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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.

Hello, I am in search of an android emulator for Windows 98 or ME. Many android emulators exist for Windows XP and I believe there might even be some in existence for Windows 2000. The question is whether any exist on Windows 98/ME. It would be perfect if such is possible.

Hello, I have read the MTP driver for Windows 98SE/ME does not allow browsing in explorer- only Media Player 9. Are there programs out there that allow one to browse a phone via MTP? Thank you for your time.

I need to bump this. I haven't had the best luck here- it's baffling how difficult finding something so seemingly basic is this hard for Windows 95/98/ME. Any software recommendations would be helpful. I tried RedNotebook 0.4.0 with KernelEx- no luck. Anything like MyPrivateDiary would be perfect. Found some: http://www.filetransit.com/download.php?id=452562 I would prefer having a Windows 95-compatible app because they tend to be a lot lighter. Modern apps like RedNotebook are crazy bloated. It makes the fan of my old Intel Core Duo 2 laptop's fan turn on.

By chance, is there a driver for real-time DOS mode for Windows ME? It's a bit annoying the mouse doesn't work while under DOS.

A good search question: any modern office suites? I found Go-oo 3.12 installs OpenOffice 3.2 on Windows ME! Native docx compatibility!!

I am quite curious, what is the merit of an IE-based browser in 2024? It wasn't the most efficient or optimized browser in its time. Are certain plugins supported on the browser?

Hello, I am seeking a software to scan my PC of all images. Google Picasa does not preview newer image format, which is problematic. I need to scan my PC of scattered family images. I do not want them to be lost in the case of a failing hard drive. Thank you for your time

It's 2024, and I'm surprised we don't really have a good idea of latest working media players for Windows 2000. I plan to check the following later: VLC 1.1.9 Haihaisoft Universal Player 1.5.8.0 - Does not work AllPlayer - I can't find an old version from 2011 - 2014 that's working; corrupted file MPlayer UMPlayer - Works, even plays wmv files SMPlayer PotPlayer ZoomPlayer 12.0 - Works, needs codecs for video GomPlayer MPC-HC - Only up to version 1.3 works, I think FullPlayer 6.3 - Does not work KMPlayer 3.4.0.59 (November 2012) - Works with errors...needs codecs for video... Total Video Player 1.31 - Works, but doesn't support WMV files SockPlayer 2.1.4 - Does not work MSPlayer - Works vso-media-player - ??? (File was corrupt) SPlayer HUPlayer 1.0.5.3 - Does not work Searching uptodown, softpedia, filehippio, and oldversion for media players. I found an MP4 player for NT 4.0, so nothing is impossible.

Hello, I am wondering if I could setup a few old Windows XP laptops and an intel atom laptop for security and communication backups. I have found myself in various situations I did not immediately have my smartphone, so having programs like MySMS saved me a bit. Are there any desktop apps that serve a similar function for free on Windows XP?

So far, I tried to contact a dozen sellers. No useful replies so far. I found this driver, but attempting to install it gives me a message that there are unauthorized bluetooth devices in the PC...disabling the drivers still refuses to install the driver. https://gist.github.com/peteristhegreat/b48da772167f86f43decbd34edbd0849?permalink_comment_id=4046100 Is there any hope? I haven't found a single instance of this driver working on Windows 7.

That one is meant for Windows 2000. I found an unofficial one for Windows NT 4. Tested it and Carnivore worked!

Hello MSFN, I am seeking a driver for the below device. Google has not been my friend here. I just want to use my dongles on Windows 7 is all. This generic model is known as "Br8041 Bluetooth 5." Most dongles are very short and are only labeled with a "V5.0" on them- they are lots of clones of this model. The hardware ID says this is a Cambridge Silicon CSR Bluetooth device.

I tried this driver but the installer says Windows version is not supported...I need an interface for bluetooth to even function?

None in particular at the moment. I was trying to use VLC 3.0 again but lost my dll files a few years back.