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RMAT · 01-31-2004, 02:16 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Bofinn
I gotta admit, I have a shelf load of games that really don't work anymore...

Why? Just change the compatibilty mode in XP

**pointreyes** · 01-31-2004, 02:46 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by RMAT
Why? Just change the compatibilty mode in XP

Because it does not always work. :sad: I always try to install my kids games on my wife's computer since it was built for that purpose. Normally, after about 10 minutes of the kids playing-crash. Install the same game in ME, no crashes. What I find strange is the XP RC1 and RC2 did not have this problem.

RJ · 01-31-2004, 03:15 PM

Compatibility Mode in XP and 2000 SP3 does not work for a lot of older Win9X games. I have a couple of old games I still enjoy myself, A-10 Tank Killer and Star Wars Rouge Squadron just to name a couple of them. They run great on Windows ME. Now I do love XP on my business PC and my Dell Notebook. But ME is the one for gaming. It is very stable. Now I will admit that I can't run the PC for more than a day as there is memory leak problems, but I shut the PC down at night anyway after my son and I used it all day with no problems.

KingTermite · 01-31-2004, 03:37 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Bofinn
I've been on:

Dos 3.3
Dos 5
Dos 6.1
Win 3.1
Win 3.11 for Workgroups
Win95
WinNT 4.0
WinME
Win2000
WinXP

without a doubt - XP is the best...

I've been on:

Dos 4.0
Dos 5.0
Dos 6.0
Dos 6.12
Win 3.1
Win 3.11 for Workgroups
Win95
Win98
WinNT 4.0
WinME
Win2000
WinXP

Without a doubt.....Win ME is the WORST!

p.s. XP is the best!

patentman · 01-31-2004, 03:51 PM

I love ME

Had no probs with ME,very stable and good for all arround work,even it`s fast enough although with all updates becomes a bit slower.
Hmm,I think XP is more sensitive on surfing the net than ME but just updated them fully,hope they work ok now-also they become a bit slower as usual with the updates

Still have them!!!

PS.Somewhere I read that there`s a problem on having a triple boot system-might be on MS page,can`t remember-but I do have with full success!Did it mean all installed in same partition?-don`t remember.Here`s my OSes in different partitions:
WinME
W2K
WinXP Pro

Have a look at this thread also and help me clear that XP thing:
Ctrl+Alt+Del doesn`t work on XP if it crash

*Bofinn* · 01-31-2004, 06:17 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by KingTermite
I've been on:

Dos 4.0
Dos 5.0
Dos 6.0
Dos 6.12
Win 3.1
Win 3.11 for Workgroups
Win95
Win98
WinNT 4.0
WinME
Win2000
WinXP

Show off!

LOL!

**pointreyes** · 01-31-2004, 06:21 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Bofinn
Show off! LOL!

No way am I going to list all the OSes I use. My profile is bad enough and it's growing.

JonP · 01-31-2004, 06:42 PM

As regards ME, the last straw for me was after I got ADSL. Because I was suddenly able to do heavy duty multimedia streaming, downloading and surfing at the same time, the OS just came apart at the seams. It was OK on Mickey Mouse dial up , but not when you are running 30 times faster with a large number of business apps opening and closing all the time. I couldn't get ME to stay booted for longer than 2 hours without a noticeable performance drop.

I've now put Windows 2000 Pro on the exact same machine. Not only is it faster, but the machine has been on for 3 days continuously with absolutely zero performance drop. That would have equated to 36 re-starts with Windows ME.

Here I was thinking my hardware just wasn't up to it when infact it was the OS.

elementz_03 · 02-01-2004, 01:44 AM

Windows Me , yeah it looks good , nice interface but it takes up to much system resoures , and a bad enviroment when multi-tasking , i currently am unable to run windows xp pro on my system , tho i been using windows 98se for 2 years since using win me , all i can say it owns , only advantage it has over win98se , is that it looks better ( some of us dnt go for looks ) , more updated , but wats the point of these features if it;s not stable

noshellswill · 02-01-2004, 02:13 AM

JonP:

Understand the BSODs ( Win95) , but my experience with WinME_4.9 is much different. I earn my living on the WWW, and run 640/256 mostly 12/6 with nary a problemo. These are modern hardware boxes, of-course , with plenty of RAM and beefy case/PS combos; they DO get turned off at night.

