Help! I work at a library running windows 9X and WinU as a user interface... every time I try to boot up one of my systems it tries to load WinU then says loadqm has performed an illegal operation and has to close.. how do I fix this? All help appreciated!

I would suggest dumping loadqm from all of your "Win9X" machines. Part of MSN messenger & a known resource drainer. You may also want to check your documentation for WinU: " It's easy to set up, easy to use, and virtually impossible to circumvent." Never argue with an idiot. They will only bring you down to their level and beat you with experience

Press F8 repeatedly while booting, after memory count, before Windows starts to load - when the menu appears, choose "Step by Step...." Answer Yes to everything except a command line containing "loadqm" - that should get you to a normal Desktop. Use Start - Run - type: msconfig - OK click on the Startup tab - find the line that loads "loadqm" - disable it by removing the checkmark, OK, reboot - you should boot all the way into Windows. "loadqm" - I've seen that before - MSMessenger? ICQ? Cleansweep? Find that file name on your computer - where it is will tell you the program that uses it. Re-install the program or un-install it. Use MSConfig to disable stuff that doesn't need to be running when you install or uninstall software (you should always do this): - look under Startup tab. Some are default Windows ones - ScanRegistry, System Tray, TaskMonitor, LoadPowerProfile, SchedulingAgent - they are supposed to run all the time, and are necessary for the normal operation of windows - normally they can be left as is. There will also be at least one entry for something to do with your video display adapter, usually identifiable by something indicating a brand or model name of the adapter (e.g. ATI....). If you use a software firewall, there will be at least one entry for that. There will be at least one entry for your anti-virus program (e.g. Norton Anti Virus - name usually starts with NAV). Everything else other than these entries can be disabled by clicking on the box to the left to remove the checkmark.

I think that I'd already mentioned that it was from MSN messenger. Removal instructions are provided in the link - it also comes back whenever MSN is updated. A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject.

Sorry jboy, I missed that. My Nieces keep loading Messenger when they visit, and after they leave I disable loadqm and something else MSN in MSConfig - Startup. One of those two is the ONLY program I have on my computer that always produces a registry error than has to be fixed, every time, when I do this. Some bugs in at least one of those.

Oh, no problem. I thought I'd had it disabled on one machine, but a recent post led me to the link above. "... this is still one of the worst behaved Microsoft programs !" The more crap you put up with, the more crap you're going to get. --Dilbert rules of management