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  #11  
Old December 27th 09, 02:26 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
webster72n
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"MowGreen" wrote in message
...
Merry Crimbo and a Happy Festivus to the rest of us
Hoppy New Year and say " Good Night, Gracie "
2009 was kind of crazy
Some don't recall
It's too hazy
2010 sounds so much better
That's if we all don't end up debtors
The rich don't care cause greed is unfettered
perhaps eating a few will make everything better ? ®


Quite inspiring and uplifting, in a way.
Very nice, Mow, I see you've got a 'patent' on it?
Hope you're having a really good 'Festivus' yourself.

Harry.



Mow



Shane wrote:

Kind of sad how for the last few years this group has been virtually
empty
Crimbo Day. It used to be almost IM (which I don't use, which maybe made
it
seem a bit more special? I suppose the appeal of IM is the feedback
carrot).

I think the microsoft.public.windowsme groups were invigorating because
despite being IMO the best 9x version, it was (and still is) widely
disliked
(there are *some* advantages to Conformity). So they were never
oversubscribed, dominated by the intolerant and egomaniacal types who do
and
always have dominated the XP, Vista and presumably now Windows 7 groups.

It is rather as if this has been a 'backwater' where the discerning went.
Sure, many WinMe users were complete novices whose first computer came
with
it, but often simply finding these groups is a kind of initiation and
sufficient a learning curve as to mean they came here with the wit and
attitude to contribute to the company; and of course those who kept
returning contributed to the family, as opposed to the brawl of those
other
groups in which the few sparkling stars are blotted out by the probing
coal-black clouds of trolldom.

So WinMe family, hope you didn't just get a lump of coal in your
stocking! I
think I'll go light mine.

The FSM bless us, each and every one!

Merry Crimbo!

Shane


  #12  
Old December 27th 09, 02:31 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
David H. Lipman
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From: "MowGreen"

| Merry Crimbo and a Happy Festivus to the rest of us
| Hoppy New Year and say " Good Night, Gracie "
| 2009 was kind of crazy
| Some don't recall
| It's too hazy
| 2010 sounds so much better
| That's if we all don't end up debtors
| The rich don't care cause greed is unfettered
| perhaps eating a few will make everything better ? ®


| Mow




For me, I think about this time frame ten years ago.

It was the eve of Y2K and the fruition of much work and preparation.

Then even threw in a gas powered tubine engine electric generator in back of my building.

I look back ten years later and I say it was a non-event.

As for 2009. It sucked.


--
Dave
http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp


  #13  
Old December 27th 09, 09:27 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
Noel Paton[_3_]
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Hey - Happy (insert appropriate name here), Shane!.....
IKWYM about the denizens of this space - I go away for a few days and come
back to find..... well, .... everybody's moved away!.. (OK, it was more than
a few days, but....)

The old fogies like me/you/us(/Figgs?) are still around, even if not as
often, but at least we have contact

.....and a Happy New Boxing Day to us al!

{Please be aware that this communication bears no relation to reality
whatever, and has no informational content beyond that of a greeting....
which does not mean that it originated in Redmond! g}

--
Noel Paton
CrashFixPC

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
www.crashfixpc.co.uk
"Shane" wrote in message
...
Kind of sad how for the last few years this group has been virtually empty
Crimbo Day. It used to be almost IM (which I don't use, which maybe made
it
seem a bit more special? I suppose the appeal of IM is the feedback
carrot).

I think the microsoft.public.windowsme groups were invigorating because
despite being IMO the best 9x version, it was (and still is) widely
disliked
(there are *some* advantages to Conformity). So they were never
oversubscribed, dominated by the intolerant and egomaniacal types who do
and
always have dominated the XP, Vista and presumably now Windows 7 groups.

It is rather as if this has been a 'backwater' where the discerning went.
Sure, many WinMe users were complete novices whose first computer came
with
it, but often simply finding these groups is a kind of initiation and
sufficient a learning curve as to mean they came here with the wit and
attitude to contribute to the company; and of course those who kept
returning contributed to the family, as opposed to the brawl of those
other
groups in which the few sparkling stars are blotted out by the probing
coal-black clouds of trolldom.

