Upgraded MS Win ME to MS XP Pro

[TheRealFastlane]

Just after Thanksgiving I upgraded my Millenium machine (HP
Pavilion) to XP Pro and applied the updates and SP2 though
current. Since then I have been unable to sign-in to the
zone gaming site. I've been to the zone support NG,
nibblesnbits and zonesysops websites, /fdl downloads, full
zone software install. Been through the registry but cannot
install hrtbeatctl class (successfully).
The only obvious idiosyncracy I see is that the MSN Gaming
Zone folder that was created has a subfolder named windows
and both these folders are read-only. Not only can I not
delete either/both these folders, I cannot change or remove
the read-only attribute, tried attrib from safe mode and
command prompt only using a dos boot disk, deltree +.
Suggestions other than reformatting and clean install will
be greatly appreciated.
TIA

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[Guest]

Try looking in event viewer for system events/warnings,click on the url
in one,this opens help/support in xp usually with a fix.Also,youre next xp
install,you might consider a "clean xp installation" instead of the upgrade,
(boot to xp cd,delete the partition,create one,then let xp install w/o ME).
ME was/is the worst of all microsoft OS....