Re: Windows ME ???

Tried it everyone said it was more stable then 98. It crashed several times so I took it off but then again I use W2K and am spoiled. By the way W2K runs GPL and all the other sims great with my GeForce2 MX 566@ 850.( with the exception of Nascar Heat which stutters at certain track locations) ided as to wether I install WinME. > > Has anyone here tried it yey and if so, what is the verdict with regardsto

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> GPL, GP3 etc... > > I have the following hardware: > > PIII 800 > 128 MB RAM > SB Live > Winfast GeForce2 GTS > LWFF Steering Wheel > > If anyone has had any hassles with ME and this hardware, please let me

know. > > Thanks > Peter Cook > >

I am undecided as to wether I install WinME. Has anyone here tried it yey and if so, what is the verdict with regards to GPL, GP3 etc... I have the following hardware: PIII 800 128 MB RAM SB Live Winfast GeForce2 GTS LWFF Steering Wheel If anyone has had any hassles with ME and this hardware, please let me know. Thanks Peter Cook

-- Citylab Durban www.citylab.com daxe <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > > > Everything runs perfectly in WinME and has from day 1 (clean install) > I find it to be much more stable than Win98 first or SE. > All the software that ran in 98 runs in WinME, though there is no > MS-DOS mode, per se, so older sims that require that may be S.O.L. > > I have found that the Command Prompt available from within WinME runs > a lot of DOS stuff pretty well, though it isn't really DOS but a sort > of DOS emulation ala NT. > > ~daxe > I played GP2 on my brothers system when I was in the UK a few months ago and he was running a Beta version of ME. GP2 seemed to run without any problems as did SCGT, GPL & SBK for that matter. Chris

On Thu, 21 Sep 2000 17:10:17 -0600, "Smith" <[email hidden]> wrote: >Tried it everyone said it was more stable then 98. It crashed several times >so I took it off but then again I use W2K and am spoiled. By the way W2K >runs GPL and >all the other sims great with my GeForce2 MX 566@ >850.( with the exception of Nascar Heat which stutters >at certain track locations) Same thing here. First I installed it over my existing Win98, but ME crashed so often that I deleted the windows directory and did a completely fresh install. It was a little bit more stable, but still crashed way too often. I also couldn't get some hardware running under ME because some manufacturers still haven't updated their drivers for ME. BTW, I have used Win98 first edition for more than a year now, without too much problems. Last weekend I did a clean install of Win98 second edition. Guess what? More crashes than ever! Andre

Running a celery 366 @ 550 under ME no probs (wouldn't run at that speed under 98 no way, no how). Found ME to be extremely stable and hasn't caused any significant probs so far (been running ME since RC2, now running the final). Regards Marc Davey . "Andre Warringa" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > On Thu, 21 Sep 2000 17:10:17 -0600, "Smith" <[email hidden]> wrote: > > >Tried it everyone said it was more stable then 98. It crashed severaltimes

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> >so I took it off but then again I use W2K and am spoiled. By the way W2K > >runs GPL and > >all the other sims great with my GeForce2 MX 566@ > >850.( with the exception of Nascar Heat which stutters > >at certain track locations) > > Same thing here. First I installed it over my existing Win98, but ME > crashed so often that I deleted the windows directory and did a > completely fresh install. It was a little bit more stable, but still > crashed way too often. I also couldn't get some hardware running under > ME because some manufacturers still haven't updated their drivers for > ME. > BTW, I have used Win98 first edition for more than a year now, without > too much problems. Last weekend I did a clean install of Win98 second > edition. Guess what? More crashes than ever! > > Andre

Running rock solid on a custom built machine. I play all the sims with it and no problems. Sondog "Andre Warringa" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > On Thu, 21 Sep 2000 17:10:17 -0600, "Smith" <[email hidden]> wrote: > > >Tried it everyone said it was more stable then 98. It crashed severaltimes

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> >so I took it off but then again I use W2K and am spoiled. By the way W2K > >runs GPL and > >all the other sims great with my GeForce2 MX 566@ > >850.( with the exception of Nascar Heat which stutters > >at certain track locations) > > Same thing here. First I installed it over my existing Win98, but ME > crashed so often that I deleted the windows directory and did a > completely fresh install. It was a little bit more stable, but still > crashed way too often. I also couldn't get some hardware running under > ME because some manufacturers still haven't updated their drivers for > ME. > BTW, I have used Win98 first edition for more than a year now, without > too much problems. Last weekend I did a clean install of Win98 second > edition. Guess what? More crashes than ever! > > Andre >

Running very satble with A Celeron 300a @450. GPL is as smouth as ever. "Peter Cook" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:RQvy5.55548$[email hidden]... > I am undecided as to wether I install WinME. > > Has anyone here tried it yey and if so, what is the verdict with regardsto

