Post #38,355
5/12/02 12:51:50 AM
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What is it with Windows Me?
I have a number of clients who purchased computers preloaded with Windows Me for their business networks. These computers (Dells, eMachines and others) are all slowing down to an unusable crawl. I'm having to strip Windows Me off and install either Windows 98 SE or Windows XP to make them usable.
We are not seeing this performance failure in Windows 98 SE computers that have been running considerably longer.
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Post #38,363
5/12/02 4:13:53 AM
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System Restore & System File Protection are possible causes
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Chris Altmann
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Post #38,459
5/13/02 11:28:12 AM
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That is exactly the most likely cause.
WinME (and I know this for various reasons...) is considered a turd inside the manufacturer's residence. Cranked out to get some cash on the table, minimal changes were made, and some stuff from Win2k and the WinXP were shoehorned in without consideration for compatability/stability.
If you have to use Windows 9x, use Win95 2.0 (rev b, NOT rev c - rev c had some compatability issues) or Windows 98SE. Don't use ME. Period.
Personally, if you don't need some SERIOUS legacy compatability (esoteric MS-DOS stuff w/sound - I've had a bunch of old games working without sound in Win2k) you're fine with using Win2k, as long as you've got enough memory.
End of story.
InThane - Now running Ashton rev 2.0
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Post #38,364
5/12/02 4:13:54 AM
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Re: What is it with Windows Me?
I dunno.
We had a couple of experiments with WinME, here. Didn't last very long - we were seeing inexplicably poor performance as are you.
We use W2K on the desktop now, across the board.
If you /gotta/ run Windows, it's the best solution. XP has too many shiny toys to distract users :-)
Peter
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Post #38,412
5/12/02 11:23:58 PM
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Depends on the drivers
I've seen some systems run great with ME, but only after the drivers got updated. I think I had an issue with the CDRW drive I had with ME, it didn't work with the built in driver and it clobbered EZ-CD 4.X (Needed the 5.0 upgrade, which cost money) and with the Nero driver it ran faster than the built in driver. But after a while it was RRR to 98SE.
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Post #38,432
5/13/02 6:58:51 AM
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Definitely an OEM install problem.
My VAIO came with WinME, pre-installed of course. I haven't had any of those problems.
Wade.
"All around me are nothing but fakes
Come with me on the biggest fake of all!"
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Post #38,477
5/13/02 2:24:33 PM
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Again, driver issues
Some systems are pre-installed with the latest ME drivers (Or WDM drivers as they are called) and work great. Others don't have the latest drivers and are buggier than an Ant Farm. Buyer beware, some OEMs are not as good as other OEMs. ME is crapware, unless it is set up properly on the right type of hardware.
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Post #38,585
5/14/02 8:15:55 AM
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Well, yes.
That's why I pointed at the OEM. :-) If it don't go right on an OEM install (with the OS I want) then I'd be wanting my money back.
Wade.
"All around me are nothing but fakes
Come with me on the biggest fake of all!"
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Post #38,478
5/13/02 2:29:02 PM
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Big question
Did they do a Windows Update to the latest service packs? If not, then that could be part of the problem. The updates help a lot, and also in some cases update the drivers for you.
Some OEMs also stack on a ton of software that bogs the ME system down. Like Packard Bell used to do.
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Post #38,606
5/14/02 9:52:12 AM
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Of course they haven't
I can't think of a single one of my nearly 200 business clients that has ever installed a driver update or service pack or any other update for anything except their accounting software on any computer they own.
If it's so fragile it doesn't work as delivered, it needs to be eliminated entirely. That's a lot cheaper than having me hanging around continuously upadating all kinds of stuff in hopes of killing problems that just keep coming back.
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Post #38,656
5/14/02 3:06:29 PM
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Different clients
mine were smaller than 200 machines, and they did updates. Of course I was never called back because the machines worked almost perfectly with the updated drivers and service packs. Too much quality work by myself and my business partner?
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