Who out there has constant problems with WinME?

Am I the only one who DOESN'T seem to have constant
problems with Windows ME and am happy with it?

granjan
Thu Jul 29 16:06:47 CDT 2004

No. As a matter of fact I am so pleased with WinMe I am afraid to
try to upgrade to XP for fear it will be more trouble and I'll
regret it. The only troubles I have had were created by me and/or
some software or other.
Janice

"Karla" <poetrydiva@ev1.net> wrote in message
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| Am I the only one who DOESN'T seem to have constant
| problems with Windows ME and am happy with it?


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Jerry
Thu Jul 29 16:08:00 CDT 2004

I'm using it with no problems, on my second system. You are not alone.

"Karla" <poetrydiva@ev1.net> wrote in message
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> Am I the only one who DOESN'T seem to have constant
> problems with Windows ME and am happy with it?

webster72n
Thu Jul 29 16:45:16 CDT 2004


If there are problems, they are not with Windows ME, they are attributable
to the operator, Karla.
You probably have plenty of company.

Harry.



"Karla" <poetrydiva@ev1.net> wrote in message
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> Am I the only one who DOESN'T seem to have constant
> problems with Windows ME and am happy with it?


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KRBland
Thu Jul 29 17:30:58 CDT 2004

FWIW, no problems here. Any difficulties are (almost) always of my own
making.

Ken Bland

Mike
Thu Jul 29 18:55:31 CDT 2004

"Karla" <poetrydiva@ev1.net> wrote in message
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> Am I the only one who DOESN'T seem to have constant
> problems with Windows ME and am happy with it?

I've had problems with the odd virus and the occasional trojan and even
a hardware problem but WinME does seem ok to me.
Regards Mike.



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aa
Thu Jul 29 19:50:46 CDT 2004

Hi Karla. WinME runs very reliably and smoothly for me, ..but only after
I heeded the relevant tips and tweeks from the folks at www.annoyances.org.
The 1st two years after I bought my PC (1gHZ, 256k ram, 40gig) in 1999, I
had a few intermittent problems. But all has been well for the last 3
years. I have avoided installing IE6 and WMP 9 and DirectX 9 for my PC.
IE5.5 SP2, OE5.5, WMP8 work just fine.


"Karla" <poetrydiva@ev1.net> wrote in message...
> Am I the only one who DOESN'T seem to have constant
> problems with Windows ME and am happy with it?

Angus_0l(321)
Fri Jul 30 00:01:01 CDT 2004

I'm OK with it now.
Computer Repair Shoppe says one third of manufacture's packaged computers are tempermental with motherboard, drives, memory chips etcetera. They want to aleaviate their dealings with by selling a computer that they build themselves from various sources.

Have used FDisk to make partions of Windows system C: , D:Temps for environmental settings, pagefile, internet temporary files, E:DATA for My Documents, My Downloads, script file backups
Then when operating system needs restore or formatting, it is only drive C:

--
Angus01


"Karla" wrote:

> Am I the only one who DOESN'T seem to have constant
> problems with Windows ME and am happy with it?
>

Walter
Fri Jul 30 13:33:26 CDT 2004

WME is generally OK if I don't mess with it. Installing and uninstalling a
lot of software seems to cause it to fail. It simply does not have the
safeguards built into W2K.

I have a dual boot system with W2K, and W2K is clearly the more reliable.
But both are fine. If WME does fail, I still have W2K to play with until I
reinstall WME.

I often use the WME system because it boots so quickly. W2K takes a week.
And of course I use WME for legacy software that can't run in W2K even in
compatibility mode.

I like both, and would not want to be without either.

--
Walter Donavan, Author
Revelation: The Seven Stages of the
Journey Back to God
www.revelation7stages.com
www.1stbooks.com/bookview/15479

Karla
Fri Jul 30 15:22:54 CDT 2004

I was just curious. I have NEVER had any major problems
with WME. I got this cookie cutter HP computer 3 years
ago. I didn't have any problems when I first started
operating and I still don't have any. The only time I had
a problem was when I tried to install the updated driver
for my modem. It didn't work right so I did a system
restore and found out from the company that a lot of
people were having problems with the updated driver and to
just stay with the one I have unless it started giving me
problems.

I guess I got a really stable version of WME. I run
ScanDisk and Defrag every month and every two months I do
a thorough, deep scan with ScanDisk. I also keep the
history folder limited to 2 days and the Temp and Temp IE
folders I empty at the end of every week. I have the
computer set to block third-party cookies and to prompt me
before accepting first-party cookies. I also run AdAware
and SpyBot every Saturday and I keep my firewall updated
and running at all times along with my AV program.

I think I'm actually pretty lucky that I haven't had any
problems.

(slightly off topic - anyone know how to get a crotchety
old man to stop downloading every program he sees?)


>-----Original Message-----
>Hi Karla. WinME runs very reliably and smoothly for
me, ..but only after
>I heeded the relevant tips and tweeks from the folks at
www.annoyances.org.
>The 1st two years after I bought my PC (1gHZ, 256k ram,
40gig) in 1999, I
>had a few intermittent problems. But all has been well
for the last 3
>years. I have avoided installing IE6 and WMP 9 and
DirectX 9 for my PC.
>IE5.5 SP2, OE5.5, WMP8 work just fine.
>
>
>"Karla" <poetrydiva@ev1.net> wrote in message...
>> Am I the only one who DOESN'T seem to have constant
>> problems with Windows ME and am happy with it?
>
>
>.
>

Heather
Sat Jul 31 02:07:49 CDT 2004

You don't have any problems because you are doing all the right things, my
dear!! Too bad the people that are so anxious to sell a computer don't also
know how they work or tell people how to keep them in top shape!!!

You could cut off the crotchety old guy's hands at the wrists, but that is a
tad drastic.....why not put some sort of *net nanny* on there?? Restrict
him to a few safe sites.....lol.

Cheers......Heather

"Karla" <poetrydiva@ev1.net> wrote in message
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> I was just curious. I have NEVER had any major problems
> with WME. I got this cookie cutter HP computer 3 years
> ago. I didn't have any problems when I first started
> operating and I still don't have any. The only time I had
> a problem was when I tried to install the updated driver
> for my modem. It didn't work right so I did a system
> restore and found out from the company that a lot of
> people were having problems with the updated driver and to
> just stay with the one I have unless it started giving me
> problems.
>
> I guess I got a really stable version of WME. I run
> ScanDisk and Defrag every month and every two months I do
> a thorough, deep scan with ScanDisk. I also keep the
> history folder limited to 2 days and the Temp and Temp IE
> folders I empty at the end of every week. I have the
> computer set to block third-party cookies and to prompt me
> before accepting first-party cookies. I also run AdAware
> and SpyBot every Saturday and I keep my firewall updated
> and running at all times along with my AV program.
>
> I think I'm actually pretty lucky that I haven't had any
> problems.
>
> (slightly off topic - anyone know how to get a crotchety
> old man to stop downloading every program he sees?)
>
>
>