Is Windows ME Windows for Dummies?

**Guv** · Mar 16th, 2001, 02:32 PM

I have a friend who complains about everything, but is often correct. The trouble is, I have trouble knowing when to believe him.

He claims that Windows ME has been designed to keep computer illiterates out of trouble, but makes it difficult for knowledgeable users to do some of the things they want to do.

He says that he is annoyed every time he wants to do something other than run some program or sign on to the Internet.

Do any ME users care to comment? I have been thinking about switching from Windows 98 Second Edition to Windows ME. Should I skip ME and try the next OS? I have way too much Windows software to think about a MAC or Lunix, or whatever.

Mar 16th, 2001, 02:49 PM

I recomend you switch to Win2k, as long as you don't play many games or have old hardware(if the hardware company is out of business or the product is no longer supported, it's going to be hell getting a driver for it, my friend has this problem with a scanner.. so he dual boots 98/2k). WinME really is for 'dummies', I don't have it, but I have used it at computer stores, and it is horrible, the GUI gives me a headache(too many colors), and it is extremely unstable.

**Jareware** · Mar 16th, 2001, 04:42 PM

Unstable? A friend of mine says that he's had way less crashes after he upgraded (?) his win98 installation to ME...

Although more stable than windows98 shouldn't necessarily be taken as a compliment

...

Yes, I highly recommend switching to Windows 2000. I am using it right now. It has two things that I want from an OS: a) It looks nice and has cool fading menus (that never cease to fascinate me

), and b) it is built on solid NT base. And I quote another friend of mine, "you can actually decide yourself when to boot your computer".

-JR-

Mar 16th, 2001, 07:02 PM

I would rather use a BSD disto of Unix, but Win2k has more software for it......

**Jareware** · Mar 16th, 2001, 07:12 PM

BTW are those red smilies a saint patrick's day joke or has the graphics department of vb-world gone mad?

-JR-

**HarryW** · Mar 16th, 2001, 07:29 PM

Comic Relief.

**CaptainPinko** · Mar 16th, 2001, 09:42 PM

There is only one solution to problems with Win gui and/or explorer crashes, two words: LiteStep

www.litestep.com
www.litestep.net

Thank you and good night.

**chrisjk** · Mar 16th, 2001, 10:01 PM

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**Jareware** · Mar 17th, 2001, 11:57 PM

Captain Pinko, what is that LiteStep?

-JR-

Mar 18th, 2001, 12:01 AM

It's a replacement Windows Shell.

**Jareware** · Mar 18th, 2001, 12:08 AM

Hey, this looks pretty nice!

How do you install them and if you do, will you be able to revert to the original windows look?

-JR-

Mar 18th, 2001, 12:26 AM

I haven't used it, but I suppose it comes with documentation of how to install it. And I am pretty damn sure you can go back to using the normal windows GUI

**ExtremePimpness** · Mar 18th, 2001, 04:00 PM

yea to uninstall it you just replace the entry in the system.ini that refers to GUI or SHELL i can't remeber but it is in the documentation you could even write a program that lets you choose which to bbot to

**zmerlinz** · Mar 18th, 2001, 04:04 PM

Originally posted by CaptainPinko
There is only one solution to problems with Win gui and/or explorer crashes, two words: LiteStep

www.litestep.com
www.litestep.net

Thank you and good night.

i tried that litestep thing and it buggered up my system, luckly for me , windows ME has system restore this is a brilliant tool

**Jareware** · Mar 18th, 2001, 07:55 PM

Have you had time to check out my prog yet?

I have it almost finished now...

-JR-

**zmerlinz** · Mar 19th, 2001, 04:05 AM

sorry i haven't had much time to test it. i will do some tonight

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