music burner problem

[serena]

i currently use musicmatch to burn my cd's. never had a problem before until
i ininstalled jave, which i did reinstall it, and i uninstalled outlook
express which i know is for mail. i currently installed mozilla firefox
because my explorer freezes up on me all the time. now for some reason when
i go to burn a cd, it goes thru all the motion and when i play the disc there
is nothing on it. does anyone know what i can do to fix this? or what i
might have done to cause this??

 

[Heather]

I use MusicMatch Plus, but only to play mp3's. I have never burned a CD
with it. I prefer to use either Nero or Roxio. But MusicMatch has been
sold to Yahoo and perhaps there is some conflict there. Every time I
start MM up, I get an annoying Yahoo message that says *switch now* over
to Yahoo. But that is obviously only for downloading pay mp3's and or
listening to radio, etc.

So.....do you not have Windows Media Player on your computer?? You can
burn CD's with that as well.

I happen to use Firefox as well but you CANNOT remove Outlook Express
because it is part and parcel of Internet Explorer, which is why it is
not working properly. I think you have made a rather bizarre mess out
of your computer!!

Oh well, Mike M will be along if he still has any hair or patience left,
grin. He may be able to tell you how to fix it. I have some things up
my sleeve, but until you get your MS IE and OE mess sorted out, not
about to suggest anything.

Just out of curiosity, why did you remove Java and OE??

Heather

"serena" <serena@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:0E7C8FCF-D9FB-4356-A4A8-92D3504019C8@microsoft.com...
>i currently use musicmatch to burn my cd's. never had a problem before
>until
> i ininstalled jave, which i did reinstall it, and i uninstalled
> outlook
> express which i know is for mail. i currently installed mozilla
> firefox
> because my explorer freezes up on me all the time. now for some
> reason when
> i go to burn a cd, it goes thru all the motion and when i play the
> disc there
> is nothing on it. does anyone know what i can do to fix this? or
> what i
> might have done to cause this??

 

[Mike M]

How did you uninstall Outlook Express? This is an integral part of Win Me
and cannot be uninstalled. I cannot help but given your multitude of
problems wonder what damage you might have done to your system. Please
post full details of what programs you have installed, uninstalled and
updated, since your system last preformed correctly.
--
Mike Maltby
mike.maltby@gmail.com


serena <serena@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> i currently use musicmatch to burn my cd's. never had a problem
> before until i ininstalled jave, which i did reinstall it, and i
> uninstalled outlook express which i know is for mail. i currently
> installed mozilla firefox because my explorer freezes up on me all
> the time. now for some reason when i go to burn a cd, it goes thru
> all the motion and when i play the disc there is nothing on it. does
> anyone know what i can do to fix this? or what i might have done to
> cause this??

 

[serena]

i uninstalled in my control panel java, and outlook express, i figured
outlook was just for mail and i only installed firefox but i reinstalled
java as well. do i need to reinstall somehow outlook? maybe outlook is
still there then, but how do i find out?

"Mike M" wrote:

> How did you uninstall Outlook Express? This is an integral part of Win Me
> and cannot be uninstalled. I cannot help but given your multitude of
> problems wonder what damage you might have done to your system. Please
> post full details of what programs you have installed, uninstalled and
> updated, since your system last preformed correctly.
> --
> Mike Maltby
> mike.maltby@gmail.com
>
>
> serena <serena@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> > i currently use musicmatch to burn my cd's. never had a problem
> > before until i ininstalled jave, which i did reinstall it, and i
> > uninstalled outlook express which i know is for mail. i currently
> > installed mozilla firefox because my explorer freezes up on me all
> > the time. now for some reason when i go to burn a cd, it goes thru
> > all the motion and when i play the disc there is nothing on it. does
> > anyone know what i can do to fix this? or what i might have done to
> > cause this??
>
>

 

[Heather]

Outlook?? or Outlook Express. They are two different things. So which
is it??

And there is NO Outlook/Outlook Express in Control Panel. Come back
when you get your story straight. This is way too confusing!!

