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Been on my hunt as usual. So far, I found a potential solution but am not sure whether this program works on Windows ME: https://download.cnet.com/doubletwist/3000-2139_4-10825270.html If we can just get something like itunes with native 9x support, the search can finally end. MediaMonkey seems promising.

So far, using the program suggested by Jumper didn't fare too well. I had to get visual basic runtimes and plug the dll's in the folder but the program doesn't save on Windows ME. I instead found Daily Journal 3.0 to be suitable. It's not without a flaw though: this app wont automatically take you back to the current date if you go back to the last written entry.

I personally enjoy using OnlyOffice for Windows XP. It's pretty good.

Hello MSFN, I am wondering if it is possible to allow Windows ME to boot again after modifying the system files to re-enable MS-DOS mode. I have not used the mode for a while and feel having to type "win," to enter Windows has gotten a bit inconvenient. Do instructions exist to fix this problem? Thank you.

Simple, just keep my Windows 10 PCs and keep using them until there's a reason to replace them. I'm not forking over 600 USD for another laptop for the exact same tasks as my Windows XP machines.

To install Windows ME on modern hardware, you'll need to do the following: Use the emergency disk/boot ability to run the ram patch Do the same with SATA drivers I recall these are the two main components you will need to run Windows ME physically on a modern laptop. However, I have yet to find any laptops newer than the 915PM chipset that hold full driver support.

Given Supermium and OnlyOffice exist, I'm still pretty content with having to occasionally use Windows XP for a few tasks. Windows 7 is just as alive as it was in 2009. There really is no point to buying high-end hardware unless you really want to do: The latest video games Specialized studio equipment Peripheral items that require Windows 10 or later Artificial intelligence Until I see anything revolutionary, I'm happy sticking with my Windows ME, XP, and 7 boxes for file transfers, bookkeeping, archiving data, backup, and so forth.

Not exactly. I am trying to see if the 915PM embedded drivers have something with 3D acceleration other than the above driver, sci-tech, or vemp. Trying to see if we can get 9x working on 915 chipsets- there's just lots out there. One reason why 915PM laptops are a huge upgrade from 8xx chipsets is their ability to use SATA hard drives. 8xx laptops can only use IDEs and lack 48-bit LBA.

By chance, does anyone hold device hardware IDs for the 915G/915GV/910GL Embedded Graphics Controllers? Hardware IDs are always handy to have and helped me somewhat find a 945GM video driver that unofficially worked on Windows ME. Found an old link that apparently provided a driver that even worked on Windows 95? If we can just find a 915PM video driver, a ton of 2006 hardware will be perfect for Windows 98. https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/21902135/Windows-98-drivers-for-recent-Intel-embedded-graphics-chip.html

I am trying to figure out something: is it possible to disable MS-DOS from being the first thing to boot with the patch? I am using this patch: https://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/real_dos_mode_patch_for_me.html MS-DOS is handy, but I'm not always using MS-DOS and typing "win" all the time can get a bit clunky.

Actually, Windows XP held widespread complaints of being bloated during its first release. At the time, most PCs had like 32 or 64MB of ram. To put it in context, using even Windows Millennium addition was a solid choice compared to XP because ME held stronger backwards compatibility and did not consume a ton of ram on idle. You apparently can't run photoshop 9 on Windows XP with 256MB of ram, but will fare just fine on ME. The problem is we've reached a point where we don't need redundant features. Many of us only need to book-keep, surf the web, do some office work, maybe view images and edit a few photos, and view videos offline- all of this can still be done on an intel pentium 4 to this very day. And for Microsoft, they simply could have just continued selling their older versions of Windows while simply providing security patches. They've made plenty of money from the US Military for extra updates.

A few ideas. But, they're likely too complicated: Backport of the latest VLC Backporting the latest LibreOffice Backport of modern document viewers Creation of a quality offline SAPI5 TTS voice- it's still super difficult to find one without forking over a bunch of money Fix Keynote NF to work on Windows 95 and XP natively Port Linux drivers to Windows for unsupported Windows XP Backport Windows 8.1 or 10's ACPI.sys to Windows XP

I'm just praying for the day unofficial patches are enough for Windows 7 to last. It's so stupid. Microsoft is making perfectly good hardware over 15+ years old artificially useless. Even a Pentium 4 still has endless use when used correctly. None of us should be forced to fork over 600 USD for a basic computer.

Thank you so much! After endless hours of searching, I can finally have a lightweight modern diary The download links for the diaries for Windows 3.1 and 95 are dead though.

Wow, I really need to find this program. It's better than any modern alternative today.