Windows Me

And, perhaps most important of all, at no other time has there been a wide availability of a beta following such a dud. People will cite Windows Me, but that doesn't track, because Millennium Edition was released, and then Windows XP was...

In this article: Microsoft, Windows XP, BusinessWeek, Windows Vista, Windows 98, and Steve Ballmer

...to formerly winning hardware, software, and services. No, this list doesn't include the most legendary cruddy upgrades of them all, Windows Me and Windows Vista. (Covering them would have been like shooting operating systems in a...

In this article: Dbase, Ashton-Tate, CompuServe, Windows Vista, Microsoft, Microsoft Windows, Packrat, Customer base, Ms-dos, and Egghead Software

...Move, on the internet. And while it may be a decade late, this is the first truly compelling use for Windows' old Active Desktop feature I've ever seen. This one's for you, inexplicably extant Windows ME users. [Scroll Clock-Thanks, Marco!]

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...system. "Windows users are really tired of all the headaches that they've been getting over the years, starting all the way back from Windows Me to NT to Vista and now Windows 7," he said. "As a result, I think people are looking for...

In this article: Windows 7, Microsoft, and Mac OS X

...more reasons the Vista launch fizzled, one of which, believe it or not, included the scheduling of the launch on a Tuesday. Windows 98, Windows Me, and Windows XP all launched on Thursdays, to moderate success or higher; and Windows 7...

In this article: Microsoft, China Syndrome, Best Buy, Iphone, Twitter, FCC, EU, and Windows XP

...device with access to the web. We're talking laptops, UMPCs, smartphones and even that ancient PC your grandmother still uses with Windows ME. There's no mention of any DRM restrictions, and it'll even allow you to stream live TV if you can...

In this article: Orb, OS X 10.5, Itunes, Iphone, Xbox, Wii, and PS3

...made -- on Windows Vista -- by most accounts, one of the slower platforms Microsoft ever produced (relative to the speed of hardware, Windows Me was probably slower). However, this was before we applied the new fix to IE7 on Vista -- yes,...

In this article: Microsoft, JavaScript, Internet Explorer, HTML, Patch, Firefox, Safari, and Sprint

...a way to remove the malware. Trojan. Ramvicrype uses the RC4 algorithm to encrypt files on systems running Windows 98, 95, XP, Windows Me, Vista, NT, Windows Server 2003 and Windows 2000, according to Symantec's Web site. Computers...

In this article: Symantec, CNET, Microsoft, Iphone, Facebook, Google, Windows XP, and Windows Vista

...the losses would have been as big. The last time Microsoft had an operating system that bombed was back in 2000, with the dismal Windows Me, which was the buggiest, most ill-conceived operating system the company ever released. But it...

In this article: Microsoft, Linux, and Web-based

...98, aimed specifically at consumer market Jan 13, 2000 - Steve Ballmer named Microsoft CEO Feb 17, 2000 - Windows 2000 launched 2000 - Windows Millennium edition made generally available, aimed at home computer users with music, video...

In this article: Microsoft Corp, Bill Gates, Ms-dos, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Windows Millennium, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 95, Windows NT 3.1, and Paul Allen