WHEN SWITCHING ON COMPUTER AN ERROR MESSAGE IS DISPLAYED TELLING ME
THERE IS AN ERROR  OE:016F BFF7B018 AND NEED TO RE START THE COMPUTER.
WHEN COMPUTER STARTS
AGAIN IT GOS INTO SAFE MODE AND I NEED TO USE RESTORE TO BRING BACK
SYSTEM.

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Request for Question Clarification by livioflores-ga on 12 Apr 2003 06:36 PDT

Hello:

Try changing the RAM or if you have two or more RAM cards in your PC
try boot without one of the RAM card each time. It appears to be a
memory problem.

Good luck.

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Request for Question Clarification by feilong-ga on 19 Apr 2003 12:42 PDT

Hi Fabrizio29,

Could you tell us your Windows OS version plus other details about
your computer system? Thank you

-Feilong

Dear Fabrizio29, 

This answer is an addition to Denco-ga's fine comment, which I hope
helped you a little to understand your problem. All OE problems are
problems in the memory, usually created after adding a new software or
hardware to the computer.

OE:016F BFF7B018 is an error message, which appears when the memory
cannot be accessed, because of definitions problem.

One solution is to reinstall ME and everything else you have there. 

TonV from Microsoft Windows ME help offers the following: 
"Check your bios settings
1. Memory settings CAS latency (use 3)
2. If you have a HPT bios and UDMA drives be sure set BIOS the of
harddrives
to None.
3. Turn of UDMA-controller if you don't have UDMA-drives.
4. Switch off in the Bios the memory hole 15-16M.
5. If you don't have ISA-cards switch off all ISA-stuff in the BIOS
(delayed
transactions)
6. IDE HDD block mode, should be enabled for modern HD
7. Force update ESCD to reset the extended system configuraration
data." (Source: TonV, "Re: Bootup problem", Newsgroups:
alt.windows-me, Date: 2001-01-17 03:10:03 PST,
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&selm=943uh3%24ch0%241%40news1.xs4all.nl).

You could also read another solution from Microsoft themselves: 
http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb;en-us;301963 - this answer
regards RealPlayer or AOL (which are probably *not* your problem), but
the problem and solution are the basically the same.

Other advices: 
"ERROR: OE" or "ERROR: OD" Error Message When You Start Windows Me or
When
You Use Internet Explorer
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308366

How to Troubleshoot Windows Millennium Edition Startup Problems
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;273738

Fatal Exception errors: 
http://www.aumha.org/kbefe.php 

Microsoft discussion groups and help:
http://groups.google.com/groups?gidx=240&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&group=microsoft.public

I hope this answered your question. If you need any clarifications on
this answer, please let me know. I'd be pleased to clarify the answer
before you rate it.

Howdy fabrizio29!

It appears that it might be a memory problem, but it might not be of a
"physical" (RAM) memory, but rather a problem with memory allocation.

According to the Kronos Technologies Inc. NoCrash Bulletin Board entry at:
http://www.nocrash.com/ncbbs/msgs/122.shtml

"... these OE errors are memory allocation type errors returned by the
processor to the OS."

"... it is safe to assume you have recently changed a driver, installed
a program, installed new hardware, or changed something in the Operating
System."

Their suggested solution:

"Try disabling particular items in the startup list (Start, Programs,
Accessories, System Tools, System Information, then go to the configuration
tool in the Tools menu). There, you will be able to 'un-check' startup
items."

They have some other tips on the above page as well.

Another post on the same site:
http://www.nocrash.com/ncbbs/msgs/220.shtml

Says to try "the 'step by step confirmation'? You should try this
instead of safe mode. This will ask you (y or n) to load each item
individually. You can do this and note each item that is being loaded
until you get the blue screen. The item just before the blue screen is
the one that is causing it."

Another fix tip (scanregw) that might help with this problem, as well
as make your system run a bit smoother in the future, is suggested at
another post at the same site:
http://www.nocrash.com/ncbbs/msgs/2956.shtml

For a full, step by step tutorial for the "scanregw" utility, go to
the PuterGeek.Com page on it:
http://www.putergeek.com/scanreg/


Search strategy:

BFF7B018
://www.google.com/search?q=BFF7B018


I hope this Comment helps solve your problem and if you have any
questions or need any clarification, please feel free to ask!

Looking Forward, denco-ga