So WinMe family, hope you didn't just get a lump of coal in your stocking!
I
think I'll go light mine.

The FSM bless us, each and every one!

Merry Crimbo!

Shane



  #14  
Old December 27th 09, 09:31 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
Noel Paton[_3_]
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Hmmm.... progs that won't run under Vista?...... did they run under XP? did
you try compatibility mode??.....
if you wanna work on them (just for fun g) mail me!
Merry Xmas, Bill.
--
Noel Paton
CrashFixPC

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
www.crashfixpc.co.uk
"Bill Leary" wrote in message
...
I've got two laptops here still running ME. And I've put up a Microsoft
VPC on my Vista system with ME installed in it.

I expect that, eventually, the two laptops will no longer be of any use at
all and they'll go away. But the ME on VPC will likely go on for some
time. A couple of programs that will not run in Vista run just fine there.

- Bill

"Shane" wrote in message
...
Kind of sad how for the last few years this group has been virtually
empty
Crimbo Day. It used to be almost IM (which I don't use, which maybe made
it
seem a bit more special? I suppose the appeal of IM is the feedback
carrot).

I think the microsoft.public.windowsme groups were invigorating because
despite being IMO the best 9x version, it was (and still is) widely
disliked
(there are *some* advantages to Conformity). So they were never
oversubscribed, dominated by the intolerant and egomaniacal types who do
and
always have dominated the XP, Vista and presumably now Windows 7 groups.

It is rather as if this has been a 'backwater' where the discerning went.
Sure, many WinMe users were complete novices whose first computer came
with
it, but often simply finding these groups is a kind of initiation and
sufficient a learning curve as to mean they came here with the wit and
attitude to contribute to the company; and of course those who kept
returning contributed to the family, as opposed to the brawl of those
other
groups in which the few sparkling stars are blotted out by the probing
coal-black clouds of trolldom.

So WinMe family, hope you didn't just get a lump of coal in your
stocking! I
think I'll go light mine.

The FSM bless us, each and every one!

Merry Crimbo!

Shane




  #15  
Old December 28th 09, 11:50 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
Joan Archer[_4_]
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ROFL

--
Joan Archer
http://www.freewebs.com/crossstitcher

"Noel Paton" wrote in message
...
Hey - Happy (insert appropriate name here), Shane!.....
IKWYM about the denizens of this space - I go away for a few days and come
back to find..... well, .... everybody's moved away!.. (OK, it was more
than a few days, but....)

The old fogies like me/you/us(/Figgs?) are still around, even if not as
often, but at least we have contact

....and a Happy New Boxing Day to us al!

{Please be aware that this communication bears no relation to reality
whatever, and has no informational content beyond that of a greeting....
which does not mean that it originated in Redmond! g}

--
Noel Paton
CrashFixPC

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
www.crashfixpc.co.uk
"Shane" wrote in message
...
Kind of sad how for the last few years this group has been virtually
empty
Crimbo Day. It used to be almost IM (which I don't use, which maybe made
it
seem a bit more special? I suppose the appeal of IM is the feedback
carrot).

I think the microsoft.public.windowsme groups were invigorating because
despite being IMO the best 9x version, it was (and still is) widely
disliked
(there are *some* advantages to Conformity). So they were never
oversubscribed, dominated by the intolerant and egomaniacal types who do
and
always have dominated the XP, Vista and presumably now Windows 7 groups.

It is rather as if this has been a 'backwater' where the discerning went.
Sure, many WinMe users were complete novices whose first computer came
with
it, but often simply finding these groups is a kind of initiation and
sufficient a learning curve as to mean they came here with the wit and
attitude to contribute to the company; and of course those who kept
returning contributed to the family, as opposed to the brawl of those
other
groups in which the few sparkling stars are blotted out by the probing
coal-black clouds of trolldom.

So WinMe family, hope you didn't just get a lump of coal in your
stocking! I
think I'll go light mine.

The FSM bless us, each and every one!

Merry Crimbo!

Shane



  #16  
Old December 28th 09, 06:45 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
Heather[_3_]
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Posts: 58
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YO.....It was Shane's birthday a couple of days ago and in my Crimbo-addled
state of mind, I forgot to tell you all.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, OLD SOCK!! #50??

