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Is Window Millenium the same things as Windows 2000?
« on: July 04, 2005, 05:51:15 pm »
My daughter is trying to load some software on her computer and needs Windows XP or Millennium. I have a Millennium upgraded disk. Will that update her computer to Windows 2000 standard?

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Re: Is Window Millenium the same things as Windows 2000?
« Reply #1 on: July 04, 2005, 06:58:52 pm »
No Indy, actually It won't . Win ME was kinda a Bastard child of Windows, a kind of Breach between win98 and winXP. although XP still was based on the 2000 kernal, win ME was Closer to 98, with just a few exceptions IE Backup capabilities.

You can always try It, But If there's any chance to get XP home for her system, It would be alot easier now and in the Future. Sorry to give you that bad news Buddy.

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Re: Is Window Millenium the same things as Windows 2000?
« Reply #2 on: July 04, 2005, 10:25:46 pm »
Thank you Stephen! I am glad I didn't mess up her computer for no reason.

I may have to replace mine and give her my old one. It is Windows XP.

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Re: Is Window Millenium the same things as Windows 2000?
« Reply #3 on: July 05, 2005, 09:35:39 am »
DON'T USE WINDOWS ME!!!
SMASH THE DISCS BEFORE ANYONE UNWITTINGLY INTALLS IT!!!
Windows ME was supposed to be a newer, better version of Windows 98.  What it ended up being was a bug-filled poor excuse for an OS that Micrsosft released so they could make a quick buck while they were working on XP.  ME was so bad that many stores stopped carrying it and filled their shelves once more with ME's more reliable older brother, Windows 98.  It even hurt the initial sales of Windows XP because it made many consumers think twice before buying another Microsoft product.
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Re: Is Window Millenium the same things as Windows 2000?
« Reply #4 on: July 05, 2005, 10:33:14 am »
Quote from: Mr_Tricorder on July 05, 2005, 09:35:39 am
DON'T USE WINDOWS ME!!!
SMASH THE DISCS BEFORE ANYONE UNWITTINGLY INTALLS IT!!!
Windows ME was supposed to be a newer, better version of Windows 98.  What it ended up being was a bug-filled poor excuse for an OS that Micrsosft released so they could make a quick buck while they were working on XP.  ME was so bad that many stores stopped carrying it and filled their shelves once more with ME's more reliable older brother, Windows 98.  It even hurt the initial sales of Windows XP because it made many consumers think twice before buying another Microsoft product.

ME's problem was that it was based on the old 98 OS and in no way compared to the NT based OSs. Never the less, it was a better, stronger, more stable platform than that of 98 or 98se, despite what the psuedo-techno-weenies blathered on about.
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Re: Is Window Millenium the same things as Windows 2000?
« Reply #5 on: July 05, 2005, 10:34:31 am »
Quote from: IndyShark on July 04, 2005, 05:51:15 pm
My daughter is trying to load some software on her computer and needs Windows XP or Millennium. I have a Millennium upgraded disk. Will that update her computer to Windows 2000 standard?

Thanks all!

What kind of upgrade disk do you have? And what will it upgrade from?
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Re: Is Window Millenium the same things as Windows 2000?
« Reply #6 on: July 05, 2005, 11:08:28 am »
It is a disk to upgrade from Windows 98. I don't plan to use it.

Hey, maybe I can sell it on ebay! LOL
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Re: Is Window Millenium the same things as Windows 2000?
« Reply #7 on: July 05, 2005, 12:02:48 pm »
Quote from: IndyShark on July 05, 2005, 11:08:28 am
It is a disk to upgrade from Windows 98. I don't plan to use it.

Hey, maybe I can sell it on ebay! LOL

I would then upgrade directly to XP.
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Re: Is Window Millenium the same things as Windows 2000?
« Reply #8 on: July 05, 2005, 07:14:59 pm »
I agree. I am not sure my old computer can run XP so I may need to replace my current computer. It's five years old and starting to feel it's age.
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Re: Is Window Millenium the same things as Windows 2000?
« Reply #9 on: July 05, 2005, 08:10:11 pm »
Quote from: IndyShark on July 05, 2005, 07:14:59 pm
I agree. I am not sure my old computer can run XP so I may need to replace my current computer. It's five years old and starting to feel it's age.
I heard about someone who got XP to work on a computer with a Pentium 90 MHz and 64 MB of RAM.  He basically turned off all of the services he could.  That helps tremendously.
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Re: Is Window Millenium the same things as Windows 2000?
« Reply #10 on: July 06, 2005, 10:12:30 am »
Quote from: Mr_Tricorder on July 05, 2005, 08:10:11 pm
Quote from: IndyShark on July 05, 2005, 07:14:59 pm
I agree. I am not sure my old computer can run XP so I may need to replace my current computer. It's five years old and starting to feel it's age.
I heard about someone who got XP to work on a computer with a Pentium 90 MHz and 64 MB of RAM.  He basically turned off all of the services he could.  That helps tremendously.

Dang, I bet It ran slower then Molassas.

