Let me know what you don't understand, I may be able to be less technical.
I believe any boot diskette will do. All you have to do is to bring the computer to a command prompt. Which operating system are you using to connect to the Internet? Download the boot disk from
www.bootdisk.com for that specific operating system, then boot the troubled machine to a command prompt.
At the command prompt, type
edit c:\windows\system.ini, and then press ENTER.
Edit the
shell= line so that it looks like this:
shell=progman.exe
Press ALT+F, and then press X and save the changes
Remove your Windows Me Startup disk, and then restart your computer. When your computer restarts, Program Manager should start.
On the File menu, click Run, type
msconfig in the Command Line box, and then press ENTER.
Click
Launch System Restore to begin restoring your computer to a previous, functional state.
Once the restore process ends, restart the computer again with the boot diskette and come to a command prompt. At the command prompt, type
edit c:\windows\system.ini, and then press ENTER.
Edit again the
shell= line so that it looks like this:
shell=Explorer.exe
That will return the computer to normal operating state.