[halo459]

When I was 10 or 11 I got a computer for my birthday. It's the computer I'm using to type this message, and it's a windows ME. When my mama tries to tell me that my computer is too old (Only has 128 MB RAM) I never listen to her. There is no better operating system than windowsME in my opinion. Actually, call me a crazy idiot, but I prefer it over Vista. It runs incredibly fast and smooth at all times. Even though it's no use for new PC games who cares. Xbox 360, PS3 ,and the Wii are way better. I have lifetime technical support on it, and that's probably how long I'll have it... a lifetime!

[aarhus2004]

Originally Posted by halo459

When I was 10 or 11 I got a computer for my birthday. It's the computer I'm using to type this message, and it's a windows ME. When my mama tries to tell me that my computer is too old (Only has 128 MB RAM) I never listen to her. There is no better operating system than windowsME in my opinion. Actually, call me a crazy idiot, but I prefer it over Vista. It runs incredibly fast and smooth at all times. Even though it's no use for new PC games who cares. Xbox 360, PS3 ,and the Wii are way better. I have lifetime technical support on it, and that's probably how long I'll have it... a lifetime!

halo459,

Out of the TSG blue a post I shall remember and value. It is so unexpected and most welcome.

Had I made it I would have written, "When I was 65 or 66 I got a computer because, of all the characteristic I may, or may not have, I am sure I have one in abundance and thst is curiosity."

I see you don't spend a lot of time on TSG and, I wouldn't either were I somewhat younger, so I understand. Will you do something for me? I would like to be able to read the details of your system in your Profile.

You have given me a lot of pleasure just by making your simple statement, halo459.

I wish you well and trust that WinMe and all which surrounds it serves us both long into the future.

Regards,

Ben.

[JStergis]

Hi Ben-

For some reason this last post is the only one I've got a notification for in this thread for a long while.

In case you are curious of the specs of the machine I had ME on as well as Halo's, here they are:

Dell Dimension L800r
800 MHz
192 MB PC100 SDRAM (originally 64 MB)
60 GB HDD 7200 RPM (originally 10 GB 5400 RPM)
Creative Sound Blaster 128D
Onboard Video: Intel 810E Chipset
32X CD-RW Drive

It ran just fine on the lower amount of RAM and the smaller 5400 RPM HDD. I upped the RAM first, added a 128 MB chip to make it 192 MB, that created a significant speed change for the better, the 10 GB that was on it was filling up, so I gave it the 60 and it ran slightly faster than before. Shortly after that, I put 2000 on it. When it had ME, all we could get here was dialup (besides satellite, which at 60$/month we deemed too expensive), so we didn't use the internet all that much-it was just too slow to deal with. Currently, we have a 768 K down DSL service, could get a 3 Meg DSL service, but for an extra 15$/month, I don't think I need the speed badly enough.

Joe

EDIT: I realized I had the specs listed before, at the risk of being repetitive, I'll leave these too as they are more descriptive.

[aarhus2004]

Originally Posted by JStergis

Hi Ben-

For some reason this last post is the only one I've got a notification for in this thread for a long while.

In case you are curious of the specs of the machine I had ME on as well as Halo's, here they are:

Dell Dimension L800r
800 MHz
192 MB PC100 SDRAM (originally 64 MB)
60 GB HDD 7200 RPM (originally 10 GB 5400 RPM)
Creative Sound Blaster 128D
Onboard Video: Intel 810E Chipset
32X CD-RW Drive

It ran just fine on the lower amount of RAM and the smaller 5400 RPM HDD. I upped the RAM first, added a 128 MB chip to make it 192 MB, that created a significant speed change for the better, the 10 GB that was on it was filling up, so I gave it the 60 and it ran slightly faster than before. Shortly after that, I put 2000 on it. When it had ME, all we could get here was dialup (besides satellite, which at 60$/month we deemed too expensive), so we didn't use the internet all that much-it was just too slow to deal with. Currently, we have a 768 K down DSL service, could get a 3 Meg DSL service, but for an extra 15$/month, I don't think I need the speed badly enough.

Joe

EDIT: I realized I had the specs listed before, at the risk of being repetitive, I'll leave these too as they are more descriptive.

