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 Mar 10 2009, 05:47 AM Post
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| Group: Members Posts: 2 Joined: 7-March 09 Member No.: 235201 OS: none   | QUOTE (smartie77 @ Mar 8 2009, 02:46 AM)  QUOTE (Dutch Delight @ Mar 8 2009, 12:32 AM) Hello all  I've always felt sad no official sp for ME was ever made and am glad a few peeps here took the efford to create their own. Unfortunately I'm using a dutch version of ME. I've been reading on these forums for a couple of years now and am wondering if theres anything I could do to help create a dutch version of the service pack. Unfortunately the french version of the service pack seems to be unavailable or I could've compared the 2 versions and 'modded' a dutch version from the english version. I suppose a dutch version of this sp was never made or started? the same is true for me. I would love a german version. Because the SP makes ME really more stable and fixes lots of stuff I use now a english ME, for the SP alone.. As far as I can see the main problem is not only translation but hotfixes that are available only in US-English. Thanks to MDGX who has them all on his homepage. We need to know which of these fixes can be applied to non-US Windows without breaking things. Most "behind the scene" dlls, like the ACPI and IO-Subsystem would be ok I would guess. Troublesome is everything that has an effect to User applications like the RestoreUI and so.  Unfortunately I don't own an english version of ME. I'm well aware some of these updates won't work on a non-english version of ME but I suppose that atleast some of the hotfixes, even though they may be english, will actually work on a non-english version. As I use a lot of english software on my dutch windows I wouldn't realy mind if a few minor portions of my OS are in english because of the english hotfixes, I don't think many dutch people still using ME would realy mind that. I've found the hard way it's becoming quite tedious to find these hotfixes nowdays. I do own the dutch version of the MS security cd which has some files for 9x  btw, the dutch version of ME also comes on 2 disks This post has been edited by Dutch Delight: Mar 10 2009, 04:20 PM |
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| May 15 2009, 10:09 AM Post
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| Advanced Member  Group: Banned Posts: 414 Joined: 11-September 08 Member No.: 209395 OS: ME  | QUOTE (smartie77 @ Mar 10 2009, 06:17 AM) QUOTE (goodiesguy @ Mar 9 2009, 08:16 PM) Why Make A Service Pack For Windows ME? I Used To Like ME Untill I Found Out About Its Horrible DOS Compatibility. So Thats Why I Stick With 95 & 98 For DOS Games ME is not for DOS-Freaks. ME is a modern Multimedia general purpose OS for a networked multimedia Home or a personal Laptop. ME is the most evolved Win9x OS and [b]is more stable than 95,98 and SE. [/b] Don't buy the "Me is Beta" phrase that everybody badmouthes ME. The Truth : it shipped with prereleases of IE 5.5 and WMP 7.0, now what's that about - install IE 5.5 final or IE6 and WMP 7.1 or 9 and voila everythings solved. In fact the german ME edition came on two CDROMs : one OS, and one with WMP 7.0 final plus some bonus stuff to satisfy customers. The systemresore bug is a bug indeed, but theres a well-known and available hotfix and afterwards its solved. Systemresore works exactly like in XP and it is very reliable. It's few glitches can all be worked out, in generally it depends all on compatible Drivers : ME had the same problem as vista - when it came out there were only 98 drivers around, but ME wants WDM only. Otherwise ACPI wont work and system stability is in danger.Another thing to consider is that ME needs a lot of CPU power and RAM. 500 MhZ and far more than 128 MB will work wonders. ME has capabilities not found elsewhere in win 9x :
Better and feature rich Windows 2000 like Explorer :
Well.. that's not all, but the topnotch argument to choose this over 98 my friend. last my own extra Remark : I have a MS wired keyboard 500 with multimedia buttons, pause/play/Home/Favorites/Calc and such.. In Windows 98 and 2000 I need " the Intellitype software" to make them work.. Only In ME and XP they work without any running software at all ;-) Those little surprises are worth it, believe it or not.. Like I said it is NOT for DOS-freaks.. but for XP-feature seeking and multimedia-loving people on older or less powerful hardware or the need to have games and apps running fast as possible ( I do a lot of Photoshop 7, Poser 5 on a 256MB equipped ME Machine - dont even think of that under XP !).  yer good one smartie windows me is the best i rather have it then windows 98 becasue i never had a problom with win me but probloms with windows 98 like needing to get drivers for usbs from the internet and really slowing down after a year use (i only played games on it like pharaoh) and dont say win 98 is faster becasue win me boots much faster then my 98 machine i mean you gotta tweak win me a bit like get rid of sfp and system restore and once thats gones it a great and stable |
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| Jun 6 2009, 08:28 PM Post
#483 | |
| MSFN Addict Group: Members Posts: 1976 Joined: 24-November 04 Member No.: 37246  | QUOTE ME is a modern Multimedia general purpose OS for a networked multimedia Home or a personal Laptop. Windows ME was definitely marketed and built for consumers/home users, not for business operations. Business & corporate users have steered clear of ME. smartie77, I also found out that WinME has an improved version of the Spider Solitaire game that included options of choosing difficulty settings, which was not found in the Plus!98 edition of Spider Solitaire. My HP Pavilion 7840 desktop PC came pre-installed with ME back in early 2001. btw, I may have plans to make an updated version of the unofficial ME SP this summer, if and only if the_guy (original creator of the ME SP) has no longer interest in making a new one. has anyone heard from the_guy lately? This post has been edited by erpdude8: Jun 6 2009, 08:29 PM |
