is there anybody out there who can help me? I'm having the following problems under Win ME... OSA has caused an error in OLE32.DLL OSA will close now Explorer has caused an error in SHELL32.DLL Explorer will close now Explorer has caused an error in MSHTML.DLL Explorer will close now Rundll32 has caused error in KERNEL32.DLL Rundll32 will close now Explorer has caused an error in KERNEL32.DLL Explorer will close now While initializing devices VXDMON. Windows protection error. System halted

Somethings you might try. 1. Do a Start/MSCONFIG and uncheck some backround programs. DO not uncheck scanreg, systemtray,statemgr (system restore). Try running without your virus checker for awhile. This will increase you rescources. 2. Do a start/controlpanel/system/performance/click on graphics and slide the hardeare acceleration down a notch. See if the computer runs better, if not try moving it down somemore. 3. Press Alt + D when the error message is on the screen. It is susposed to tell you what it means, or you can get the error codes meaning through the MS knowledge base.

you have not given any details on your system. how did you install me? was it a full version? an upgrade? more info.

I think "OSA" is a Microsoft Office program. I would uninstall office and see if the computer runs ok. If it still does what it does now, never mind.

go to google.com and enter these error messages in the search bar, it will pull up everything you may need to know. Are you running AOL 5.0 or 6.0 on your system? If so, be aware that me and aol 5 and 6 have a compatability problem. You can down load the patch you need from http://support.microsoft.com/support/KB/Articles/q272/0/16.asp also, if it has been six months or more since your last format, then back up your personal files and perform an fdisk, format, and reinstall. After you have completed this, remove ghost drivers from safe mode and remove optional items from your startup menu in msconfig.

before you do the reformat, try to reinstall windows into a different subdirectory... that way you will keep your data, but you will have to reinstall your programs.... in any case back up before doing anything regards Miro

TQ for you guys responsed... I had re -fdisk / format / installing Win ME. And there is where I got all the long list messages. I had changed the motherboard and RAM but the errors still occured. I did changed to WIN `98 and it works fine ( except for REGSVR32 error message ). Im using ME (OEM), 128MB RAM , GFXCELL Motherboard, 30gb Quantum Hard Disk , Intel Pentium III 866. pLS HELP ME