windows update and the crapiest ME

[metbot]

when i use my windows me computer with windows update i awlays get software update and i cant even look at new updates<img src=smilies/angryfire.gif>also i cant use my cd drive. whenever i press eject no response<img src=smilies/angryfire.gif> then my floppy drive went blind<img src=smilies/angryfire.gif>ENOUGH!!!!!!!!<img src=smilies/angryfire.gif> Windows ME is the most crapiest piece of software i have ever used ive got 12 GB hard drive space and 128MB ram . im getting rid of windows ME i have 3 windows xp cds(2 home,1 pro) but i just cant get any of them to install i get an out of memory error
IVE HAD IT!<img src=smilies/angryfire.gif>

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[World_Demise]

Sounds like your computer is fucked. I've installed XP on a Pentium 120 with 64mb of memory and I never got any out of memory errors.

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[Reaper man]

> i have 3 windows xp cds(2 home,1 pro) but i just cant get any of them to install i get an out
> of memory error

how much memory do you have?

if all else fails, just go with win 98 SE
can't go wrong there <img src=smilies/cwm11.gif>

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[IceWolf20]

> how much memory do you have?

"...ive got 12 GB hard drive space and 128MB ram..."


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[SwampGas]

> how much memory do you have?
> if all else fails, just go with win 98 SE
> can't go wrong there

He already answered the memory question.

DO NOT consider 98 as an operating system. This is AWFUL advice. <img src=smilies/headshake.gif>

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[SwampGas]

Backup your important files (music, docs, passwords, et al) to something.

UNPLUG YOUR MACHINE FROM THE NET. Insert the XP cd and reboot. Let it boot from the CD (you have to hit enter when it asks to boot from the CD). Choose a new installation, delete the current partition(s) and create a new one. Do a quick NTFS format. Use your LEGAL and LEGIT key when installing.

Post install, go to your network device properties and enable the built in firewall on the device. Then you may plug into the net and head directly to windowsupdate.microsoft.com (or skip plugging in and use the windows update security cd). SP1 should be installed first (if it isn't integrated into your install cd), then you can do the rest. <u>Do not do ANYTHING else until that is complete.</u>

Disable the built in firewall. Install your virus protection. Install your spyware protection.

Viola.

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[Reaper man]

> DO NOT consider 98 as an operating system. This is AWFUL
> advice.

pfft, better than ME

and it takes less system requirements than XP


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[maq112k2]

> pfft, better than ME
Not really. I have a computer sitting here that has been running ME since it's public introduction. Haven't had to reformat ONCE. It stays on almost all day. The thing is, you need to MAKE the OS stable. Once it's stable, all is gravy.

> and it takes less system requirements than XP
Well, duh.


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[metbot]

last night windows ME stopped working completly so i installed XP to a blank hard drive i had laying around now it works perfectly smooth<img src=smilies/thumb.gif>
if it says version 2002 does it mean service pack 1?
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[SirDaShadow]

> last night windows ME stopped working completly so i
> installed XP to a blank hard drive i had laying around now
> it works perfectly smooth
> if it says version 2002 does it mean service pack 1?

if you hit windows-pause/break and it doesn't say "service pack 1" UPDATE ASAP. I think swamp gave you the right way to do it nowadays....


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[metbot]

under the add remove hardware theres service pack 1 and theres like nearly 30 hotfixes(sp1) about 20 normal is that what Dynamic update do?

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[blackize]

Despite it's reputation, Windows ME isn't as terrible as people think it is. Unless I knowingly did something that had adverse effects on the system, Windows ME ran fine for me. The only reason I migrated from Windows to Linux is because I was sick and tired of constantly patching and securing Windows, and I wasted a lot of system resources with a virus scanner, firewall, and a spyware scanner, on top of the huge risk ActiveX presents, I just had to move on to an operating system that didn't present these flaws. I'm not saying Linux is 100% secure and virus-free, but it's pretty damn close when compared to Windows.

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[metbot]

> Despite it's reputation, Windows ME isn't as terrible as
> people think it is.
the only time i havent had trouble was when i built a PC from scratch using AMD K-6 on an ABIT px-5

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[Kuikorosu]

> Windows ME is the most crapiest piece of software i have
> ever used

Well...duh.


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[pipes]

Linux is great and all but there is one big problem with it and it is not even its fault. Its support. I am not talking about tech support. I am talking about companies. They still like to make shit on windows. Windows also comes with most computers you buy from a store or Dell or someshit. I think everyone should move to Lunux. That would kick ass.

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