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| Jun 6 2009, 09:20 PM Post
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| Advanced Member Group: Banned Posts: 414 Joined: 11-September 08 Member No.: 209395 OS: ME | QUOTE (erpdude8 @ Jun 7 2009, 12:28 AM) QUOTE ME is a modern Multimedia general purpose OS for a networked multimedia Home or a personal Laptop. Windows ME was definitely marketed and built for consumers/home users, not for business operations. Business & corporate users have steered clear of ME. smartie77, I also found out that WinME has an improved version of the Spider Solitaire game that included options of choosing difficulty settings, which was not found in the Plus!98 edition of Spider Solitaire. My HP Pavilion 7840 desktop PC came pre-installed with ME back in early 2001. btw, I may have plans to make an updated version of the unofficial ME SP this summer, if and only if the_guy (original creator of the ME SP) has no longer interest in making a new one. has anyone heard from the_guy lately? i dont think so hes probloy doing work or school or some thing |
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| Jun 7 2009, 04:13 PM Post
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| MSFN Addict Group: Banned Posts: 1527 Joined: 28-March 05 Member No.: 49647 OS: ME  | QUOTE (erpdude8 @ Jun 6 2009, 08:28 PM) btw, I may have plans to make an updated version of the unofficial ME SP this summer, if and only if the_guy (original creator of the ME SP) has no longer interest in making a new one. has anyone heard from the_guy lately? We haven't seen him for quite a while. You could PM him if you wanna know more I guess. |
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| Jun 21 2009, 01:05 AM Post
#486 | |
| Group: Members Posts: 2 Joined: 6-February 08 From: Adelaide Member No.: 175656 OS: none  | the_guy hasn't posted in this topic since Oct 2, 2007 erpdude8 What with 9 months to be born, 9 months to declare a project abandoned is a fairly safe measure Best to get mod/admin approval jic though, even if no one appears to know what happened After 2 yrs of dedicated commitment, on the verge of an RC, without a word to at least you or MDGx, is a bit odd I do hope he and his loved ones are ok. I'm pretty sure, that most of us know you'll do the right thing by him, if/when you do take it over... even us lurkers I'd hate to see all the effort everyone has put into this, to be just left hanging on the edge of completion. If nothing else, it should be finished in memorial jic, he deserves that much regardless. |
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| Jul 2 2009, 09:24 AM Post
#487 | |
| Newbie Group: Members Posts: 30 Joined: 2-July 09 From: c:\windows\ Member No.: 249720 OS: ME | QUOTE (smartie77 @ Mar 10 2009, 02:17 AM) QUOTE (goodiesguy @ Mar 9 2009, 08:16 PM) Why Make A Service Pack For Windows ME? I Used To Like ME Untill I Found Out About Its Horrible DOS Compatibility. So Thats Why I Stick With 95 & 98 For DOS Games ME is not for DOS-Freaks. ME is a modern Multimedia general purpose OS for a networked multimedia Home or a personal Laptop. ME is the most evolved Win9x OS and [b]is more stable than 95,98 and SE. [/b] Don't buy the "Me is Beta" phrase that everybody badmouthes ME. The Truth : it shipped with prereleases of IE 5.5 and WMP 7.0, now what's that about - install IE 5.5 final or IE6 and WMP 7.1 or 9 and voila everythings solved. In fact the german ME edition came on two CDROMs : one OS, and one with WMP 7.0 final plus some bonus stuff to satisfy customers. The systemresore bug is a bug indeed, but theres a well-known and available hotfix and afterwards its solved. Systemresore works exactly like in XP and it is very reliable. It's few glitches can all be worked out, in generally it depends all on compatible Drivers : ME had the same problem as vista - when it came out there were only 98 drivers around, but ME wants WDM only. Otherwise ACPI wont work and system stability is in danger.Another thing to consider is that ME needs a lot of CPU power and RAM. 500 MhZ and far more than 128 MB will work wonders. ME has capabilities not found elsewhere in win 9x :
Better and feature rich Windows 2000 like Explorer :
Well.. that's not all, but the topnotch argument to choose this over 98 my friend. last my own extra Remark : I have a MS wired keyboard 500 with multimedia buttons, pause/play/Home/Favorites/Calc and such.. In Windows 98 and 2000 I need " the Intellitype software" to make them work.. Only In ME and XP they work without any running software at all ;-) Those little surprises are worth it, believe it or not.. Like I said it is NOT for DOS-freaks.. but for XP-feature seeking and multimedia-loving people on older or less powerful hardware or the need to have games and apps running fast as possible ( I do a lot of Photoshop 7, Poser 5 on a 256MB equipped ME Machine - dont even think of that under XP !). Windows Me is MODERN? and it is MORE STABLE THAN 98 AND 95? Are you serious? I just need to know. |
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| Jul 2 2009, 10:08 AM Post
#488 | |
| Newbie Group: Members Posts: 30 Joined: 2-July 09 From: c:\windows\ Member No.: 249720 OS: ME |
I am testing the service pack's stability improvements after 22 hours of a normal day use of a low traffic HTTP webserver Windows me continue to show signs of high stability before the service pack it would be quite unstable after 12 hours and VERY unstable after 1 day uptime |
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