I'm cautious, also. One does NOT "reboot" to install a new proggie ( hard ON/OFF ...), keep open 15-30 windows, while virus_traps like OUTLOOK are simply not enabled. Plenty of little 'tricks' ... and a usr mindset of NEVER over_reaching the systems natural limitations -

Other hand, I note that even ( especially !!) when WinME does crash, the recovery is smooth and quick. No permanent file damage - proggies still work and datafiles do not corrupt - no real "downtime". That spells ROBUST to me.

Drc Ok · 02-01-2004, 02:43 AM

ive had experience with pretty much every OS over the years and without a shadow of a doubt ive found XP Pro to be the most stable, most user friendly OS of them all. i havent found a game yet that wont play with it either.

Cogar · 02-02-2004, 05:29 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Bofinn
I gotta admit, I have a shelf load of games that really don't work anymore...

This is one of the reasons I do not like XP (a viewpoint I have expressed in numerous threads). I have never noticed the so-called memory leaks, BSODs, and other shortcomings attributed to Me. The computer that my wife now uses has never needed a reinstall of Win Me, which was its original OS when I built it about 4 years ago.

Cogar · 02-02-2004, 05:36 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by KingTermite
I've been on:

Dos 4.0
Dos 5.0
Dos 6.0
Dos 6.12
Win 3.1
Win 3.11 for Workgroups
Win95
Win98
WinNT 4.0
WinME
Win2000
WinXP

Without a doubt.....Win ME is the WORST!

p.s. XP is the best!

I see your list did not include Windows 3.0. Exposure to that OS would have cured you forever of claiming that Windows Me was the worst.

BTW, Windows 95 was also pure trash--even when it was the hot, new OS offered by Microsoft.

Lucas_Maximus · 02-02-2004, 05:52 PM

lol.

I bought my laptop 3 years ago almost, i had windows ME. I tried showig my grandfather what a DVD was.

So i started powerdvd and it crashed, brand new oem install, first time i started the laptop up. I wasnt happy.

Windows 2000 was installed the next day. and i was a happy bunny again.

just do a duel boot with win98 and win XP, about 8gb should do it for games that were't meant for an NT platform.

wildboar · 02-03-2004, 08:56 AM

The last time I spoke out about ME, I got censored. Lets just leave it at that...

