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  #11  
Old January 3rd 09, 09:10 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
Joan Archer[_2_]
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Why should I ?

My WinME runs fine with zero problems, OK it's not used so much nowadays
since my daughter left home but before then she went through school and
college using it every day for various things, not just simple email and
browsing.

Don't need to upgrade to XP have a machine running it that my husband uses,
I use Vista.

Don't have many problems in this house with computers the operators behind
the keyboards aren't stupid.

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"Robb Pierce" wrote in message
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Why do people still use Windows ME? Just upgrade to XP already.


  #12  
Old January 3rd 09, 11:07 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
N. Miller
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On Fri, 2 Jan 2009 16:14:01 -0800, Robb Pierce wrote:

Why do people still use Windows ME? Just upgrade to XP already.


Sometimes the hardware can't handle an upgrade to Windows XP. And anybody
who has delayed until now, and decides that the hardware can handle it, may
not be able to find an upgrade so easily.

--
Norman
~Shine, bright morning light,
~now in the air the spring is coming.
~Sweet, blowing wind,
~singing down the hills and valleys.
  #13  
Old January 3rd 09, 11:13 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
N. Miller
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On Fri, 2 Jan 2009 16:51:01 -0800, Robb Pierce wrote:

I understand all that, and XP home works fine. I used ME for 3 months, and
had to reinstall windows about 6 times. This same machine had 98se for some
time, ran perfect, I then installed XP pro, and again, ran perfect. I run a
computer repair shop, and we had zero successful Win ME computers work, we
reverted back to 98se until it was gone, then made the jump to XP. None of
our clients had ME for over 6 months because it was so horrible, even for
single use.


I used Windows Me for six *years* (not months). The only real trouble I ever
had was brought by McAfee and Norton. I dropped them, not Windows Me, and
everything was fine.

In my experience, both Windows 98 SE and Windows Me can not be kept running
24/7; both need to be restarted about once every other day. OTOH, Windows 98
would fall over when System Resources dropped under 30%. Might as well pull
the plug then, and restart cold. Windows Me would run until System Resources
were under 20%; and, about half the time, if Resources were just 9%, you
could shut down applications until you reached a state where Windows Me
could be restarted normally.

--
Norman
~Shine, bright morning light,
~now in the air the spring is coming.
~Sweet, blowing wind,
~singing down the hills and valleys.
  #14  
Old January 3rd 09, 11:43 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
webster72n
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Very strange indeed, so strange as a matter of fact, that I lost my internet
connection, just sending an email and now my modem is supposedly not working
properly.
I am in the process of finding out what's wrong and, hopefully, will be
successful.
What a blessing to have this machine and WinME.

Harry.


"Corday" wrote in message
news
Harry,
Dialup and Vista make a strange combination. By the time your updates
finishing updating, it's time for new updates. Don't worry though. When
Microsoft discontinues support, there won't be any more waiting.
--
I mastered Wordstar graphics!


"webster72n" wrote:

Am just getting aquainted with Vista, while still operating ME and to my
surprise discovered that ME is faster than Vista.
All in all there is an advantage in ME, because one no longer needs to

spend
time downloading all sorts of updates.
Vista has improved features and an advanced look but with dial-up it is
quite a bit slower than ME, despite dual core processing.
And not everyone can afford to 'upgrade' time and time again either.
In short: consider yourself fortunate.

Harry.


"Robb Pierce" wrote in message
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Why do people still use Windows ME? Just upgrade to XP already.





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Old January 4th 09, 01:34 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
TomV
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Are you describing the speed of your Internet connection or the speed of
the OS? If the former, it doesn't matter what the hardware specs are
for your system. A dial-up connection is going to be limiting no matter
what system configuration you have.

webster72n wrote:
Am just getting aquainted with Vista, while still operating ME and to my
surprise discovered that ME is faster than Vista.
All in all there is an advantage in ME, because one no longer needs to
spend time downloading all sorts of updates.
Vista has improved features and an advanced look but with dial-up it is
quite a bit slower than ME, despite dual core processing.
And not everyone can afford to 'upgrade' time and time again either.
In short: consider yourself fortunate.

Harry.


"Robb Pierce" wrote in message
...
Why do people still use Windows ME? Just upgrade to XP already.


  #16  
Old January 5th 09, 12:00 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
howzthat
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Read the attachment Robb,,, will be a real eye-opener.

howzthat.




  #17  
Old January 5th 09, 03:36 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
N. Miller
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On Mon, 5 Jan 2009 21:30:39 +1030, howzthat wrote:

Read the attachment Robb,,, will be a real eye-opener.


Interesting. A lot of hyperbole in that attachment (is that where the term
"hype" for such FUD is derived?)

--
Norman
~Shine, bright morning light,
~now in the air the spring is coming.
~Sweet, blowing wind,
~singing down the hills and valleys.
  #18  
Old January 5th 09, 11:24 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
ELW
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"Robb Pierce" wrote in message
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Why do people still use Windows ME? Just upgrade to XP already.


Because it's better than Vista: smaller, faster, hard drive friendly,
"inexpensive," and user-friendly. And more. XP is fine too, and so is
Vista, but Vista can get tripped up too easily.

EW


  #19  
Old January 6th 09, 12:09 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
Heather
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"ELW" wrote in message
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"Robb Pierce" wrote in message
...

Why do people still use Windows ME? Just upgrade to XP already.


Because it's better than Vista: smaller, faster, hard drive friendly,
"inexpensive," and user-friendly. And more. XP is fine too, and so
is Vista, but Vista can get tripped up too easily.

Seeing as "Robb Pierce" has not answered since the 2nd and seeing as
none of us know the name, perchance he is just a troll??

Figgs



  #20  
Old January 6th 09, 12:40 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
webster72n
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Surprise, surprise, I'm back in business and all with just a little 'System
Restore', suggested by Dell Help/Support.
Vista isn't so bad after all, even with dial-up, simply takes some 'getting
used to'.
My next step will be to explore 'Ubuntu', which runs fine on this machine.

Harry.



"Corday" wrote in message
news
Harry,
Dialup and Vista make a strange combination. By the time your updates
finishing updating, it's time for new updates. Don't worry though. When
Microsoft discontinues support, there won't be any more waiting.
--
I mastered Wordstar graphics!


"webster72n" wrote:

Am just getting aquainted with Vista, while still operating ME and to my
surprise discovered that ME is faster than Vista.
All in all there is an advantage in ME, because one no longer needs to
spend
time downloading all sorts of updates.
Vista has improved features and an advanced look but with dial-up it is
quite a bit slower than ME, despite dual core processing.
And not everyone can afford to 'upgrade' time and time again either.
In short: consider yourself fortunate.

Harry.


"Robb Pierce" wrote in message
...
Why do people still use Windows ME? Just upgrade to XP already.




 




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