The Figgs Family

"Joan Archer" wrote in message
...
ROFL

--
Joan Archer
http://www.freewebs.com/crossstitcher

"Noel Paton" wrote in message
...
Hey - Happy (insert appropriate name here), Shane!.....
IKWYM about the denizens of this space - I go away for a few days and
come back to find..... well, .... everybody's moved away!.. (OK, it was
more than a few days, but....)

The old fogies like me/you/us(/Figgs?) are still around, even if not as
often, but at least we have contact

....and a Happy New Boxing Day to us al!

{Please be aware that this communication bears no relation to reality
whatever, and has no informational content beyond that of a greeting....
which does not mean that it originated in Redmond! g}

--
Noel Paton
CrashFixPC

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
www.crashfixpc.co.uk
"Shane" wrote in message
...
Kind of sad how for the last few years this group has been virtually
empty
Crimbo Day. It used to be almost IM (which I don't use, which maybe made
it
seem a bit more special? I suppose the appeal of IM is the feedback
carrot).

I think the microsoft.public.windowsme groups were invigorating because
despite being IMO the best 9x version, it was (and still is) widely
disliked
(there are *some* advantages to Conformity). So they were never
oversubscribed, dominated by the intolerant and egomaniacal types who do
and
always have dominated the XP, Vista and presumably now Windows 7 groups.

It is rather as if this has been a 'backwater' where the discerning
went.
Sure, many WinMe users were complete novices whose first computer came
with
it, but often simply finding these groups is a kind of initiation and
sufficient a learning curve as to mean they came here with the wit and
attitude to contribute to the company; and of course those who kept
returning contributed to the family, as opposed to the brawl of those
other
groups in which the few sparkling stars are blotted out by the probing
coal-black clouds of trolldom.

So WinMe family, hope you didn't just get a lump of coal in your
stocking! I
think I'll go light mine.

The FSM bless us, each and every one!

Merry Crimbo!

Shane





  #17  
Old December 28th 09, 07:04 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
N. Miller
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On Fri, 25 Dec 2009 09:24:23 -0000, Shane wrote:

Kind of sad how for the last few years this group has been virtually empty
Crimbo Day. It used to be almost IM (which I don't use, which maybe made it
seem a bit more special? I suppose the appeal of IM is the feedback carrot).

I think the microsoft.public.windowsme groups were invigorating because
despite being IMO the best 9x version, it was (and still is) widely disliked
(there are *some* advantages to Conformity). So they were never
oversubscribed, dominated by the intolerant and egomaniacal types who do and
always have dominated the XP, Vista and presumably now Windows 7 groups.


I never understood the fuss about Windows ME. The only failing I ever was
bugged by was common to the entire Win9x family: System resources.

And there are no Windows 7 NNTP groups. Alas. I don't care much for Web
forums, and have yet to check out those for Windows 7.

It is rather as if this has been a 'backwater' where the discerning went.
Sure, many WinMe users were complete novices whose first computer came with
it, but often simply finding these groups is a kind of initiation and
sufficient a learning curve as to mean they came here with the wit and
attitude to contribute to the company; and of course those who kept
returning contributed to the family, as opposed to the brawl of those other
groups in which the few sparkling stars are blotted out by the probing
coal-black clouds of trolldom.


By the time I got here, I had been using WinME for a couple of years. and
was just a couple more away from a new computer with Windows XP.

So WinMe family, hope you didn't just get a lump of coal in your stocking! I
think I'll go light mine.

The FSM bless us, each and every one!


Well, I have only one computer left with Windows ME on it. And I need to
cannibalize its power supply for the other one, which I had upgraded to
Windows XP because of that System Resources issue. When I was turning off
that computer every night, it wasn't such a horrific issue. But when I
started running a mail server on it, 24/7, I had to power it down every
other day to recover used resources. Windows XP is slow as molasses on that
machine, but once the server is running, everything goes smoothly until the
next round of Microsoft Updates (where the pain of insufficient hardware is
greatly felt).

--
Norman
~Oh Lord, why have you come
~To Konnyu, with the Lion and the Drum
  #18  
Old December 28th 09, 07:12 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
N. Miller
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On Fri, 25 Dec 2009 13:50:43 -0500, webster72n wrote:

According to public opinion Windows ME and Vista are 'throw aways'.
Is the fact that I like WinME and Vista just fine of a personal reflection,
or could the public be wrong?


