Win ME Disks

"secret00agent00man" wrote in
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well then, i shouldnt be in trouble when i say i use my pirate Windows ME
virtual machine for light internet browsing and exploring dangerous sites
before i check them out with my host computer, or another win2000 vm.

No, you shouldn't be. Whether you will be or not is another matter, and
depends how you define 'trouble'. Just as it is human nature to pick up that
which is left unattended, it is also human nature to snitch. And lawyers are
quite a different breed anyway! But even they usually have enough
intelligence not to waste time and money on an action that has no virtue
beyond demonstrating the alleged length of their...well, you know (one
suspects that they - and the people who employ them - are the ones all that
spam is aimed at)...


Pogle

"Pogle S. Wood" wrote in message
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I mean 'Pogle'

Too late for that, Arturo/S****!
But I like your arguments, they are fun and interesting to read and one can
actually learn from them, if so inclined.
I am sure glad for you to be around. Don't make yourself too scarce.

Harry.




PSW




"Pogle S. Wood" wrote in message
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"secret00agent00man"
wrote
in message ...
no im not saying its necesarily ok, but could microsoft think about it,
or at
least make the punishments less harsh to the unactive products in the
support
line

Windows 'piracy' is meaningless pre-WPA. The only people who are
concerned
about it are those who have been hypnotised by the industry into echoing
it's mantra, and those who always were unable to seperate reality from
reactionary fantasy. When you make a product absurdly simple to copy and
then insist people read some mind-numbing legal diatribe in which, if
they
are that sad, they will see an appeal to give their word not to copy it,
and the product is copied willy-nilly as per universal human nature, in
the hard world of business (in which you firmly stake your patch by
using
the mind numbing legal diatribe) it is your fault for being incredibly
naive or optimistic or maybe just plain lazy.

What actually matters is that, as you say, the OS is full of security
holes. It is also severely limited stability-wise (compared with XP and
later). Microsoft are not suffering by people using copied Win ME
discs -
because they no longer sell it; nor are they losing out on sales of
Vista
because 9x is readily available gratis, because no-one who would buy
Vista
would use 9x instead 'because it is free', and no-one who would use 9x
because they prefer it has any interest in using Vista.

There are two types of 9x users. Those who can't afford any operating
system - so it's 9x or nothing (or Linux, which they probably won't
understand), and those who are interested in old, historic, versions of
operating systems. Both arguments against allowing these are - apart
from
the one about making the entire internet a more insecure place for the
rest of us; but it is a fairly contrived one these days - based on
greed,
and supported by a mean, rigid, bigoted, authoritarian mindset that
believes in upholding the decrees of the rich and powerful absolutely
regardless of merit (on either side).

Arturo

ok then. big words i have trouble reading, but i still see the general
meaning of your post. (microsoft also has bigger problems like xp and vista
pirating vs some unused os too) by the way, i was downloading some stuff with
IE6 and i unchecked the box "ask what i want to do for this type of file" in
Windows ME and it gave options like open and save and so on. so now when i
try to download from that website again it automatically acts as if i want
the program to run and i have to download by right clicking, save link as...
and that gets annoying. how do i get that original box asking what i want to
do again? i repeat, this is on my Windows ME virtual machine using internet
explorer 6.

Haven't seen this before.

Are we witnessing the reincarnation of 'Shane'?

If everyone in this group has decided I am this 'Shane'...

If so, you are totally 'off base' in this instance, and even if you were
not
him.
A 'little more' objectivity is recommended.

You responded to my response, not the OPs, thus telling him to try eBay
reads as argumentative.

Pogle S.

wrote in message
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On Aug 12, 11:57�pm, "Arturo Seis"
wrote:
webster72n wrote:
"Arturo Seis" wrote in message
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Anson Einstein wrote:
I am trying to setup multiple computers with every version of
Windows from Win 3.1 on. Is it possible to obtain a Windows ME
installation disk?
Any info would be really helpful.

Send me an email address:

� � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � �http://www.ebay.com/.