01-31-2004, 03:15 PM	#18
RJ Registered User Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Dodgeville Wis. Posts: 233	Compatibility Mode in XP and 2000 SP3 does not work for a lot of older Win9X games. I have a couple of old games I still enjoy myself, A-10 Tank Killer and Star Wars Rouge Squadron just to name a couple of them. They run great on Windows ME. Now I do love XP on my business PC and my Dell Notebook. But ME is the one for gaming. It is very stable. Now I will admit that I can't run the PC for more than a day as there is memory leak problems, but I shut the PC down at night anyway after my son and I used it all day with no problems. __________________ Intel D975XBX2 / E6700 2.66Ghz / 3GB Kingston 800 ValueMemory/ ATI X1950PRO / SB X-Fi XtremeGamer / Seagate 80GB & 250GB Barricuda Drives / PC Power & Cooling Silencer 610 / Cooler Master Centurion Case / Current OS: Vista Home Premium 32 Bit with SP1 P4C800-E Deluxe, 3.0C, 2GB Corsair PC3200 (2 1GB Sticks), XFX 7600GT AGP 256MB, Audigy2 ZS, super cheap Raidmax case with 4 case fans, (1)Seagate 80MB SATA 720RPM IDE Drives, Antec TruPower 550 Watt PS, and XP Pro SP2 Intel DP35DP /E6600 2.4Ghz / 2GB Kingston 800 Value Memory / Visiontek HD3870 / Audigy 2ZS / Vista Business 32 Bit with SP1
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01-31-2004, 03:51 PM	#20
patentman Modded Person Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Athens, Greece Posts: 2,281	I love ME Had no probs with ME,very stable and good for all arround work,even it`s fast enough although with all updates becomes a bit slower. Hmm,I think XP is more sensitive on surfing the net than ME but just updated them fully,hope they work ok now-also they become a bit slower as usual with the updates Still have them!!! PS.Somewhere I read that there`s a problem on having a triple boot system-might be on MS page,can`t remember-but I do have with full success!Did it mean all installed in same partition?-don`t remember.Here`s my OSes in different partitions: WinME W2K WinXP Pro Have a look at this thread also and help me clear that XP thing: Ctrl+Alt+Del doesn`t work on XP if it crash
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01-31-2004, 06:42 PM	#23
JonP Decisive procrastinator Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Australia Posts: 520	As regards ME, the last straw for me was after I got ADSL. Because I was suddenly able to do heavy duty multimedia streaming, downloading and surfing at the same time, the OS just came apart at the seams. It was OK on Mickey Mouse dial up , but not when you are running 30 times faster with a large number of business apps opening and closing all the time. I couldn't get ME to stay booted for longer than 2 hours without a noticeable performance drop. I've now put Windows 2000 Pro on the exact same machine. Not only is it faster, but the machine has been on for 3 days continuously with absolutely zero performance drop. That would have equated to 36 re-starts with Windows ME. Here I was thinking my hardware just wasn't up to it when infact it was the OS.
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02-01-2004, 01:44 AM	#24
elementz_03 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Australia , Melbourne Posts: 159	Windows Me , yeah it looks good , nice interface but it takes up to much system resoures , and a bad enviroment when multi-tasking , i currently am unable to run windows xp pro on my system , tho i been using windows 98se for 2 years since using win me , all i can say it owns , only advantage it has over win98se , is that it looks better ( some of us dnt go for looks ) , more updated , but wats the point of these features if it;s not stable
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02-01-2004, 02:13 AM	#25
noshellswill Registered User Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 169	640/256 and rock solid ( 12 hours at a time ... ) JonP: Understand the BSODs ( Win95) , but my experience with WinME_4.9 is much different. I earn my living on the WWW, and run 640/256 mostly 12/6 with nary a problemo. These are modern hardware boxes, of-course , with plenty of RAM and beefy case/PS combos; they DO get turned off at night. I'm cautious, also. One does NOT "reboot" to install a new proggie ( hard ON/OFF ...), keep open 15-30 windows, while virus_traps like OUTLOOK are simply not enabled. Plenty of little 'tricks' ... and a usr mindset of NEVER over_reaching the systems natural limitations - Other hand, I note that even ( especially !!) when WinME does crash, the recovery is smooth and quick. No permanent file damage - proggies still work and datafiles do not corrupt - no real "downtime". That spells ROBUST to me.
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02-01-2004, 02:43 AM	#26
Drc Ok ABXPopulator Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Recovering World of Warcraft Addict Posts: 4,351	ive had experience with pretty much every OS over the years and without a shadow of a doubt ive found XP Pro to be the most stable, most user friendly OS of them all. i havent found a game yet that wont play with it either.
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02-02-2004, 05:52 PM	#29
Lucas_Maximus Self Terminated Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 3,311	lol. I bought my laptop 3 years ago almost, i had windows ME. I tried showig my grandfather what a DVD was. So i started powerdvd and it crashed, brand new oem install, first time i started the laptop up. I wasnt happy. Windows 2000 was installed the next day. and i was a happy bunny again. just do a duel boot with win98 and win XP, about 8gb should do it for games that were't meant for an NT platform.
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02-03-2004, 08:56 AM	#30
wildboar ..Pig Man Charade You are Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: New Lenox, Illinois Posts: 2,043	The last time I spoke out about ME, I got censored. Lets just leave it at that... __________________ "If A is a success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut." - Albert Einstein
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