[aarhus2004]

Originally Posted by ekim68

Ben, I spent some time at sea and I have a few stories that get better with time. Mind if I pm you? Maybe later, got to run..

Go ahead, Mike.

[aarhus2004]

Hello WinME Users,

Your computer no longer functions in the manner you wish.

Please post about what you do as a last resort when all else has failed.

Including:

TSG

Not including:

Buying a new computer.

A hatchet job.

Cheers.

Alpine Ben.

[JStergis]

Hey Ben-

I had WinME on a Dell Dimension L800r 800 MHz PIII, 384 MB RAM box for around three years.

Overall, I have to say it was quite stable. I probably experienced three crashes during the whole time using it. It ran acceptably fast for most anyone's needs. The main reason I'd choose it over 98 is because of the more plug-n-play, automatic driver install friendliness.

I recently acquired an older Packard-Bell (shudder) 233 MHz 96 MB RAM box that I put 2000 on for my sister because of my dislike for 98. Provided I had a copy of ME (other than the Dell-only copy I have) I'd probably had tried it instead, as on a system that old I think it would run a bit quicker than 2000.

So far, 2000 is my favorite MS OS, I've yet to manage to crash that one. It's rock-solid stable and doesn't tend to complain about much of anything. Had they built XP more stable, I'd probably like it better, but alas, they did not.

Currently, I'm running XP Pro on both machines, and after quite a bit of tweaking it runs pretty stable, nowhere near 2000, but probably a bit better than ME.

I don't think ME was that bad of an OS, IMO it beat 98SE, but can't touch 2000.

As for in your last post, I have Acronis TrueImage 7 and run image backups nightly or weekly (depending on the machine). In the event that something happens suddenly, I can revert to last night or last week's image, with close to no sacrifices, as I store all user documents on a central server backuped nightly.

Joe

[aarhus2004]

Joe, I appreciated your post and have no disagreement with what you had to say. When I bought winme as a first computer win2000 was never mentioned. In hindsight I would have bought it because of the NTFS.

Looked at this link and then this page I really like the sound of it but, of course winme isn't covered. After reading I have one question for you.

Am I right in thinking it must do a format first of all?

It has long been a puzzle to me as to what other winme users do to recover from impossible situations (I know what I do - with an OEM disc and a bootup floppy - no problem) but the rest of the winme world is a mystery to me!! So I am still hoping among the remaining users that I may learn from them. My thread here seems incomplete without their input.

Cheers, Joe.

Ben.

[JStergis]

Hi Ben

Check out This Link.

So long as I didn't goof it up, it's the system requirements for Trueimage 7 off Amazon. I've had it on 98 before, so I imagine it would work on ME. I never used it when I did have me, though.

I got TrueImage 7 when they were giving it away to anyone who made an account on their site. (Acronis)

What it does is copy every bit of data off the drive into a single file. The main problem with this for ME is, I believe, that FAT32 only accepts 4 GB files. My images can easily hit 10 GB. You can back up onto several CDs to circumvent this, however.

When you need to restore an image you made, you boot to a CD which has a little utility that will let you select the image you want to restore (I store mine on an external USB Hard Drive) and it will replace everything on the drive with what it was when you made the image. I'm not sure if it does a format first or not.

I always hated installing Windows (any version) because I had countless drivers and other applications to install. It would take all day easily, and then some if I forgot things. This way I make an image of the machine AFTER I get everything perfect, so I can restore it to "new" in 20 minutes. I also make a nightly image of the machine in case I only need to go back on day if I happen to catch something nasty or do something stupid that really does harm.

You'll always want to store images on a different drive, of course, (or on CDs/Zip Disks/USB Flash Drive, etc.) because if the drive dies that has the Windows install, and it also has the images, they're useless.

Sorry I didn't respond earlier, I never got a notification for the thread.

Feel free to let me know of any other questions you might have

[GoldenShox]

Windows ME is what i began with, it ran perfect for me, never had problems with it until i went to xp

[aarhus2004]

Originally Posted by JStergis

Hi Ben

Check out This Link.

So long as I didn't goof it up, it's the system requirements for Trueimage 7 off Amazon. I've had it on 98 before, so I imagine it would work on ME. I never used it when I did have me, though.

I got TrueImage 7 when they were giving it away to anyone who made an account on their site. (Acronis)

What it does is copy every bit of data off the drive into a single file. The main problem with this for ME is, I believe, that FAT32 only accepts 4 GB files. My images can easily hit 10 GB. You can back up onto several CDs to circumvent this, however.

When you need to restore an image you made, you boot to a CD which has a little utility that will let you select the image you want to restore (I store mine on an external USB Hard Drive) and it will replace everything on the drive with what it was when you made the image. I'm not sure if it does a format first or not.

I always hated installing Windows (any version) because I had countless drivers and other applications to install. It would take all day easily, and then some if I forgot things. This way I make an image of the machine AFTER I get everything perfect, so I can restore it to "new" in 20 minutes. I also make a nightly image of the machine in case I only need to go back on day if I happen to catch something nasty or do something stupid that really does harm.

You'll always want to store images on a different drive, of course, (or on CDs/Zip Disks/USB Flash Drive, etc.) because if the drive dies that has the Windows install, and it also has the images, they're useless.

Sorry I didn't respond earlier, I never got a notification for the thread.

Feel free to let me know of any other questions you might have

Hello Joe,

I copied what follows off an ATI 7 blogspot:

Written by Free Acronis Software at 30/11/06 2:41 AM
The offer is genuine ..

Under "your account" should show what you are registered for ...version 7 ...with a download the "update" file 21.5mb.

