Not a prob actually, just that I saw this tv program a week ago tackling bout computer problems, this tech show host gives advice to letter senders, he advised this one sender who lost his win me serial number, The host gave him some good advice but what really caught my attention was, he told the letter sender should switch to other windows versions other than ME saying WIN ME is the MOST BUGGED of all windows versions anyway, Ever since it was first launched, I’ve been a satisfied user of windows ME, been considering switching to xp though coz some software I need requires XP. Since this is a Windows Me forum, could you ME aficionados and anti’s alike, have sumthing to say bout this?

Yeah. Some people talk ignorant s--- and spout crap because they're on TV and have a slot to fill. ME has it's share of problems, and it's not the best Windows OS, but so do most Windows operating systems. You want to get ME working well ? Look at something like: How to run Windows ME well, version 5 As for XP, it's an exceptionally valid point about software and inevitably we will ALL be moving to newer versions of Windows, as product support for 9x dies out. If your in the market for a new operating system, then get XP pro -- I'd even hold back on that, until they bring out a re packaged version, something along the lines of XP "Reloaded" incorporating service pack 2 and any extra features they decide to ship it with. Ignore people who spout crap for the sake of spouting crap. If ME has served you well so far, then it's served you well ! Period. See the iDiOt walk See the idiot TaLk WaLk IdIoT WaLk

WinME has served me so well that I've now gone back to it after using XP Pro for over a year! I was having major problems with games running and staying stable on my Athlon system. I blamed the drivers, the power supply, the motherboard, the BIOS, the graphics card, the cooling...everything but nothing solved my crashes. I loved XP...it has a feel about it that despite the extra resources it hogs up, that even if your system would normally hang and force a manual reset, it will somehow manage to save the day! lol Previous versions of windows simply dont have the same attention to detail as of course, they're earlier versions. However, since switching back 2 weeks ago, I have played Joint Operations every day without a glitch. My system now boots twice as fast and absolutely everything runs fine. I use Zonealarm which is a must I think as WinME is not security conscious in the slightest but with that, I'm not sure what is ever going to make me go back to WinXP...I mean, apart from the un-coolness of saying in a forum for example, that you use WinME (whereas of course WinXP is cool haha) what's the point? The only thing I miss is a slideshow program to view pictures...but you can easily install a third party one for that. All in all, I'd say yes, XP is a nicer system to use but since I play a few games, and I personally had trouble with XP and none whatsoever with ME...where's the contest?!! If it aint broke, don't fix it mate, you're not missing out on THAT much.

Microsoft have never provided any Service Packs (sp1 / sp2) for Windows ME, except for security updates. So it must be "the very best" of Microsoft's operating systems. Iligitimi non carborundum est

Windows ME is all that I run on my systems and the only OS I consider fixing for other people. XP Pro is nice if you have a fast system with lots of RAM and don't run older programs or have any need to run DOS programs. But with XP you have to stay on top of all the fixes they keep having to release for it. With a little work cleaning out some of the unneeded junk Microsoft added to make it sell better to businesses, and installing updated device drivers, Windows ME can be very stable and serve you well. Now days you do need to add a good anti-virus and firewall programs and check for Spyware/ADware often, but you have to do that with all of the Windows OS's. The most important thing you have to do to keep your Windows OS safe, is to dump Outlook (remove it from the system) and use a different e-mail application that does not have all of the features and security problems. Then install of the Windows Updates. The link in response 1 has a lot of good information on making Windows ME run faster, as does my page. Windows ME got a lot of bad reviews when it first came out because of a few simple to fix problems and the lack of proper device drivers for most hardware. These "bad reviews" have just been repeated, and have never been updated and corrected and have caused many people to never bother to really look at Windows ME and do the simple updates and changes to make it run well.

(sorry JackG I forgot your page, I already have it on my html template - I've just stuck it next to Trevs now - both your links together, makes more sense.) See the iDiOt walk See the idiot TaLk WaLk IdIoT WaLk

ME might be OK for single users but it's an evil b-----d on a network. Win 98se networks better than ME. We had one ME machine on a 30 computer net and it caused more problems that all the other computers combined. We replaced the ME OS with Win2K and that machine has run for a year now with nary a burp. There a reason Microsoft never did a service pack.