Not sure about WinME but I had the same problem with my Win2k box and my WinXP laptop. I made the change recommended in this MS Knowledge Base article on the WinXP box and it smokes now. (I now it says NT 4
http://support.microsoft.com/directory/
Article ID: Q279282
Here's another of interest article for the 100MB hub users about the high rate of collisions on 100MB networks.
Article ID: Q169789
Hope those help.
SPx