Hello Joe,

I begin to realise that the specs on these older systems reflect, to some degree, the state of the art as was. I am still amazed that I spent, in toto, $4500CDN on my system in the fall of 2000. I probably saw Dells down in the city - since I spent months on looking for information and so on before buying. Halo told of his life-time warranty which is pretty impressive. I got just three years locally and today the retailer and manufacturer are defunct. Swapping WinMe for Win2000 was a smart move on your part but I hadn't the money by the time I realised/learnt about the NTFS and the resource issue.

I started off with broadband and I have no idea what speeds I was getting until I woke up to the fact of 'speed'. Now I am satisfied having made sure (recently) that my connection was dedicated only to myself. So now I look for 4.5 - 5 MBs down and 0.5 - .9 MBs up. Which I like although there are available two levels above mine. I just don't need more. I have no idea how these speeds of my connection relate to your DSL ones. There again your 728K down is less than a MB. It is what we are used to, Joe, isn't it? The ISPs set the speeds to suit themselves in terms of costs. Your original dial-up set the tone of your experience and all that followed was very well appreciated.

What have i replaced? A CD-ROM (under warranty). A ribbon connecter which was a kind of miracle since I couldn't burn for toffee and I had no idea what was wrong. Do you still use your original drive for back-ups?

I don't have a clue about parts wearing out - although Mike (ekim68) thinks it is inevitable that they will. But when?

Good to hear from you. Joe.

Ben.

[halo459]

Originally Posted by aarhus2004

halo459,

Out of the TSG blue a post I shall remember and value. It is so unexpected and most welcome.

Had I made it I would have written, "When I was 65 or 66 I got a computer because, of all the characteristic I may, or may not have, I am sure I have one in abundance and thst is curiosity."

I see you don't spend a lot of time on TSG and, I wouldn't either were I somewhat younger, so I understand. Will you do something for me? I would like to be able to read the details of your system in your Profile.

You have given me a lot of pleasure just by making your simple statement, halo459.

I wish you well and trust that WinMe and all which surrounds it serves us both long into the future.

Regards,

Ben.

Thank you so much. Your such a kind citizen to our society

[halo459]

Can you really have a better operating system than ME. My computer had a virus before and I had my moms windows XP to have until mine was fixed. I didn't like it. I didn't complain though because that would be wrong. I thought I'd be stuck with XP for a really long time. Well 3 months is a long time, but ME is always the way to go for those of you viewing the best thread on the windowsME started by none other than Aarhus 2004.

[ekim68]

I'll bumpity bump that... I'm still using it...

(I actually ran into a virus on a ME machine that was meant for XP, it didn't quite get it..)

[aarhus2004]

Java Runtime 5.0 Update 13 available here.

Download the on-line version (-7MB) and install.
Reboot.
Check the installation either here on the download page or here.

In Add/Remove Programs delete version Update 12

Best wishes.

Ben.

[aarhus2004]

Originally Posted by aarhus2004

Hello WinMe users,

The thirty-day period having passed since I installed Instant Lock- Lite edition from PCWin here I can now advise that it is indeed a genuine freeware version. The only thing we must must endure in the deliberately slow closure of the 'nag screen' when the Close button is used. A small price since this is not a tool one would use all that often. The delay is a matter of some ten seconds - so I find.

Cheers.

Ben.

Hello WinMe Users,

The above quote is from a post of mine dated 26-Aug-2007 and #299 here.

Having decided that I did not have any use for a folder-locking (hiding) freeware I deleted 'Instant Lock' using the Add/Remove Programs facility. Since the deletion went efficiently with no advice about "some items must be removed manually" I did, as I normally do, that is use 'Bill's Way VBS Reg Srch' freeware tool (availble here and mentioned in my post #35 here) to check for un-removed registry entries.

To my surprise and concern that tool reported an error in Window's VBS (Visual Basic Scripting). Not having used the 'RegSrch' freeware for sometime I was unsure what had caused the error, but since I had just uninstalled 'Instant Lock' I made an assumption which proved correct.

On re-installing 'Instant Lock' my use of the 'RegSrch' tool was restored. I further discovered that the installation of 'Instant Lock' had made registery changes which an un-install did not rectify. I was obliged to download and install Windows Script available here. This install repaired the registry entries.

In view of the foregoing I am removing my endorsement of the freeware 'Instant Lock'.

Best wishes.

Ben.

