[SEL] O.T. Need Computer Help - Not Me

Tom Dunlap tdunlap at satx.rr.com
Thu Mar 31 08:42:40 PST 2005


I have had nothing but trouble with ME.  Error messages, blue screens...my
computer has a dent in it from a really bad ME crash that really pi**ed me
off!!!...


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve W." <falcon at telenet.net>
To: "The SEL email discussion list" <sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2005 11:47 AM
Subject: Re: [SEL] O.T. Need Computer Help - Not Me


> Some day I may figure out why everyone is so down on ME. I have it on
> about 6 machines and have NEVER had a problem with it. No crashes (that
> were not MY fault ) no problems with hardware. I know a LOT of people
> who have it and love it as well. I am still looking for a retail copy
> for another machine I have here (want to put it in the shop as a jukebox
> / manual source).
>
> ME seems to get kicked around a lot BUT if you look at the coding you
> find that it is 98SE with about 6 added features. The my pictures
> screensaver, thumbnail viewing of files, better driver support, better
> USB support, and larger HD support, plus it doesn't need tons of memory
> or high speed processors to run.
>
> Steve Williams
> Near Cooperstown, New York
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <bill at antique-engines.com>
> To: "The SEL email discussion list" <sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2005 10:04 AM
> Subject: Re: [SEL] O.T. Need Computer Help - Not Me
>
>
> > I'm shocked - I have yet to see a CD that XP didn't recognize. Cd's
> are so
> > basic, and there are actually semi-universal drivers that XP uses if
> an
> > exact model can't be determined.
> > This will be interesting!
> >
> > You want AT LEAST 256K RAM for XP, 512K is better, 1 gig is best.
> >
> > If you wanna dump XP, you'll probably need to reformat the drive and
> start
> > over with a clean OS install.
> > Windows ME is the worst Windows since Windows 3.0 or Win95.
> > It's prone to crashes and flakiness.
> > I'd run Win98 before I'd run ME.
> >
> > Bill
>
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