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Windows Me was unstable, unloved and unusable. But was it really the worst OS Microsoft ever produced – worse even than Windows 8? An abbreviated list
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I think it's a little unfair to claim Vista was worse than ME. The whole article is more polemic than the result of deep technical understanding. He might be right that UAC was annoying in Vista, but what's annoying compared to a laughable user protection like in DOS-based Windows (yes, Windows ME)? Sure, its system requirements were high, but most of the driver and performance issues were gone with Service Pack 1 and 2. And Windows 8? It was a mistake from the UI perspective, but underneath it was really stable and had a relatively low memory footprint (sometimes even better than Windows 7). In this regards, it was better than some Windows 10 release of today that is half-baked and overloaded with a ton of bullshit-features and semi-annual upgrades no one asked for.
So - sorry. Windows ME is really the worst. Just because it's DOS-based makes it worse than any of the worst NT-releases 
modified 20-Sep-20 18:30pm.
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Technically, all versions of Windows are dos-based.
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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Wrong. The NT line (NT 3.1, NT 3.51, NT 4.0, 2000, XP, …) were rewritten from the ground up. They used the VM86 capabilities of the 80386 (or above) processors to provide DOS windows in separate memory address spaces.
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Can it be that some of the people involved in Windows ME is now working in the windows Updates department? 
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 You might be on to something there!
TTFN - Kent
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I've used Windows Me for a couple of years and never had any troubles
Of course, back then I only played games.
I also remember having a Final Fantasy VII themed computer with custom cursors and a screen saver with sound (playing the Costa Del Sol track from the game) 
I loved XP though, so I never went back.
To me, Vista was the absolute worst.
It didn't work with some hardware I had, among which a 7.1 dolby surround set by Creative.
That thing cost me months of income and it didn't work after a few months because I got a Vista computer.
I also couldn't play some games anymore.
Went back to XP really fast!
At least Windows 8 worked.
I used Windows 8 on a work computer, but skipped it for my private computer in favor of Windows 7.
I've never had any troubles with Windows 10, which seems about as good as Windows 7 and XP.
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IMHO, Windows ME was the worst. My first laptop came with it. It use to crash so frequently using Visual Studio that I got used to saving work every minute or so. It didn't take long for me to get a copy of 2000 which I stuck with for almost a decade, completely skipping XP.
As for Vista, I never had too many problems with it, but it was quickly replaced with 7 which was one of the best.
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IMHO, Window Me was the worse, especially if upgraded to it or installed on a system not designed for it.
(One of my daughters had Vista on her laptop and it ran perfectly fine.)
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Like it or not, certifications are important for getting ahead in technology. The Linux Foundation wants to help by launching a new, entry-level certification: The Linux Foundation Certified IT Associate (LFCA). Is it the "I escaped from vi" badge?
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Kind of mandatory[^]
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All new Git repositories on GitHub will be named "main" instead of "master" starting October 1, 2020. "And that has made all the difference"
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Don't know if I'll be able to master the new way
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Are you a .NET Core developer who loves working in Windows and Visual Studio, but needs to test your app in Linux? Or...you know...debug it on Linux itself?
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Kent Sharkey wrote: Or...you know...debug it on Linux itself?
Visual Studio Code is not Visual Studio, as long as I would like to say otherwise.
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The Ig Nobel Prizes, an annual event celebrating quirky, comical discoveries, carried on despite the pandemic in a virtual ceremony riddled with bugs—and bug jokes Mental note: don't have the steak at that researcher's house
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Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a new tool called the Phish Scale that could help organizations better train their employees to avoid a particularly dangerous form of cyberattack known as phishing. Because people just can't help clicking on the links
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Quote: As for next steps, Greene and Steves say they need even more data. All of the data used for the Phish Scale came from NIST. The next step is to expand the pool and acquire data from other organizations, including nongovernmental ones, and to make sure the Phish Scale performs as it should over time and in different operational settings.
Surprise, surprise...
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Roman Ivantsov wrote: Just published:
Seems like The Insider News is going to need a "Do Not Use This Forum To Promote Your Own Stuff" permanent message at the top, similar to the lounge's "No coding questions." 
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You're excited over Yet Another Javscript Framework?
You have to get out of the office more.
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I was excited about .NET 5 RC1 the other day, and I don't even code for a living anymore.
Real programmers use butterflies
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