Blog 12

I've said that ME was a horrible operating system. Explain as to why it was such a bad OS and what some of the problems were. Also, tell us if you have had experience with it.

Windows ME was unstable and unreliable. It would freeze up and crash often. Some found it difficult to install and getting to to run correctly. It did not work well with the hardware and the software on your computer. Malware would reinstall with a system restore. System restore would use incorrect date stamps on the system restore. You could not trust the date stamp after Sept 8, 2001. Microsoft had to issue an update to fix this.

ME did not support MS Fax, QuickView, Active Directory and more because this release was mainly targeted to the home user.

Micrsoft released 3 Beta version during the development. It was released December 31, 2000 and support ended Dec 31 2006.

I remember having this, but at that time, I was just interested in basic computer fun. I remember installing ME and thinking this MUST be better, the packaging and commercials were so cool! And it was "first" upgrade and I thought I was so cool getting the latest and greatest!!!