Stephen
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Re: Is Window Millenium the same things as Windows 2000?
« Reply #11 on: July 06, 2005, 10:58:10 am »
From what I read, he got it to run at a fairly reasonable speed once he used all the tricks he knew to make XP run faster and smoother, like turning off services and making some registry tweaks.  I think he got it running close to the speed you would expect Windows 98 to run on a similar computer.  I wish I could remember where I read that.
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Re: Is Window Millenium the same things as Windows 2000?
« Reply #12 on: July 07, 2005, 06:54:22 pm »
Quote from: Mr_Tricorder on July 05, 2005, 09:35:39 am
DON'T USE WINDOWS ME!!!
SMASH THE DISCS BEFORE ANYONE UNWITTINGLY INTALLS IT!!!
Windows ME was supposed to be a newer, better version of Windows 98. What it ended up being was a bug-filled poor excuse for an OS that Micrsosft released so they could make a quick buck while they were working on XP. ME was so bad that many stores stopped carrying it and filled their shelves once more with ME's more reliable older brother, Windows 98. It even hurt the initial sales of Windows XP because it made many consumers think twice before buying another Microsoft product.

I've run windows ME for five or six years. Never had a problem
Ask me how many blue screens I've had in the past two months. 1.

Windows ME is a mix between 98 and 2000. It has Dosmode disabled (its still there... just disabled), so It looks more like 2000... But its more towards the 98 side of things.
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Re: Is Window Millenium the same things as Windows 2000?
« Reply #13 on: July 07, 2005, 11:43:16 pm »
Quote from: SkyFlyer on July 07, 2005, 06:54:22 pm
Quote from: Mr_Tricorder on July 05, 2005, 09:35:39 am
DON'T USE WINDOWS ME!!!
SMASH THE DISCS BEFORE ANYONE UNWITTINGLY INTALLS IT!!!
Windows ME was supposed to be a newer, better version of Windows 98. What it ended up being was a bug-filled poor excuse for an OS that Micrsosft released so they could make a quick buck while they were working on XP. ME was so bad that many stores stopped carrying it and filled their shelves once more with ME's more reliable older brother, Windows 98. It even hurt the initial sales of Windows XP because it made many consumers think twice before buying another Microsoft product.

I've run windows ME for five or six years. Never had a problem
Ask me how many blue screens I've had in the past two months. 1.

Windows ME is a mix between 98 and 2000. It has Dosmode disabled (its still there... just disabled), so It looks more like 2000... But its more towards the 98 side of things.
You are the ONLY Windows ME user I have ever heard of to say that.  I've experienced more freezes, CDTs, unexpected restarts, and blue screens with ME than any other version of Windows and I know that I'm not alone.
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Re: Is Window Millenium the same things as Windows 2000?
« Reply #14 on: July 08, 2005, 08:52:20 am »
Quote from: Mr_Tricorder on July 07, 2005, 11:43:16 pm
Quote from: SkyFlyer on July 07, 2005, 06:54:22 pm
Quote from: Mr_Tricorder on July 05, 2005, 09:35:39 am
DON'T USE WINDOWS ME!!!
SMASH THE DISCS BEFORE ANYONE UNWITTINGLY INTALLS IT!!!
Windows ME was supposed to be a newer, better version of Windows 98. What it ended up being was a bug-filled poor excuse for an OS that Micrsosft released so they could make a quick buck while they were working on XP. ME was so bad that many stores stopped carrying it and filled their shelves once more with ME's more reliable older brother, Windows 98. It even hurt the initial sales of Windows XP because it made many consumers think twice before buying another Microsoft product.

I've run windows ME for five or six years. Never had a problem
Ask me how many blue screens I've had in the past two months. 1.

Windows ME is a mix between 98 and 2000. It has Dosmode disabled (its still there... just disabled), so It looks more like 2000... But its more towards the 98 side of things.
You are the ONLY Windows ME user I have ever heard of to say that.  I've experienced more freezes, CDTs, unexpected restarts, and blue screens with ME than any other version of Windows and I know that I'm not alone.

Mark me a second one. I found it far more reliable than 98 or 98se. In fact, until my upgrade to XPpro I used my winME box for all the beta testing of SFC over the years.
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Re: Is Window Millenium the same things as Windows 2000?
« Reply #15 on: July 08, 2005, 09:06:37 am »
See I was just the opposite. ME always gave me grief. now 2000 and XP I think are almost Perfect OS's now. But ME, man It just gave me nothing but Grief to be honest. Then again, I know ToastyO has more experience with code etc. so I'm sure he was able to use tweaks I only dreamed about.

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Re: Is Window Millenium the same things as Windows 2000?
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Re: Is Window Millenium the same things as Windows 2000?
« Reply #17 on: July 09, 2005, 07:34:29 pm »
Quote from: Stephen, AKA Sirgodhand Jr. on July 08, 2005, 09:06:37 am
See I was just the opposite. ME always gave me grief. now 2000 and XP I think are almost Perfect OS's now. But ME, man It just gave me nothing but Grief to be honest. Then again, I know ToastyO has more experience with code etc. so I'm sure he was able to use tweaks I only dreamed about.

Stephen

Yeah I know i had to tweak mine a little to get it running nicely.
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Re: Is Window Millenium the same things as Windows 2000?
« Reply #18 on: July 10, 2005, 01:17:05 am »
Wouldn't the mark of a truly good operating system be one that can be operated efficiently without tweaks by your average joe who considers finding the power button a success be a better measuring stick of how good a system is to start?
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Re: Is Window Millenium the same things as Windows 2000?
« Reply #19 on: July 10, 2005, 10:40:41 am »
Quote from: KBF-Angel Slayer on July 10, 2005, 01:17:05 am
Wouldn't the mark of a truly good operating system be one that can be operated efficiently without tweaks by your average joe who considers finding the power button a success be a better measuring stick of how good a system is to start?
True, but then that would mean that every verson of Windows ever produced is sorely lacking, and since it's Microsoft's job to tell us what a good operating system is ... ::)
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