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Windows Me

Not to be confused with Windows 2000.

Windows Millennium Edition (Me)
Version of the Windows 9x operating system
Windows Me desktop, including taskbar and shortcuts
DeveloperMicrosoft
Source modelClosed source
Released to
manufacturing		June 19, 2000 (2000-06-19)
General
availability		September 14, 2000 (2000-09-14)[1]
Final release4.90.3000 / September 14, 2000 (2000-09-14)[2]
Marketing targetConsumer
PlatformsIA-32
Kernel typeMonolithic kernel
LicenseProprietary software
Preceded byWindows 98 (1998)
Succeeded byWindows XP (2001)[3]
Official websiteMicrosoft Windows Me – Home at the Wayback Machine (archived September 2, 2000)
Support status
Mainstream support ended on December 31, 2003
Extended support ended on July 11, 2006[4]
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Windows Millennium Edition, or Windows Me (marketed with the pronunciation of the pronoun "me"), often capitalized as Windows ME,[5] is an operating system developed by Microsoft as part of its Windows 9x family of Microsoft Windows operating systems. It was officially codenamed as Millennium. It is the successor to Windows 98, and was released to manufacturing on June 19, 2000, and then to retail on September 14, 2000. Windows Me is the last version of Windows 9x. It was Microsoft's main operating system for home users until the introduction of its successor Windows XP on October 25, 2001.[6]

Windows Me was targeted specifically at home PC users, and included Internet Explorer 5.5 (later can be upgraded to Internet Explorer 6), Windows Media Player 7 (later can be upgraded to Windows Media Player 9 Series), DirectX 7 (later can be upgraded to DirectX 9) and the new Windows Movie Maker software, which provided basic video editing and was designed to be easy to use for consumers.[7] Microsoft also incorporated features first introduced in Windows 2000, which had been released as a business-oriented operating system seven months earlier, into the graphical user interface, shell and Windows Explorer. Although Windows Me was still ultimately based around MS-DOS like its predecessors, access to real-mode DOS was restricted to decrease system boot time.[8]

Windows Me initially received a generally positive reception when it was released, however it soon garnered a very negative reception from many users due to stability problems. Windows Me became infamously known by many as one of the worst versions of Windows ever released.[9][10][11] In October 2001, Windows XP was released to the public, having already been under development at the time of Windows Me's release,[11] and incorporated most, but not all, of the content of Windows Me, while being far more stable because of it being based on the Windows NT kernel.

After the release of Windows XP in 2001, mainstream support for Windows Me ended on December 31, 2003, followed by extended support on July 11, 2006.[12]

  1. ^ "Microsoft Announces Immediate Availability Of Windows Millennium Edition (Windows Me)". News Center. Microsoft. September 14, 2000. Archived from the original on December 27, 2019. Retrieved January 28, 2017.
  2. ^ "Windows Me: Microsoft Releases New Operating System Built From the Ground Up for Home PC Users". News Center. Microsoft. September 14, 2000. Archived from the original on December 15, 2019. Retrieved January 28, 2017.
  3. ^ Hoffman, Chris (August 21, 2021). "Windows Me, 20 Years Later: Was It Really That Bad?". How-to-Geek. Retrieved February 7, 2022.
  4. ^ "Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition". Microsoft Support Lifecycle. Microsoft. Archived from the original on March 27, 2019. Retrieved May 24, 2016.
  5. ^ Lawrence, Josh (September 14, 2000). "Chat on This: Define Windows Me". The Screen Savers. TechTV. Archived from the original on October 31, 2001. Retrieved January 7, 2013.
  6. ^ Coursey, David (October 25, 2001). "The 10 top things you MUST know about Win XP". ZDNet. CNET Networks. Archived from the original on December 8, 2015. Retrieved July 22, 2008.
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  8. ^ "Overview of Real Mode Removal from Windows Millennium Edition". Microsoft Help and Support. Microsoft. January 14, 2006. Archived from the original on December 10, 2006. Retrieved May 4, 2019.
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  11. ^ a b Collins, Barry. "20 Years Ago Microsoft Released The Worst Windows Ever: Windows Me". Forbes. Archived from the original on March 29, 2021. Retrieved February 16, 2021.
  12. ^ Montalbano, Elizabeth (April 13, 2006). "Microsoft support for Windows 98, ME to end in July". Computerworld. Archived from the original on March 29, 2021. Retrieved February 16, 2021.

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