Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition Upgrade w/ Encryption Coded Software

- Having to restart every hour or two due to loss of system resources.
- Having to disable System Restore (one of the biggest selling points of ME) to give me some more system resources.
- Not being able to start up with the programs I want running in the backgroud because otherwise my computer will be rendered unuseable until the next restart.
- On a 1.4 Ghz machine with 512MB RAM, having a maximum of 34% system resources free. And that was only with my anti-virus program running from startup.
- Seeing friends with significantly inferior machines running more programs at a time than me, and all running faster. The difference? They were running Windows 98.

I now use Windows XP Professional. I now run twice the amount of software with 90% system resources free. I've seen maybe 2 blue screens of death since using it, as opposed to 5 a day with ME. I like the new GUI in XP, others may not, but you can change back to the Win 9x style if you so wish.

And also, I like my computer to do the jobs I ask it to. Windows Me didn't let me do it. It really makes me very upset that this piece of software is still out there to cause so many problems. Microsoft should be ashamed and offer free upgrades to XP for everyone in the world who is left with ME.

And, as it seems, XP is cheaper. What more can I say?


The Same   April 8, 2002
 2 out of 3 found this review helpful

There is no difference from WinMe form Win98Se, you can just download Media Player and the new IE, and you got Me. All Me is, is a graphical user interface built on Dos without any stable foundation, All it is is a 1985 Graphical Dos Program


Excellent Bypass Candidate   January 27, 2002
 7 out of 7 found this review helpful

Before it was released, Windows ME was widely perceived as the home edition of Windows 2000 Professional. As it turned out, it is the latest version of Windows 9x. By no stretch of imagination does it have the stability and the robustness of Windows 2000 Professional. I tried installing Windows ME on a system that had previously run Windows 95, Windows 2000 Professional, Windows 2000 Advanced Server, three distributions of Linux and FreeBSD flawlessly. I experienced video problems, hard disk crashes and ME getting corrupted repeatedly. I tried reinstalling more than once, both as an upgrade and as clean install after formatting the hard disk to no avail. This operating system is simply not stable. Considering the fact that Windows XP is on the market, I don't expect Microsoft to spend much effort in fixing ME. If you are upgrading from a previous Windows version, bypassing ME is a very prudent decision.


blue plate special   January 25, 2002
Actually, blue screen special. With words not meant to endear one to the product- like "error" over and over again. I have followed all the advice from Compaq- my new "computer" with no luck, including BUYING... restore disk- guess what didn't get restored. I should have bought a Dell like the young man says- and a Windows 98 V.2 OS.


Windows ME   January 17, 2002
 3 out of 5 found this review helpful

I've been using it for several years and I have not had any problems what-so-ever. It runs smoothly. I've tried the new XP and did not like the cartoonish look. I've reinstalled Windows ME several times and it automatically does everything for me. It searches and installs hardware with easy. I've seen a lot of people say it crashes and freezes up all the time. My version Windows ME has not froze or crashed as much as Windows 95 and Windows 98 did. Windows 95 and 98 froze and crashed all the time. Mine stopped responding one day but I traced it to a driver. I reinstalled an update to the driver and it has not done it anymore. It's an outstanding program. The only thing I don't like is it does like a little bit more memory but it is fast.

Let's put it this way

Windows 95/98 froze/crashed about 3 - 4 times daily.
Windows ME may do it 2 times a month.

XP is too cartoonish. I may go back later to it but I need a bigger hard drive. Save my 2 gig for something else. :)

billy