Let's back up a little. EP, please tell us where you are (UK, US, etc) and a little about the computer software. You said it's using Win ME? That's a fairly unstable application as far as OSs go. What programs do you use? Microsoft Office, other productivity software, shareware, email programs, etc? What firewall and/or antivirus software?

For starters: If you will go to http://www.microsoft.com then navigate from the lefthand column to the "Windows Update" page, you can select "scan for updates" to let it check the computer and suggest patches or updates (what Gargoyle was talking about) it might begin to patch the problem that you're experiencing now.

SRS