[aarhus2004]

Hello wInME Users,

Update 12 to J2SE Runtime Environment 5.0 Update 11

Get it here.

And see GIF.

Verify it. See GIF.

In Add/Remove Programs remove Update 11. If you have a problem doing this as I did, a reboot will take care of it.

Cheers.

Ben.

[aarhus2004]

Hello WinME Users,

What will we do when:

Lavasoft is no longer available for WinME?

When baby hackers cut their teeth on WinME (perhaps with the permission/encouragement of the 'great' ones?

When the Updates site and the Catalog site no longer recognises WinME?

When Spybot S and D is bought out by some 'trendy' company?

When Panda Online no longer panders to the poor?

When the best free help on the net is no longer willing to help the foolish who persist in using the archaic O.S.s.

When the tech savvy have forgotten most of what they knew about the last century's systems? And burble rubbish?

When the online-help websites are culled of their factual materials applicable to ancient systems?

What shall we do?

Do read this.
It is full of portent of things to come - of things already present in embryo. Some sample headlines:

"Microsoft unveils patch package" and "Malware 'hijacks Windows Updates'. ". "Tackling the hackers face-to-face." - and more.

Wouldn't you agree, that to say the least, there are exciting times ahead? Everyman and his dog (perhaps) know the benefits of staying online just as everyman can chatter endlessly about the changing world, and a dog's bite is no longer indicative of much at all - and its bark silent.

Perhaps, just perhaps, school-kids will realise that one of the biggest decisions they will be facing is whether or not to go/stay online, A societal 'wisdom' pressing hard for a decision.

And zee may well become the first letter of the alphabet - and north, south.

In the meantime watch-out for the midday sun. It's a question, a burning question of cover-up. Lotsa that about.

Cheers.

Ben.

[ekim68]

I wasn't sure if you mentioned this earlier Ben, but this site still has some software available for older systems.

http://www.oldversion.com/

I checked it and it's still working.

[aarhus2004]

Hello Mike,

Good to have your input.

Old Version.com does indeed live on - here. And, although at one time it gained a repution for Adware see Post 173 (GoJoAGoGo)"Anyways McAfee SiteAdvisor gives a bad review for Oldversion.com as they have found some downloads contain Adware", it is now getting an all clear from McAfee's Site Advisor here.

As you may recall, Mike, I have been and still am, running my comp without any security software - it occurs to me that I shall eventually be chastised for this (on account of the zombies) as an unwitting host. Check this out if you haven't already read about them.

The times are exciting - mankind is so busy making sure of that. Always has done so, I think.

I bump into your posts, Mike, in interesting places. I am following the Brilliant Ideas thread with delight - Tom is another interesting thinker.

Cheers.

Ben.

[ekim68]

Right on Ben...Thanks so much for keeping me up to date...As an aside:

I'm finally recouping from a broken left arm, and now I'm playing guitar again...What a treat.

[aarhus2004]

Originally Posted by ekim68

.As an aside:

I'm finally recouping from a broken left arm, and now I'm playing guitar again...What a treat.

Mike, I was surprised to learn of your 'un-musical interlude' I had missed that (if you mentioned it somewhere). But glad you are playing again. I have never broken anything bone-wise - which just tells of a life lived cautiously. I slipped on sloping wet grass recently and landed on my rump, shaken and chastened. Served me right for venturing forth in 20 year-old moccasins (glass-like soles).

I hope I have not previously mentioned my single 'musical' talent - I had a life-long gift of mis-aligned front teeth which enabled me to whistle, as I was told by many, beautifully. And I enjoyed doing so. I lost one of those teeth a while back and lost my whistle. And nothing I have done since by way of plugging the gap has restored it. If I may say, Mike, I have some understanding of how you may have felt during the healing process.

Some of the old good things of our lives are lost to us. Like WinME and the computer which holds it. Your comment about the likely eight year life of such a system has prompted me to feel gratitude for each day all remains well with my own.

Best wishes, Mike, to you and to all the Old Guys

Ben.

[ekim68]

Thanks Ben. Actually ME could live for a long time with new boxes...It's the physical things that wear out...

[Stoner]

Originally Posted by ekim68

Thanks Ben. Actually ME could live for a long time with new boxes...It's the physical things that wear out...

Might want to check out the ability of installing a win 9x onto a dual or quad core chipped computer.
win 9x doesn't recognize more than one cpu and dual core is recognized in NT platforms as being multi chipped.

[aarhus2004]

Mike will understand, Jack, but poor old me don't! Mind you I have been engaged in philosophical meanderings apropos "quality" and "built-in obsolescence" whilst planning on out-living my system cos it will only take one failure for me to consign it to the knackers yard and to take up knitting a shroud.