I see the concept of charity is lost on you.

Or is it that you don't know enough to know that what matters alleged
'software piracy'-wise is the key, not the installation files?

Or is it that you're such a sad fux0r that you can't bear the thought of
an
all-but-worthless years-out-of-date electronic-related product going for a
song, because to you it's a status symbol?

I have a 5400rpm 30 gigabyte Maxtor hdd sitting around here I've been
trying
to give away rather than throw away. It was once worth thousands of
pesetas,
now it is worth nothing, except to a maroon. Should I throw it away rather
than give it away, because a bunch of sad sax still use them and haven't
cottoned on to their actual worth, and desperately want to maintain the
illusion of an age of craftsmanship long gone whereby the value of
consumer
goods does not drop like the proverbial? Though I believe that was
*before*
the age of electrickery.

'New' on ebay? Microsoft stopped selling Windows Millennium Edition years
ago. Perhaps you mean 'unused'. Microsoft stopped supporting Windows ME
years ago - it is a liability now because the vulnerabilities don't get
rectified anymore. The only intelligent use of any Windows 9x system today
is as a working museum piece. XP was released seven years ago and soon
even
that will no longer be supported.

If there's one thing worse than a gullibull it's one who snorts his
acquired
ignorance at others.

Arturo

The OP asks for an "installation disk", not "installation files".

Arturo: He may have said that but it is not necessary, therefore...case in
point, Microsoft now sell Vista and Server2008 (to name but two) as
downloads. My NOD32 was purchased by download or you can pay extra for a
disc if desired, but why bother? The stated reason he asked for said "disk"
with which to accomplish implies that he is not seeking an original Win ME
cd, just the files. And if one were to be literal as opposed to intuitive
about it, one would have to suppose that he wanted something other than
optical media anyway. But probably the most pertinent fact is that I was
offering the OP a Win ME cd that comes with a key, for the price of postage
and packaging - an offer I've previously made here but had no takers for, as
well as one for a boxed copy of XP Home that I offered to webster72n for the
price of postage and packaging but he didn't take up. So when he replies to
my post, repeating the eBay advice, he is making an unmistakeable point and
that is what I responded to. I did not actually mention in my response - to
either of them - that I was going to offer to post a cd of WinME, with
product key, for the cost of shipping only, because it is not required. What
is required is for others not to jump to uncharitable conclusions.


Yes, one can buy "new" stuff on e-Bay. Meaning unopened.

I'm sure that will come as a surprise to you but the value of an
object has nothing to do with the opinion you might have of it, no
matter how "intelligent" it might be. LOL. Some museum pieces can
fetch quite a good price by the way.

Arturo: Yes, I've done the Louvre, Musee D'Orsay, Pompidon't. And used
Millennium Edition since 2000. But, you know, there's only one Mona Lisa
(not counting forgeries). And I've repaired, maintained and restored
motorcycles - mostly classic, but not entirely. The Triumph Twins are worth
a lot. Ten year old Japanese machines are comparatively worthless. That's
supply and demand for you!

And what's a "maroon"?

Arturo: My thanks go to Heirloom for answering that one! It's also where the
'Gullibull' comes from.

Pogle

"webster72n" wrote in message
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"Pogle S. Wood" wrote in message
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I mean 'Pogle'

Too late for that, Arturo/S****!
But I like your arguments, they are fun and interesting to read and one
can
actually learn from them, if so inclined.
I am sure glad for you to be around. Don't make yourself too scarce.


I only come here when I boot Server2008, Harry. For a while I did so when
booting Win ME, but I don't run it anymore.

Apparently I am Arturo again.

Arturo

You should post your question again in a new thread so's it'll be seen my
those who are not interested in the Win ME Disks discussion. I no longer
have Win ME available and off the top of my head can't think of the answer
to that one - it is several years since I saw that problem come up!

