Millennium conlficts?

[Susan Hathaway]

Hello all!

I'm at the end of my rope. Purchased a custom-built computer that came with Millennium (one month too early for XP) and could not use dial-ip access. Couldn't do scan disk or defrag either. Tried XP; same problems. Went to cable modem and online problems cleared up but not the other issues. FINALLY, after a year-and-a-half, turned out to be a bad hard drive. Replaced it and am still having the same issues.

When I reloaded software, it seemed things were fine until I got to PageMaker and Photoshop. Are there known issues with these applications or particular components therein?

Constant Safe Mode occurrances; couldn't load drivers, etc., etc. I'd appreciate any advice; the system is down for the count (using a friend's).

[jtdoom]

hi

I suggest you run a memory tester on the machine
this site has a free tool
you could create the floppy , but when you scroll down a bit, you find it even has a zipped ISO so you could burn yourself a bootable memory test CDROM.
http://www.memtest86.com/

bad memory cells on a stick can manifest itself in various ways.
it can corrupt data (you have a new hard drive) during extraction (for instance; during setup)

it's worth getting a tester, and this one is free

simmtester has one too
(but you have to register)