HF
"serena" <serena@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:89920935-2003-44C3-B020-0D1EA1318818@microsoft.com...
>i uninstalled in my control panel java, and outlook express, i figured
> outlook was just for mail and i only installed firefox but i
> reinstalled
> java as well. do i need to reinstall somehow outlook? maybe outlook
> is
> still there then, but how do i find out?
>
> "Mike M" wrote:
>
>> How did you uninstall Outlook Express? This is an integral part of
>> Win Me
>> and cannot be uninstalled. I cannot help but given your multitude of
>> problems wonder what damage you might have done to your system.
>> Please
>> post full details of what programs you have installed, uninstalled
>> and
>> updated, since your system last preformed correctly.
>> --
>> Mike Maltby
>> mike.maltby@gmail.com
>>
>>
>> serena <serena@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>>
>> > i currently use musicmatch to burn my cd's. never had a problem
>> > before until i ininstalled jave, which i did reinstall it, and i
>> > uninstalled outlook express which i know is for mail. i currently
>> > installed mozilla firefox because my explorer freezes up on me all
>> > the time. now for some reason when i go to burn a cd, it goes thru
>> > all the motion and when i play the disc there is nothing on it.
>> > does
>> > anyone know what i can do to fix this? or what i might have done
>> > to
>> > cause this??
>>
>>

 

[Mike M]

You need to provide far more information about what you are trying to do,
what you have done and what you are seeing including the full text of all
error messages.

Incidentally my apologies for my comment about Outlook Express. I forgot
that in Win Me that uninstalling Outlook Express is an option (it is not
in XP) and indeed can be uninstalled by unchecking the Outlook Express
checkbox found at Control Panel | Add/Remove Programs | Windows Setup.
--
Mike Maltby
mike.maltby@gmail.com


serena <serena@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> i uninstalled in my control panel java, and outlook express, i figured
> outlook was just for mail and i only installed firefox but i
> reinstalled java as well. do i need to reinstall somehow outlook?
> maybe outlook is still there then, but how do i find ou

 

[serena]

there was one that was in the add/remove programs part of the control panel
heather. i know that outlook express is for mail. so if that was the one
that would have been there, then thats the one that i would have uninstalled.


"Heather" wrote:

> Outlook?? or Outlook Express. They are two different things. So which
> is it??
>
> And there is NO Outlook/Outlook Express in Control Panel. Come back
> when you get your story straight. This is way too confusing!!
>
> HF
> "serena" <serena@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:89920935-2003-44C3-B020-0D1EA1318818@microsoft.com...
> >i uninstalled in my control panel java, and outlook express, i figured
> > outlook was just for mail and i only installed firefox but i
> > reinstalled
> > java as well. do i need to reinstall somehow outlook? maybe outlook
> > is
> > still there then, but how do i find out?
> >
> > "Mike M" wrote:
> >
> >> How did you uninstall Outlook Express? This is an integral part of
> >> Win Me
> >> and cannot be uninstalled. I cannot help but given your multitude of
> >> problems wonder what damage you might have done to your system.
> >> Please
> >> post full details of what programs you have installed, uninstalled
> >> and
> >> updated, since your system last preformed correctly.
> >> --
> >> Mike Maltby
> >> mike.maltby@gmail.com
> >>
> >>
> >> serena <serena@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> > i currently use musicmatch to burn my cd's. never had a problem
> >> > before until i ininstalled jave, which i did reinstall it, and i
> >> > uninstalled outlook express which i know is for mail. i currently
> >> > installed mozilla firefox because my explorer freezes up on me all
> >> > the time. now for some reason when i go to burn a cd, it goes thru
> >> > all the motion and when i play the disc there is nothing on it.
> >> > does
> >> > anyone know what i can do to fix this? or what i might have done
> >> > to
> >> > cause this??
> >>
> >>
>
>
>

 

[serena]

thank you mike. it seems that u do indeed know far more than "others" i am
not getting any type of error messages, this is the problem. it seems that
once i uninstalled the jave, and the outlook express my pc has been acting
funny. such as with the music burner situation. so i thought well maybe its
because i uninstalled the java, so i went to java.com and reinstalled java,
and still the burner will go thru all the motions and will say disc burn
successfull after the burn, then when i try to play it it is blank. i even
uninstalled and reinstalled musicmatch thinking that it might have been them,
but its still the same. i did install mozilla firefox because on some
websites my internet explorer freezes up, but it seems like all of a sudden
things are not working properly after i did the uninstall. and outlook
express i would think should b irrelevant to all of this because it is used
for mail. does this help some or is it getting more confusing for u..im
sorry for all the confusion. but i have no error messages thats why i havent
told u of any

