first the ME version is retail as there were no disks that came with computer for windows ME, it had NT on it, used old ME disk that I no longer use on computer I use now.
There are no programs running etc, firewall is shutdown, no AV was installed, as I did clean install, then downloaded avast and ran into this problem.
On computer I am on now , I run XP with Avast and have no problem. I want to try to use avast in computer with ME.
The Me computer the has setup program on it, I can not transfer to another computer to try to run because It does not have recordable CD drive, think file to large to transfer to my other computer via e-mail.
I am wondering if inthewildteam post might be correct in something to do with dell machine
Might try to install windows ME later if solution can ot be found