Windows ME crap

[HPC GUY]

another interesting tidbit. We (The Company I work for) were removing windows ME from their machines about a month ago but the fact was we had to leave the machines removeing me cause it was gonna take a long time for the uninstall process to restore files and what not, and guess what? the uninstall process is still running?
WHAT THE FUCK?! a whole freaking month and Windows ME is still uninstalling, a stroke a genius...

[Zombie9920]

quote:Originally posted by HPC GUY:
another interesting tidbit. We (The Company I work for) were removing windows ME from their machines about a month ago but the fact was we had to leave the machines removeing me cause it was gonna take a long time for the uninstall process to restore files and what not, and guess what? the uninstall process is still running?
WHAT THE FUCK?! a whole freaking month and Windows ME is still uninstalling, a stroke a genius...

Why in the fuck did a company install Windows ME on thier computer anyways? Windows ME is total crap(even worse than the other Win9x OSes). They should've installed Windows 2000 Professional on thier systems.

Easy way to uninstall Windows ME. Boot to DOS off of a DOS Floppy or a Windows 98/98SE CD
and run "SMARTDRV C+ 4096" then format the drive or run deltree and delete the Progra~1, Windows and Restore directories and remove the IO.SYS, MSDOS.SYS and COMMAND.COM files from the root (C:\) directory. After you remove all of the Windows files(or format the drive) restart the comp and boot off of the nice shiney Windows 2000 Professional CD(Or Windows 98 if you must) and do a fresh install of the OS.

(EDIT)I don't think that machine is still uninstalling Windows ME, I think the machine locked up during the uninstallation and it has been left running in a locked up state. If that is the case you all will be lucky if something didn't get damaged in the system from letting it run for a month locked up(EDIT)

[ April 24, 2002: Message edited by: Zombie9920 ]

[voidmain]

Where else can you get entertainment like this????

[Calum]

quote:Originally posted by Zombie9920:
Why in the fuck did a company install Windows ME on thier computer anyways? Windows ME is total crap(even worse than the other Win9x OSes).

I agree totally! still, anybody can see why they wanted to uninstall it! to uninstall winME properly, my suggestion would be to make a bunch of DOS boot floppies (which you can do from "Add/Remove Programs", then in windowsME, put all the documents you want to keep in "C:\My Documents", and EVERYTHING ELSE in "C:\WINDOWS", then reboot to DOS using the floppies and type "C:" to change to the hard drive, then "DELTREE WINDOWS". It is the simplest thing you've ever heard, but that is the only way i have found to uninstall windows ME, and it works fine.  

quote:They should've installed Windows 2000 Professional on thier systems.

Bollocks, they should have installed BSD or Linux.

[Master of Reality]

quote:Originally posted by VoidMain:
Where else can you get entertainment like this????

i used to think FOX had some funny (stupid kinda funny) shows, but this out does them all.

[Master of Reality]

quote:Originally posted by Zombie9920:

Easy way to uninstall Windows ME. Boot to DOS off of a DOS Floppy or a Windows 98/98SE CD
and run "SMARTDRV C+ 4096" then format the drive or run deltree and delete the Progra~1, Windows and Restore directories and remove the IO.SYS, MSDOS.SYS and COMMAND.COM files from the root (C:\) directory. After you remove all of the Windows files(or format the drive) restart the comp and boot off of the nice shiney Windows 2000 Professional CD(Or Windows 98 if you must) and do a fresh install of the OS.
[ April 24, 2002: Message edited by: Zombie9920 ]

jeez, that so damn easy! how in hell could we have missed that!!!!!

[Calum]

i think my way was easier, if slightly less entertaining...

[HPC GUY]

oH its not froze, the number of files that are being restored is still counting so its not dead.

DOH!! what i meant to state was.. the company i work for was removing ME from another companies set of machines!! Whoops

[ April 24, 2002: Message edited by: HPC GUY ]

[voidmain]

Why would they want to remove YOU?  Did you do something wrong?

[Fredledingue]

ERROR_00000245: If you want to uninstal Windows ME, please delete yourself first.

   

(in other words: you will be dead before you remove W-ME!!!)

[Master of Reality]

tell them to dl it for free

[HPC GUY]

very funny void