Ben.

[aarhus2004]

Could be worse, I could have posted something about playing music:

http://forums.techguy.org/tech-tips-...ml#post4817179

Hey Jack, I just woke-up to your link in the car thread. I can only plead that I did get a reference to my thread topic in the 'musical' post viz:

Some of the old good things of our lives are lost to us. Like WinME and the computer which holds it. Your comment about the likely eight year life of such a system has prompted me to feel gratitude for each day all remains well with my own.

It's a slight thing granted and I promise to do better. This thread has, essentially, been a disappointment to me cos I had hoped lots of folk would post their tips - and for the most part they didn't. Perhaps I should retire it with a 'Solved'. What do you think?

Ben.

[Stoner]

Originally Posted by aarhus2004

Mike will understand, Jack, but poor old me don't! Mind you I have been engaged in philosophical meanderings apropos "quality" and "built-in obsolescence" whilst planning on out-living my system cos it will only take one failure for me to consign it to the knackers yard and to take up knitting a shroud.

Ben.

More an issue of technology changing to the point that the instruction set ( win Me) no longer recognizes the hardware it's supposed to control.
Soon, a year or so, I suspect the common single core cpu that your computer uses will be replaced in the market place completely by dual core cpus . It's the need for more power to do more things and keep up with operating systems ( like Vista) that need more computing power to do the things that need more power to ............well, you get the picture..


So long as your computer does what you need, don't worry and merely replace what needs fixing that can be replaced.

There are plenty of used computers being sold at business auctions, that there will be a long supply of used computers to fall back on if wanting to continue to use win Me, but as far as new equipment, I think your choices are becoming fewer and fewer each year.

[Stoner]

Originally Posted by aarhus2004

Hey Jack, I just woke-up to your link in the car thread. I can only plead that I did get a reference to my thread topic in the 'musical' post viz:



It's a slight thing granted and I promise to do better. This thread has, essentially, been a disappointment to me cos I had hoped lots of folk would post their tips - and for the most part they didn't. Perhaps I should retire it with a 'Solved'. What do you think?

Ben.

What do I think?
Continue.
There are going to be security issues to face as hackers and malware writers find new exploits.
There are going to be updates that not every one is familiar with, but you've discovered.
What you discover as solutions and post...... is a guide to the win Me user .

You have over 25,000 views to this thread, so there are a considerable number of people interested in what you are posting.

I've moved upwards, myself.......only because I got a fantastic deal on a new computer that I couldn't refuse and it came with XP MCE, and a new comp I assembled with a dual core cpu and loaded win 2k.

My win Me computer still exists, but only as a backup, sitting in a closet ...

[ekim68]

Originally Posted by Stoner

Might want to check out the ability of installing a win 9x onto a dual or quad core chipped computer.
win 9x doesn't recognize more than one cpu and dual core is recognized in NT platforms as being multi chipped.

Sigh....I knew it was only a matter of time...Just like win95 only recognizing small hard drives.

[ekim68]

Still having good luck with ME....Ran into a couple this last week, and they run pretty smooth.
And, so is mine...I've stored up a few components and I'm going to see how long it goes...

(Already went through two power supplies, eh...)

[aarhus2004]

Originally Posted by ekim68

Still having good luck with ME....Ran into a couple this last week, and they run pretty smooth.
And, so is mine...I've stored up a few components and I'm going to see how long it goes...

(Already went through two power supplies, eh...)

I like that post, Mike, "smooth" is the word a poet would use and it sits well with WinME as I understand it. Two power supplies Didn't you take em apart and remove the crud, and routinely so?

My system was up and running in September 2000. I have replaced one ribbon connector and dumped (and not replaced) a scanner.

My excuse for marking the thread "Solved" is a compound of lies and rationalisations. I like thie lies better.

"I have run out of Ts & Ts."
"Who needs them anyway."
and so on. Of course I was aggravated by JW's involvement and delight in the new car business and Jack's avatar gives me the creeps!

What do I think?
Continue.
There are going to be security issues to face as hackers and malware writers find new exploits.
There are going to be updates that not every one is familiar with, but you've discovered.
What you discover as solutions and post...... is a guide to the win Me user .

It has already happened, Jack. I have been fighting technical and personal-in-consequence demons over the past few days and was gobsmacked with two Panda Online virus discoveries today, 24 hours or less after my doing a format and install.

That is another post in the making. And you are forgiven for being seduced into XP cos your bargain-hunting habit is well documented in this thread. Put some mothballs in that closet.

Best wishes, Mike, and Jack, and serious thanks for the support.

Ben.