I first noticed the problem when I downloaded Directx8.1 from the windowsupdate page. Ive never had any problems with windows 3.1, 98; only ME. As far as I'm concerned I just might update to WinXP and while I'm at the store pick up a copy or Norton. Oh, and several people asked me what certain files on my system were holding, so here they are:

Autoexec.bat:

C:\>cd C:\

C:\>type autoexec.bat
SET PATH=C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND
SET PROMPT=$p$g
SET TEMP=C:\WINDOWS\TEMP
SET TMP=C:\WINDOWS\TEMP
SET COMSPEC=C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND.COM
SET windir=C:\WINDOWS
SET winbootdir=C:\WINDOWS

C:\>

Autoexec.nai:
C:\>type autoexec.nai
SET windir=C:\WINDOWS
SET winbootdir=C:\WINDOWS
SET COMSPEC=C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND.COM
SET PROMPT=$p$g
SET TEMP=C:\WINDOWS\TEMP
SET TMP=C:\WINDOWS\TEMP
SET PATH=C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND;C:\PROGRA~1\DELL\RESOLU~1\COMMON\BIN;C:\P
ROGRA~1\DELL\RESOLU~1\COMMON\BIN

C:\>