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Summary: I wish I had never upgraded to ME
Review: Upgrading to ME has cost me a fortune in time and money. Upgrading from 95B required me to upgrade many of my applications as they would not run. I even had to upgrade my scanner as the SCSI card was not supported on ME. After all that time and expense, the system is very unstable, keeps eating disk space on the C drive, and my mouse and clock will not work correctly. Avoid ME
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Summary: Windows Problems
Review: I was having numerous problems with my Windows 98 crashing, freezing up, error messages of all kinds and appearing everywhere, plus "Extended Memory SB16 Emulation Driver" not loading. I had gone to on-line tech support countless times trying to get my problems fixed. I then ordered "Windows ME" thinking that might solve some of my problems and EVERY review I could find and every individual and tech person I talked to about "ME" said, DON'T buy "ME". (Now I have to return "Windows ME"). I was told it only creates more problems than it fixes. So I bought "Windows 98SE", (Second Edition) and after installing it and with a little more tech help, my computer is fixed. I will wait for "Windows XP" which is to be released in October to upgrade further.
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Summary: New windows Me & Me
Review: Hello; I thought I would give you a review on this program. It has to go a long way to beat 98, but it is getting there. It has some bugs in it and I am havoing a hard time finding out how to deal with them. I have tried all I know which isn't much, but still not able to get it working the way it should. If you have any ideas and can help would love it. I do like the program but liked my old one better...
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Summary: A brief and somewhat boring editorial (sorry...)
Review: Let me play the devil's advocate (but a nice guy); As the hard drives go from kilobytes to megabytes to gigabytes & shortly terrabytes, and as we install more and more memory, 128m + (I remember when only Main Frames had 128m!) we are going to continue to put more and more and more stuff on our disks. How will these dozens/hundreds of applications, countless thousands of application/system files, and many many drivers all work together harmoniously? They won't. Why? because they can't. Too much stuff! The solution that worked for me; I reformatted my disk (forget uninstall programs, they miss stuff, wipe that sucker clean) and I installed the 25% that I really needed and forgot about the other 75% that I just wanted. The wanting, and all of that enticing free space on my disk is what caused the problems. If you say, ah, the heck with that! I want lots of stuff! Fine. O.K. fine, it's our God given right as americans to complicate our lives and take as many tranquilizers as we want. But in this case, I believe it may be to one's advantage to think of the full OS, rather than an upgrade. Upgrades and lots and lots of stuff cannot co-exist. On the other hand, lots and lots of stuff and buying the full operating system will probably cut your tranquilizers in half. If you stop and think about it, in this "I want a car that I can drive 75 mph and get 80 miles a gallon" society, that 50% savings on over the counter drugs isn't such a bad deal. It's a start, anyway. Peace, pax (whatever) - a lonely (but nice) guy.
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Summary: The patient died of improvements...
Review: We are at a point where 10g+ hardrives, 128m+ memory, really sophisticated drivers, Shockware, DirectX files and the like have become a way of life. So, having to rebuild your system from scratch from time to time (some folks luck out and never have to do this, I do) can take 10 - 12 hours. With what appears to be an exponential increase in the amount of files, drivers, applications, OS that have to work together harmoniously, upgrades (as opposed to the full product) are becoming a not so good idea. Reason: The sucker either works correctly or not, period. No ones fault, this was in the stars eventually. Can't keep adding and adding and adding stuff to your hard drive and remain a happy camper. It is, in my opinion unfair (unrealistic, actually) to single out the ME upgrade, which will work correctly or not.Not in my case. When launching my Encarta DVD Suite 2001 which worked fine before upgrading from 98 to ME. I received an error message that my Macromedia Shockwave file was not present. I did a search, and it was still there. ME just didn't see it! What the heck is that all about. I'm no Guru, but in my opinion, if one is going to go to another OS, get the full product. This will lessen, not eliminate the possibility of something(s) going wrong, and you won't have to take as many tranquilizers either.
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Summary: This software is fine, but you'll do better to get XP
Review: Windows ME is a fine product to get, but just around the corner (and maybe out by the time you read this) is Windows XP, which is a dramatically better product. If you are considering Windows ME as a long-term upgrade, I'd suggest you wait for the easier-to-use and more stable Windows XP product. The reviews for that product have been great, and the software is built on a more solid foundation. Finally, it should be noted that a number of the enhancements in Windows ME are already freely available at Microsoft's web site. These free items include Windows Media Player 7, Internet Explorer 5.5, and the latest Outlook Express. I'd recommend you consider downloading those items before paying the money for this operating system. Feel free to email me with any questions!
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Summary: Good god! Please avoid this product
Review: If you are tempted to buy this product just back away from the computer. If you feel you will be unable to control yourself then rip out your connection to the internet and do not, I repeat, DO NOT visit any software stores. Windows ME is the fowlest software to be released by Microsoft since it's ill fated release of Windows 3.1. It is highly unstable, and if anything goes wrong you can not tweak it easily. Stick with windows 95 or 98, if you want to upgrade choose Windows 2000, and if you have Windows NT you shouldn't even be thinking of installing Windows ME.
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Summary: Stay with 98, until they put out something stable!
Review: I upgraded one of my 95 machines, and the problems started immediately. The system seems to go into a "let me think about this awhile" state, that is not explainable. Maybe some of my drivers are wrong, but hey... shouldnt the install find that out???? I had to wipe the HD and install 98, which is performing quite well indeed! The features that this version gives you are not much of an improvement over 98. If you want a more powerful system, NT is alot more stable than this "attempt". There is also always Linux :)
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Summary: THE WORST THING SINCE E COLI
Review: I have to reboot this computer about every 30 minutes orso. Sometimes when I reboot the icons don't work at all. SystemRestore is supposed to stop files from being corrupted. It did, butcorrupting them itself! Half of the time when I need to restore thecomputer System Restore fails. I called HP, who made my computer. Isent it in and they said that there was nothing wrong with thehardware and the recommend that I upgrade to XP when it comes out ordowngrade to 98. I am seriously considering using 98 because thisproduct is horrible. I have a 1000 megahertz (1Ghz) Athlon PC - ITSHOULDN'T GO THIS SLOW!!! Thank you, Microsoft for another GREAT OS!(I was being sarcastic). In short, THE PEOPLE WHO LOVE IT ARE LUCKYBECAUSE THEY WERE SPARED. SOME MACHINES IT WORKS, SOME ITDOESN'T. DON'T TAKE THE CHANCE. WindowsME was made by taking some ofthe code from CE, NT, and making some totally new stuff. What do youget when you mix CE, ME, and NT? CEMENT!
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Summary: Problems Galore
Review: I have completed a few Windows upgrades before. This by far was the most difficult to complete. First there were the multiple driver updates I needed as reqirements. Then when I completed the updates and the install I found more problems with Power Management. I am returning this product immediately.
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