Windows ME not on my good LIST!

[diurnal]

Windows ME sucks just to be blunt. Error after error lockup after lockup safemode after safemode. So I got tired of it and reformatted my hard drive and put Windows 2000. WORKS GREAT! How does WINDows ME suck so bad and 2000 is better? Werent they made basically the same time? Makes no since to me like most other things about life.

[sleddog]

Windows ME is another version of the Windows 95-98 family. Windows 2000 is an evolution of Windows NT4. They have little in common except visual similarities in the interface.

Windows 95 and NT4 were also released about the same time, with about the same result as you have experienced


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[bassman]

I am not writing this in defense of Microsoft, just for a different point of view.

I now have ME on TWO machines with very little problems. Actualy, the only real problem I have had was with my ISP and that was fixed with MS patch.
I am running some older apps and even a non approved Fax/Voice on a proprietery machine with no errors or lockups. I may be very lucky or others may be very unlucky.
I will soon be working with 2000, NT, and Linux for the first time so it will be interesting to see the difference for my self.

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[diurnal]

Yeah I have Windows Me on both of my systems and it is error after error. One of the reason I think I am getting these errors cause I uninstall alot of things and install stuff. But with Windows 2000 NTFS filing system I have had no problems ITS AUSOME!!

[mjc]

With the one Me machine that I have regular contact with it seems to me that everything is OK until you star departing from the default setup, you can change the backgrounds and stuff like that, but the moment you start changing any of the real configuration settings the problems creep in. Another fact is that Me is much slower than other versions of Win, that machine and mine are essentially the same, except for a faster processor (Me machine), and mine is noticeably quicker (mine=Win98se). The Me machine has had its share of lockups and blue screens, and the owner isn't running a whole bunch of shareware or changing programs. it just seems that Me has some stability problems and that is that. The one thing that I did do is when I setup the Me for my fatherin-law (it was a Christmas present) I got the lastest drivers for his stuff first and set it up with those, his scanner didn't even have a WinMe driver on the disk! It seems that unlike 98 Me is very unforgiving on drivers (I'm not saying that 98 is forgiving or tolerant about drivers, just that ME is less so) and the generics included are really bad in the performance arena, unless of course it is a driver for a MS product.

Just doing a little exploring through the registry of Me I noticed that the names of some keys had beeen changed, which is where I think many of the driver problems are coming from. It also seems that Me's registry has more of the keys that are strings of numbers and there fore harder to figure out what they are for...

On the whole I would not recommend Me, it has known problems, is slower (at least by my tests), and really wasn't necessary (I think that it was just something to fill a gap because Xp wasn't ready). Oh yeah, how could I forget that in order to work out side of it you need to do things like use a 98 bootdisk or dual boot with some other OS.

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Do Vulcans even have to debug?

[sea69]

only my opinion, but ME was merely a marketing ploy created by M$ so that people would think they were upgrading to something 'better'.. the reality of the situation (again in my opinion) is that

ME was a MASS 'beta test done at the publics EXPENSE,

as well as another way to increse M$ OS sales, which were lagging because EVERYONE already has win98se, or are moving in the direction of ALTERNATIVE Os's such as linux. We must remember that Gates didn't get to be the richest man on this PLANET totally by accident. When M$ saw they were loosing 'control' over the fact that win98se was out and everyone had it and they could do NOTHING to anylonger CONTROL it.. they got worried.

M$ does not like anyone feeling there are other alternatives!!

** note: mjc, your sites looking better and better

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[This message has been edited by sea69 (edited 03-31-2001).]

[Randy_tx]

In general, and in my opinion, Microsoft has brought some pretty good stuff to the marketplace........but Win Me just doesn't happen to be in that category As a result of some really great ideas Bill Gates and Steve Jobs came up with many years ago (whehter stolen or not) they have become a GIANT company and they want to stay that way. Some people dont like that - I for one, dont have a problem with it at all. As for Linux...try collaborating with the rest of the world and come tell me about it

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"As hard as a rock & dumb as a brick"...Windows CEMeNT

[sea69]

personally I could care less , if it wasnt M$ it would be AT&T or AOL.. so thats not the point. hehe

just specifically- in regards to ME.. it was such a scam OS... don't buy into everything that comes along is all I'm saying

as for linux, I currently- do not have enough information for a valid rebuttal.. stand by: ...........

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**puff**.. "Put that thing out boy.. the Sheriff's a comin'!!"

[Randy_tx]

LMAO Figgered you would

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"As hard as a rock & dumb as a brick"...Windows CEMeNT

[diurnal]

Yeah I figure I could not be the only one complaining about Windows ME. For a while I thought that I just had all the wrong hardware but now I think it is Windows ME. So do yall think this Windows XP will be another ME? It sounds like if windows has a year after it it will be good. Kinda of odd....

[Paleo Pete]

Take a look at the other post in PC Worls concerning XP. I posted a link with some info about it. That's about all I know so far, what's in that link, haven't looked up a whole bunch of info yet...anyway, I'm still trying to figure out win95...

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[crussty]

Just a quick question. Is it possible to dual boot a system with Windows ME and Linux? I have been meaning to go the Linux route, but I'd like to learn it first before I scrap ME. I'd also like to do a test run to see if it's as compatible with my hardware as MS products.

thanks, crussty

[Pianorak]

Recently I bought (here in the UK) an IBM ThinkPad iSeries 1200 which came with Windows ME preloaded. It worked fine until one day I decided to run Defrag. And ever since the system locks up and hangs, irrespective of which program is running. I am told there is nothing that can be done except try new drivers or bin ME and install 98SE. Any views on this?

[Reid]

I thought that maybe I should give ME another chance. It only kept my IR port from working the first time I installed ME, and it was slow; no big deal. Well, this time it refuses to load drivers for my Diamond Viper 770 Ultra now that I have an MSI Pro-2A (K7T) motherboard and it had blue screens on every reboot. It didn't matter if it was a fresh load or an "upgrade". I swapped back to my prime disk and now have a stable WIN98SE installation again.

One review said XP will not be as hardware compatible as ME is. That's a scary thought.

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Friends don't let friends install Windows ME

[sea69]

Reid.... love these 'improvements'........ hmmmmmm.....



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