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  1. December 15, 2010, 07:37 PM #1
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    Default Microsoft Claims that ME is not a Windows Operating System

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    Way to go Microsoft




    A friend of mine encountered this while working at a computer repair shop today.

    Please attach big pics in spoilers.
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    Default Re: Microsoft Claims that ME is not a Windows Operating System

    Haha, if I were Microsoft, I'd pretend Windows Me never happened either.
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    Default Re: Microsoft Claims that ME is not a Windows Operating System

    Well being 95 and 98 are not on that list either, its not an ME thing.

    But still I had a laptop that was suppose to be 98 ship with ME, grrr.
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    Default Re: Microsoft Claims that ME is not a Windows Operating System

    Quote Originally Posted by Phier View Post
    Well being 95 and 98 are not on that list either
    The list of things Microsoft claims they never made?
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    What was so bad about ME?


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    It crashed on just about every game I ran on it for one thing.
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    Isnt every other Microsoft System bad?

    95 (Not great), 98 (Alright), ME (Irrelevant), XP (Good), Vista (bad), 7 (good)
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    Windows 7 isn't there either. Just means that older than ME doesn't support Explorer 8, and they want windows 7 to use Explorer 9.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Big Boss View Post
    Windows 7 isn't there either. Just means that older than ME doesn't support Explorer 8, and they want windows 7 to use Explorer 9.
    No Sherlock.


    It's hilarious anyway.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ChaobSiroc View Post
    No Sherlock.


    It's hilarious anyway.
    My name isn't sherlock. And I don't see the hilarity.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Big Boss View Post
    My name isn't sherlock. And I don't see the hilarity.
    You've never heard the expression "No Sherlock"

    Essentially it means you were pointing out the obvious.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ChaobSiroc View Post
    You've never heard the expression "No S--- Sherlock"

    Essentially it means you were pointing out the obvious.
    And you've never seen Airplane.


    Admittedly what I said isn't what is said in Airplane, but I hoped it would have been close enough.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ChaobSiroc View Post
    You've never heard the expression "No Sherlock"

    Essentially it means you were pointing out the obvious.
    Glad you took my advice

    Like Big Boss said "Windows 7 isn't there either. Just means that older than ME doesn't support Explorer 8, and they want windows 7 to use Explorer 9."
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    Complete fail MS .... at it again .
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    There are people still using Windows ME?
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    There are still copies of 3.11 in use.
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    I've seen Airplane! and to me, it's still funny.
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    Hey, I still use ME from time to time if I'm repairing a PC and need an OS.

    Though I recently acquired a bunch of XP keys, but heck, it takes forever to install and is unstable until you update it completely.

    I actually like ME at the time.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ChaobSiroc View Post
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    Way to go Microsoft
    It just means ME is no longer supported no where on that picture does it say 'ME is not a Windows Operating System'. It's to be expected, Microsoft always drops update support for legacy software it happened to me with Windows 95 when I tried to install a DirectX update years ago.


    A friend of mine encountered this while working at a computer repair shop today.
    Oh god the irony of that statement is probably lost on all of you.
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    LOL

    About as good as the time I had to fix an ancient white box with a sticker that said "This computer will never be outdated!".

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