[aarhus2004]

^^bump^^ see siggy below

[ekim68]

Thanks Ben. I saved it and installed it...I'm not sure I told you, but this is the third machine for this ME OS...Doing just fine, thank you very much...

[aarhus2004]

Originally Posted by ekim68

Thanks Ben. I saved it and installed it...I'm not sure I told you, but this is the third machine for this ME OS...Doing just fine, thank you very much...

Hello Mike,

The 3rd machine? Are you telling me (and I am pretty sure you haven't before) that the machine you are currently using is your third with WinMe installed? If so was the install done from the same CD as the first machine and the second; and are they now defunct? Or have you never owned (purchased) an ME CD?

It occurs to me that, as a technician, you may have access to other people's discards and have a basement full of old comps with WinMe installed. Then again does a technician with a large family have something known as his computer?

Beats me, but an Ursula le Quin fan has at least as much imagination as a hermit, so anything is possible!

Cheers, Mike.

Ben.

And in case Jack is reading this, hi Jack, this is a post about WinMe, honest.

[ekim68]

Yep, I built two machines with the same OS CD that I paid for with my original system. And it has served me well...Thank you Microsoft...And this one is doing good....And, BTW, I have several other systems...My studio computer is XP because the software requires it. So, there are limits to my trying to stay in the past...? And, I'm building, although slowly, a Linux network to resolve some of the questions that have been asked in my world...

As to customer trade-ins and discards, well I've seen some things...I even got asked to testify in a divorce case, as an expert, yes me, about where the user had been...Weird how much people love to hate each other after, they lost their love for each other.....I know, it's late, but I'm talkative...

So Ben, did you ever read anything by Ursula?

[aarhus2004]

Daylight Saving Time begins at 2:00 a.m. local time on the second Sunday in March. On the first Sunday in November areas on Daylight Saving Time return to Standard Time at 2:00 a.m. here.

Hello WinMe Users,

My first reference to this change - which applies to computers universally - was made in my Post 209.

In that post I gave this link to Gary S. Terhune MS MVP.'s site and download. Attached is a GIF to aid your downloading. Also attached is the Readme.txt file which is packaged with the download.

If you (as I was) are uncertain whether the patch remains on your computer Search for this back-up of the original registry entries as were before the patching. TZ_BAK.REG (located in C:\WINDOWS). It wasn't on mine since I had done a Format & Install since patching.

You may, whether you have that TZ_ BAK.REG file or not, wish to repeat the simple procedure - that's no problem.

Alternatively you can check-out Byteman's "Timezones / Daylight Saving Time and the JRE software" thread here where you can get the link to Sun Java. I have a horror of the Sun Java site but went there to check it out - and found I would have to register!

I shall enjoy being at my computer at 0200 (2AM) on the 4th November 2007 (04-11-07) just to watch it happen (or ?!!!)

Whatever you do - have fun - and if all goes pear-shaped you could use the registry restore command (WinMe) scanreg /restore and start-over or?

Regards.

Ben.

[aarhus2004]

Originally Posted by aarhus2004

Hello WinMe Users,

My first reference to this change - which applies to computers universally - was made in my Post 209.

In that post I gave this link to Gary S. Terhune MS MVP.'s site and download. Attached is a GIF to aid your downloading. Also attached is the Readme.txt file which is packaged with the download.

If you (as I was) are uncertain whether the patch remains on your computer Search for this back-up of the original registry entries as were before the patching. TZ_BAK.REG (located in C:\WINDOWS). It wasn't on mine since I had done a Format & Install since patching.

You may, whether you have that TZ_ BAK.REG file or not, wish to repeat the simple procedure - that's no problem.

Alternatively you can check-out Byteman's "Timezones / Daylight Saving Time and the JRE software" thread here where you can get the link to Sun Java. I have a horror of the Sun Java site but went there to check it out - and found I would have to register!

I shall enjoy being at my computer at 0200 (2AM) on the 4th November 2007 (04-11-07) just to watch it happen (or ?!!!)

Whatever you do - have fun - and if all goes pear-shaped you could use the registry restore command (WinMe) scanreg /restore and start-over or?

Regards.

Ben.

Hello WinME Users,

The above worked perfectly well.

MRU-Blaster offered here by muddler, endorsed by Elvandil here & available here is something of a revelation. I have several freewares and one software for cleaning-up and none of them do the job MRU-Blaster does.

Cheers.

Ben.