ME to XP problem

Hi....I shoot with two 10D's and send my jpegs online to my lab. The lab has a neat site and I crop and order online and get them back in two days with superb quality. I just bought photoshop CS and found out that it does not support ME. So, I bought ME and installed it. I tried to down load Java and this enables the lab program to run. I hit my lab icon and it says Java loading and after 15 seconds, nothing happens. It used to bring up the lab program and I started loading pictures and sent them in. Now, I can't get it to work at all. Any advice would be appreciated and I know we have a vast number of people who know far more than me on the forum. I have a cable modem. Thanks to any reply. I am stumped!!!! Now, I have to burn them and send them to the lab which adds several days.

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[quality. I just bought photoshop CS and found out that it does not support ME. So, I bought ME and installed it.

Do you mean you bought XP?
I hope you did a clean install.

If so go to the IE tools tab and then the windows update tab and install ALL the updates. It will take you about 1 and a 1/2 hours to get them all with multiple reboots. No more problems! I have about 30 systems running under XP Home and Pro.

If you didn't do a clean install, backup your data to another separate drive, and then reformat your "C" drive with NTFS and reinstall XP and then do updates. DO NOT try to upgrade any Dos based system (DOS,WIN95, WIN98, ME) to Win2K or XP. Bite the bullet and expect to spend about 4-5 hours doing this. You will be rewarded with trouble free operation

I'm a professional software developer, and I second the motion: 95/98/98SE/Me should *always* be wiped out before installing XP, and the *first* action after installing XP should be to immediately visit Windows Update and download everything in site.

Some installation tips:
- Remember to turn off Image Resizing in IE if you visit photo sites often and don't want to see large sample photos displayed with resize jaggies.
- Remember to back up your monitor settings if you have gone through a color-balancing routine.
- Remember to back up the incidental folders: email, favorites, utilities.
- Remember to back up any Internet service settings (more of a dialup issue usually).
- Write down your graphics card, network card, etc. model numbers... finding the right drivers can be a pain if they aren't on the XP CD.
- Check your applications CDs, downloads, and serial numbers to make sure you'll be able to re-install everything.