"Mike M" wrote:

> You need to provide far more information about what you are trying to do,
> what you have done and what you are seeing including the full text of all
> error messages.
>
> Incidentally my apologies for my comment about Outlook Express. I forgot
> that in Win Me that uninstalling Outlook Express is an option (it is not
> in XP) and indeed can be uninstalled by unchecking the Outlook Express
> checkbox found at Control Panel | Add/Remove Programs | Windows Setup.
> --
> Mike Maltby
> mike.maltby@gmail.com
>
>
> serena <serena@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> > i uninstalled in my control panel java, and outlook express, i figured
> > outlook was just for mail and i only installed firefox but i
> > reinstalled java as well. do i need to reinstall somehow outlook?
> > maybe outlook is still there then, but how do i find ou
>
>

 

[Mike M]

You say you get no error messages so what EXACTLY happens when you attempt
to create a checkpoint? Please describe exactly what happens at each step
including how you determine that you are unable to create a checkpoint.

For the moment forget about Java, this has NOTHING whatsoever to do with
system restore.

Installing Mozilla should not have caused the problems you mention.
--
Mike Maltby
mike.maltby@gmail.com



serena <serena@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> thank you mike. it seems that u do indeed know far more than
> "others" i am not getting any type of error messages, this is the
> problem. it seems that once i uninstalled the jave, and the outlook
> express my pc has been acting funny. such as with the music burner
> situation. so i thought well maybe its because i uninstalled the
> java, so i went to java.com and reinstalled java, and still the
> burner will go thru all the motions and will say disc burn
> successfull after the burn, then when i try to play it it is blank.
> i even uninstalled and reinstalled musicmatch thinking that it might
> have been them, but its still the same. i did install mozilla
> firefox because on some websites my internet explorer freezes up, but
> it seems like all of a sudden things are not working properly after i
> did the uninstall. and outlook express i would think should b
> irrelevant to all of this because it is used for mail. does this
> help some or is it getting more confusing for u..im sorry for all the
> confusion. but i have no error messages thats why i havent told u of
> any

 

[Heather]

OK, Mike sorted that one out from this end. The problem is that other
than one or two people, we all are using XP. Mike has both. And
Outlook is also a *mail program* which is why you were confusing me. I
have it on this computer but don't use it.

Is it possible that either your CD drive or Musicmatch program have gone
belly up? Mere coincidence, but a distinct possibility.

Listen to what Mike has to say and do try and describe what you are
seeing by way of error messages, etc.

Heather
"serena" <serena@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:91E011FF-3782-41F6-A0F5-913E4D160E31@microsoft.com...
> there was one that was in the add/remove programs part of the control
> panel
> heather. i know that outlook express is for mail. so if that was the
> one
> that would have been there, then thats the one that i would have
> uninstalled.
>
>
> "Heather" wrote:
>
>> Outlook?? or Outlook Express. They are two different things. So
>> which
>> is it??
>>
>> And there is NO Outlook/Outlook Express in Control Panel. Come back
>> when you get your story straight. This is way too confusing!!
>>
>> HF
>> "serena" <serena@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:89920935-2003-44C3-B020-0D1EA1318818@microsoft.com...
>> >i uninstalled in my control panel java, and outlook express, i
>> >figured
>> > outlook was just for mail and i only installed firefox but i
>> > reinstalled
>> > java as well. do i need to reinstall somehow outlook? maybe
>> > outlook
>> > is
>> > still there then, but how do i find out?
>> >
>> > "Mike M" wrote:
>> >
>> >> How did you uninstall Outlook Express? This is an integral part
>> >> of
>> >> Win Me
>> >> and cannot be uninstalled. I cannot help but given your multitude
>> >> of
>> >> problems wonder what damage you might have done to your system.
>> >> Please
>> >> post full details of what programs you have installed, uninstalled
>> >> and
>> >> updated, since your system last preformed correctly.
>> >> --
>> >> Mike Maltby
>> >> mike.maltby@gmail.com
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> serena <serena@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > i currently use musicmatch to burn my cd's. never had a problem
>> >> > before until i ininstalled jave, which i did reinstall it, and i
>> >> > uninstalled outlook express which i know is for mail. i
>> >> > currently
>> >> > installed mozilla firefox because my explorer freezes up on me
>> >> > all
>> >> > the time. now for some reason when i go to burn a cd, it goes
>> >> > thru
>> >> > all the motion and when i play the disc there is nothing on it.
>> >> > does
>> >> > anyone know what i can do to fix this? or what i might have
>> >> > done
>> >> > to
>> >> > cause this??
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>>
>>