So just signup, check email for confirmation, click link in email, check email again for serial number & save to file. Use the link in the registration to login and "re download" your product. Approx 21 MB download. FREE!

here

You are correct that the Amazon link does confirm WinME as capable of using it. See here

All in all a very interesting tool for users of WinME. And free as well!

Many thanks, Joe, for your posts on this. I recommend those interested read both on the site itself here and read the blogspot (link above).

Ben.

[aarhus2004]

Originally Posted by GoldenShox

Windows ME is what i began with, it ran perfect for me, never had problems with it until i went to xp

My apologies, GoldenShox, I missed seeing your post earlier.

I am a little confused about how your problems with WinMe began only when you got WinXP.

Thanks for posting however.

Ben.

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[aarhus2004]

In Memoriam

Marlene Fay Porter

PORT HURON - Marlene F. Porter, 50, died Saturday, July 14, 2007. Survived by son, William Porter. Services: 1 p.m. Sunday in the Jowett Funeral Home, 1634 Lapeer Ave., Port Huron, with visitation 11 a.m.until the service.

(Obituary Courtesy The Times Herald - Port Huron, MI)

Marlene (angelize56) joined these forums on 17-Apr-2002. She made her final post on 13-Jul-2007 for a total number of 82,268 (42.81 posts per day).

Tech Support Guy Forums, on the 14-July-2007, received notification of her death in a post titled "Our Beloved Angel is gone" here. and from that time forward there has been an unprecedented outpouring of grief from all and sundry. The extraordinary was further enhanced by the response of members to the needs of her immediate family for assistance, and this has already ensured she will have the funeral she wanted and provided for the future of her beloved son, William.

This thread was graced by a post of hers on 18-Jan-2006. Here.

and two most lovely photographs, sent by her niece, Sarah (Angelize56_Niece), here.

requiescat in pace, Marlene.


Ben.

[ekim68]

Thanks Ben....She had an impact on my life...I miss her..

[Skivvywaver]

Originally Posted by ekim68

Thanks Ben....She had an impact on my life...I miss her..

Mar was a sweetie.................to everyone. She was the type that could be talking in a room full of people, and everybody thought she was talking only to themselves.

She was quick, she was caring, she won't be replaced anytime soon.

Back to M.E. I had no issues when I ran it. It may have helped that I ran 98SE for awhile before I went to M.E. I could manipulate M.E. to do anything I could do in 98. I might have needed a boot disk to do a (forgive me if I am wrong here) scanreg /restore but M.E. was "supposed" to have its own windows based restore.

It didn't always work.

Since M.E. I have run 2000, XP, and now Vista. I do have a machine that is going to be loaded with 98SE just so I can play my dos games. I need space. I have 3 machines running in this house now. 2 XP and my Vista machine.

I do miss the days when the internet was a wonder and I knew nothing about the gizzard of a computer. That was an exciting time. I had Windows 95 on an old Proteva for a short time. I got hooked and bought a 98 SE machine as soon as I could.

Now the internet is normal, dial-up is forgotten, and everybody has at least one computer. 10 years, in ten years the world has changed because of the PC. Amazing ain't it?

[aarhus2004]

Hello WinME Users,

This one appears to be very versatile. The Help file is very helpful, the install smooth as a baby's bum and the GUI re-sizable. You can add your own spellings too. It installs to the Program file directory. And un-install is via the Add/Remove Programs under APSC 4.0

Its full name is the APSC Spell Checker by PalWare and it is available from here. See GIF attached for where to click for the .exe download which starts immediately and is of very modest size and the install is easy with no difficult decisions to make.

Thanks to BobJam (BJ) for the link to it.

Cheers,

Ben.

[aarhus2004]

Instant Lock

This works very well. Is a freeware and available here.

I should perhaps add that the folder which is locked may be viewed in terms of its content (after the application of the password) but when locked is invisible!

Ben.

P.S. A challenge. Where does the folder exist when invisible? Can you find it? I can't. I decided to risk all (well almost all!) I 'locked' My Documents. That was interesting. I did a registry restore. Still invisible. I felt a little panic. I was obliged to say Yes to a question my whole impulse was to say No to. The docs were found in a folder called iRECOVER on C: and I copied them back to C:\My Documents - and deleted the iRECOVER folder.

Is it truly a freeware? In case it isn't I shall only play with it for the thirty days mentioned on the NAG window which appears on closing it.

McAfee's Site advisor had this to say about the download site (the above link) here.

Cheers.

[ekim68]

Thanks Ben...Keep it coming...There continues to be support...Cool...

[aarhus2004]

Hello WinME and Firefox 2.0.0.5 Users,

The VB Code is the magic. It is, as most will know, how we create these posts and add whatever we wish to enhance them using the 'stuff' in the gray area above the post-creation window. Here it all is. There is, however, at least one thing I did not know we could do. It is called a 'spoiler'. Here is an example.

and whatever we place within the brackets with the (apparently) single exception of a smiley.
{spoiler]arse [/spoiler] I have deliberately used the { bracket so you can see what is!
Spoiler:

arse

It has its uses of that I am sure. But, except for hiding what we don't wish all to see, and I haven't any ideas what that might be at this time (saving for the revelation of a post on a favourite 'WhoDunnit' book - as to who did it). Those who do wish to know can find out by the examination of the "View Page Source" (see the right-click menu on the page concerned - and see Gif below). In I.E. that would be "View Source". Or send a PM!

Firefox 2.0.0.5 (the latest version BTW) is the mystery - for me at least. It has a spell-checker of course. Two in fact. As we type a faint underlining in red occurs if the checker thinks we have it wrong. Highlight the word and the alternatives will be displayed on a right-click. i.e spell checker. I didn't know this until today and I like it well. Better than the one I have been using. See last gif.

Perhaps of interest.

Ben.