However, it may just depend on how long ago you made this change. Have you
tried "Scanreg /Restore" ? If you have a registry backup from before the
change, restoring that should correct it. Likewise running System Restore -
though there is really no point having System Restore enabled in VPC because
i). when you have Undo Disks enabled, you can discard said error - assuming
you realised it before merging Undo Disks, and ii). you can back your VHDs
up by simply copying them and should do if not on a regular basis, certainly
at the very start of using a VHD, and with *your* use for Win ME there
should not be so much changed that it hurts to go back to square one. But if
you have System Restore running, possibly that will be a solution.

When I'll be back here, I don't know. But if I am able to help, I will need
to know what file type you're talking about.

Arturo AKA Pogle



"secret00agent00man" wrote in
message ...
ok then. big words i have trouble reading, but i still see the general
meaning of your post. (microsoft also has bigger problems like xp and
vista
pirating vs some unused os too) by the way, i was downloading some stuff
with
IE6 and i unchecked the box "ask what i want to do for this type of file"
in
Windows ME and it gave options like open and save and so on. so now when i
try to download from that website again it automatically acts as if i want
the program to run and i have to download by right clicking, save link
as...
and that gets annoying. how do i get that original box asking what i want
to
do again? i repeat, this is on my Windows ME virtual machine using
internet
explorer 6.

You should post your question again in a new thread so's it'll be seen my
those who are not interested in the Win ME Disks discussion.

will do.

However, it may just depend on how long ago you made this change. Have you
tried "Scanreg /Restore" ? If you have a registry backup from before the
change, restoring that should correct it. Likewise running System Restore -
though there is really no point having System Restore enabled in VPC because
i). when you have Undo Disks enabled, you can discard said error - assuming
you realised it before merging Undo Disks, and ii). you can back your VHDs
up by simply copying them and should do if not on a regular basis, certainly
at the very start of using a VHD, and with *your* use for Win ME there
should not be so much changed that it hurts to go back to square one. But if
you have System Restore running, possibly that will be a solution.

i run my vms like real computers, so no undo disks, i did this about 4 days
ago, it was for torrent files, no registry backups, and i did look at system
restore with no luck of a restore point. as long as it doesnt do this autoo
download thing to other files, i dont care really, because downloading
torrents is too much for WinME considering i only gave it an 8.5 gb hdd

"secret00agent00man" wrote in
message ...

You should post your question again in a new thread so's it'll be seen my
those who are not interested in the Win ME Disks discussion.

will do.

However, it may just depend on how long ago you made this change. Have
you
tried "Scanreg /Restore" ? If you have a registry backup from before the
change, restoring that should correct it. Likewise running System
Restore -
though there is really no point having System Restore enabled in VPC
because
i). when you have Undo Disks enabled, you can discard said error -
assuming
you realised it before merging Undo Disks, and ii). you can back your
VHDs
up by simply copying them and should do if not on a regular basis,
certainly
at the very start of using a VHD, and with *your* use for Win ME there
should not be so much changed that it hurts to go back to square one. But
if
you have System Restore running, possibly that will be a solution.

i run my vms like real computers, so no undo disks, i did this about 4
days
ago, it was for torrent files, no registry backups, and i did look at
system
restore with no luck of a restore point. as long as it doesnt do this
autoo
download thing to other files, i dont care really, because downloading
torrents is too much for WinME considering i only gave it an 8.5 gb hdd

No registry backups? You should have five, at least one of which is older
than 4 days. Are you saying you've run

SCANREG /RESTORE

and it does not give you those options?

Otherwise, if the file type is .torrent, I would uninstall the BitTorrent
client, reboot, then either reinstall it or search the registry for the word
'torrent' and delete all instances I found of it, then reinstall it.

Arturo

what the heck. its just got to be a small deal of enabling or disabling a
feature within WinME or IE6. besides like i said, i dont use the bittorent
client on the vm because i only have an 8.5 gb hdd with it. i was just
downlading torrents for my main system. nothing big, really. it doesnt bother
me that much. and if you WANT to help me, like REALLY WANT to help me, feel
free, but show me how to do whatever (only if you feel like it)