 

[Joan Archer]

Mike I know that things are very confusing at the moment with serena but I
think your last post went to the wrong thread <g>

--
Joan Archer
http://www.freewebs.com/crossstitcher
http://lachsoft.com/photogallery

"Mike M" <No_Spam@Corned_Beef.Only> wrote in message
news:uqA1JueuIHA.5832@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> You say you get no error messages so what EXACTLY happens when you attempt
> to create a checkpoint? Please describe exactly what happens at each step
> including how you determine that you are unable to create a checkpoint.
>
> For the moment forget about Java, this has NOTHING whatsoever to do with
> system restore.
>
> Installing Mozilla should not have caused the problems you mention.
> --
> Mike Maltby
> mike.maltby@gmail.com
>
>
>
> serena <serena@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
>> thank you mike. it seems that u do indeed know far more than
>> "others" i am not getting any type of error messages, this is the
>> problem. it seems that once i uninstalled the jave, and the outlook
>> express my pc has been acting funny. such as with the music burner
>> situation. so i thought well maybe its because i uninstalled the
>> java, so i went to java.com and reinstalled java, and still the
>> burner will go thru all the motions and will say disc burn
>> successfull after the burn, then when i try to play it it is blank.
>> i even uninstalled and reinstalled musicmatch thinking that it might
>> have been them, but its still the same. i did install mozilla
>> firefox because on some websites my internet explorer freezes up, but
>> it seems like all of a sudden things are not working properly after i
>> did the uninstall. and outlook express i would think should b
>> irrelevant to all of this because it is used for mail. does this
>> help some or is it getting more confusing for u..im sorry for all the
>> confusion. but i have no error messages thats why i havent told u of
>> any
>

 

[Mike M]

Joan,

Confusing yes but I was responding to serena's comment "i am not getting
any type of error messages" and expanding that to include none when using
system restore. We'll just have to wait and see if she returns. I hope
she does, and then we will hopefully get system restore working and then
move on from there. I'd prefer to have the SR lifeline working before
digging further.

Cheers (K getting any sleep?)
--
Mike

Joan Archer <archer_joan@nospam.com> wrote:

> Mike I know that things are very confusing at the moment with serena
> but I think your last post went to the wrong thread <g>

 

[Joan Archer]

OK I only mentioned it because her post underneath is dealing with System
Restore and this one was about her music burner problems so I thought
perhaps you'd sent it to the wrong thread <g>

As for Kelly I don't think she got much last night as he was apparently
awake for most of it <g> they came over today for a while so I got the
chance to actually hold him and got copies of all the photos she had on her
camera put on here <g>
Joan

--
Joan Archer
http://www.freewebs.com/crossstitcher
http://lachsoft.com/photogallery

"Mike M" <No_Spam@Corned_Beef.Only> wrote in message
news:uYs#$VruIHA.5520@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> Joan,
>
> Confusing yes but I was responding to serena's comment "i am not getting
> any type of error messages" and expanding that to include none when using
> system restore. We'll just have to wait and see if she returns. I hope
> she does, and then we will hopefully get system restore working and then
> move on from there. I'd prefer to have the SR lifeline working before
> digging further.
>
> Cheers (K getting any sleep?)
> --
> Mike
>
> Joan Archer <archer_joan@nospam.com> wrote:
>
>> Mike I know that things are very confusing at the moment with serena
>> but I think your last post went to the wrong thread <g>
>