I think the public was wrong. I liked Windows ME very much, despite a
weakness common to the entire 9x family. But I found Windows ME superior to
Windows 98 in recovery from that weakness.

I never played much with Windows Vista. It seemed okay, but not so great
that I felt compelled to spend $109 of my hard earned money to upgrade from
Windows XP MCE 2005. However, the $44.99 price tag of the Windows 7 upgrade
was very attractive (Windows 7 Home Premium "Family Pack"; $44.99 x 3).

--
Norman
~Oh Lord, why have you come
~To Konnyu, with the Lion and the Drum
  #19  
Old December 28th 09, 08:54 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
Heirloom[_3_]
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Buy the 2 adults a movie ticket and give them a few shillings for snacks,
bind and gag the 3 sorta adults....put them in a large Ziplok to preserve
freshness, kill the cat and send me the Yorkies.
Oh yeah, Merry Christmas to all (belated) and a very happy, healthy and
prosperous New Year!!!

Heirloom, old and still haven't figured out the 'man in the moon' thing.



"Heather" wrote in message
...
Merry Crimbo to you all.....we are relaxing for a min before going next
door with 2 adults, 3 sorta adults, 1 cat and 2 yappin' Yorkies. LOL.

All the best to everyone...........and Joanie, stay out of the cooking
sherry!!

Figgs and Family

"Joan Archer" wrote in message
...
Best wishes back at you lot as well, crikey I managed to type that
without a mistake sorry but I've had 2 glasses of Leibrf sp you know
that wine, and as I don't drink usually after the first one my head was
woozy and I still had to dish up Christmas pud

Thought I'd pop in here while I drink my 2nd cup of real coffee with
double cream floating on top g
Joan


--
Joan Archer
http://www.freewebs.com/crossstitcher

"Mike M" wrote in message
...
Good to see you still around. Enjoy yourself and humbug aside, enjoy
your mince pie(s) but careful with the cooking sherry.

Merry Crimbo back at you and also to anyone else passing by this NG
today!
--
Mike


Shane wrote:

Kind of sad how for the last few years this group has been virtually
empty Crimbo Day. It used to be almost IM (which I don't use, which
maybe made it seem a bit more special? I suppose the appeal of IM is
the feedback carrot).

I think the microsoft.public.windowsme groups were invigorating
because despite being IMO the best 9x version, it was (and still is)
widely disliked (there are *some* advantages to Conformity). So they
were never oversubscribed, dominated by the intolerant and
egomaniacal types who do and always have dominated the XP, Vista and
presumably now Windows 7 groups.

It is rather as if this has been a 'backwater' where the discerning
went. Sure, many WinMe users were complete novices whose first
computer came with it, but often simply finding these groups is a
kind of initiation and sufficient a learning curve as to mean they
came here with the wit and attitude to contribute to the company; and
of course those who kept returning contributed to the family, as
opposed to the brawl of those other groups in which the few sparkling
stars are blotted out by the probing coal-black clouds of trolldom.

So WinMe family, hope you didn't just get a lump of coal in your
stocking! I think I'll go light mine.

The FSM bless us, each and every one!

Merry Crimbo!

Shane





  #20  
Old December 28th 09, 09:38 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
Joan Archer[_4_]
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ROFL
Wondered if you'd surface this year Heirloom, hope you both had a good
Christmas. We had a fairly quiet day, after Kelly and her lot went home, it
was nice having the first Christmas just to ourselves, oh not forgetting the
cat g

As for the man in the moon I thought he was trying to find the cheese g
--
Joan Archer
http://www.freewebs.com/crossstitcher

"Heirloom" wrote in message
...
Buy the 2 adults a movie ticket and give them a few shillings for snacks,
bind and gag the 3 sorta adults....put them in a large Ziplok to preserve
freshness, kill the cat and send me the Yorkies.
Oh yeah, Merry Christmas to all (belated) and a very happy, healthy and
prosperous New Year!!!

Heirloom, old and still haven't figured out the 'man in the moon' thing.





 




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