>
> An error has occurred. To continue:
>
> Press Enter to return to Windows, or
>
> Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart your computer. If you do this, you will lose
any unsaved
> information in all open applications.
>
> Error: 0C : F00 : 0000BA2F
>
>         Press any key to continue
>
>
> Does anyone have any experience with this?
>
>       Elizabeth Boston
>    Moderator/Senior Editor

Elizabeth
I have not encountered any such problems, but there are a couple of things
to look at here. First of all, try uninstalling the freeware programs that
you installed. Though they may have worked fine on Win9x, they may not
necessarily be stable on ME, specially if they are DOS programs, since ME
has done away with DOS. Also, I would advise against using any third party
restoration programs as this can sometimes conflict with ME's own System
Restore Function.

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