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To: E who wrote (18720)	4/15/2001 2:20:14 PM
From: bosquedog	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110582

Did you recently go to dsl or cable?

To: E who wrote (18720)	4/15/2001 2:41:20 PM
From: Gottfried	Respond to of 110582

E, I have had both types of browser open many times and it never caused a problem. [Win98SE]. Used to own a Compaq which on occasion told me 'disk in use by another program'. Never found the reason. A disk monitoring program like Norton Disk Doctor would be suspect, but since you closed everything that's out. Gottfried

To: E who wrote (18720)	4/15/2001 4:36:05 PM
From: mr.mark	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110582

e you might check to see if you have any of the items mentioned in this ms kb article installed. it looks like they all have compatibility issues with winme... Windows Millennium Edition Setup Blocks the Following Programs and Drivers support.microsoft.com :) mark

To: E who wrote (18720)	4/15/2001 5:37:28 PM
From: PMS Witch	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 110582

At one time, I ran a utility on my machine that told me what files were open, what program had them open, and a little bit of info on each file. Trouble is, I don't remember what this utility is, or where it came from. It could've been downloaded or installed from Windows' CD (Reskit). The good news is that almost everything I've learned about computers came from this thread, so someone here knows about this. If you can find such a utility, you can take a peek at whatever file is being locked. Trace this backwards to the program has the grip on it, and you've narrowed the scope of possible solutions. Cheers, PW.