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> GPL, GP3 etc... > > I have the following hardware: > > PIII 800 > 128 MB RAM > SB Live > Winfast GeForce2 GTS > LWFF Steering Wheel > > If anyone has had any hassles with ME and this hardware, please let me

know. > > Thanks > Peter Cook > >

>If anyone has had any hassles with ME and this hardware, please let me know. Celeron566@867Mhz 256 ram V3/3000 AGP SBLive! Value MSFF Everything runs perfectly in WinME and has from day 1 (clean install) I find it to be much more stable than Win98 first or SE. All the software that ran in 98 runs in WinME, though there is no MS-DOS mode, per se, so older sims that require that may be S.O.L. I have found that the Command Prompt available from within WinME runs a lot of DOS stuff pretty well, though it isn't really DOS but a sort of DOS emulation ala NT. ~daxe

Running ME on the following hardware without any issues (complete clean installation)... P3 700 o/c 933mhz 256MB PC133 Corsair RAM) ASUS CUSL2 Intel 815e Solano (BIOS Rev 1002) Voodoo5 5500 SB Live Value Realtek Network Card (NE 2000) Run GPL, GP3, Rally Masters, Nascar 3 no probs. Peter Cook <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:RQvy5.55548$[email hidden]... > I am undecided as to wether I install WinME. > > Has anyone here tried it yey and if so, what is the verdict with regardsto

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> GPL, GP3 etc... > > I have the following hardware: > > PIII 800 > 128 MB RAM > SB Live > Winfast GeForce2 GTS > LWFF Steering Wheel > > If anyone has had any hassles with ME and this hardware, please let me

know. > > Thanks > Peter Cook > >

Win Me runs very well, and doesnt cause to many problems. It does have it odd crashes once in a while, but mind you, I even crashed the menu-system on a mobile phone ( didn't think u could do that). The best thing i can say about Win Me is the internet speed, which are doubled on my cable connection. That alone does it for me. GPL on.line anyone? Bertel "Peter Cook" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:RQvy5.55548$[email hidden]... > I am undecided as to wether I install WinME. > > Has anyone here tried it yey and if so, what is the verdict with regardsto

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> GPL, GP3 etc... > > I have the following hardware: > > PIII 800 > 128 MB RAM > SB Live > Winfast GeForce2 GTS > LWFF Steering Wheel > > If anyone has had any hassles with ME and this hardware, please let me

know. > > Thanks > Peter Cook > >

On Fri, 22 Sep 2000 23:40:21 +1000, "Peter Cook" <[email hidden]> wrote: >Apart from the annoying introduction movie, I am extremely pleased with >WinME. YOu might try something to see if you get a little performance boost. It helps me, but others have said it made no difference: Right click "My computer" Choose "properties" "performance" tab "file system" button "troubleshooting" tab put a check next to "Disable System Restore" then apply/OK your way out and restart. This seemed to make things go more smoothly and a bit faster for me. ~daxe

No problems at all here after a clean install of ME "Andre Warringa" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > On Thu, 21 Sep 2000 17:10:17 -0600, "Smith" <[email hidden]> wrote: > > >Tried it everyone said it was more stable then 98. It crashed severaltimes

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> >so I took it off but then again I use W2K and am spoiled. By the way W2K > >runs GPL and > >all the other sims great with my GeForce2 MX 566@ > >850.( with the exception of Nascar Heat which stutters > >at certain track locations) > > Same thing here. First I installed it over my existing Win98, but ME > crashed so often that I deleted the windows directory and did a > completely fresh install. It was a little bit more stable, but still > crashed way too often. I also couldn't get some hardware running under > ME because some manufacturers still haven't updated their drivers for > ME. > BTW, I have used Win98 first edition for more than a year now, without > too much problems. Last weekend I did a clean install of Win98 second > edition. Guess what? More crashes than ever! > > Andre

Well, I have bitten the bullet and so far so good, me installed with no errors, and the net connections are still OK..... Time to check the sims :) Thanks heaps for the feedback. "Chris Bloom" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> > > -- > Citylab Durban > www.citylab.com > daxe <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > > > > > Everything runs perfectly in WinME and has from day 1 (clean install) > > I find it to be much more stable than Win98 first or SE. > > All the software that ran in 98 runs in WinME, though there is no > > MS-DOS mode, per se, so older sims that require that may be S.O.L. > > > > I have found that the Command Prompt available from within WinME runs > > a lot of DOS stuff pretty well, though it isn't really DOS but a sort > > of DOS emulation ala NT. > > > > ~daxe > > > > I played GP2 on my brothers system when I was in the UK a few months ago

and > he was running a Beta version of ME. GP2 seemed to run without anyproblems > as did SCGT, GPL & SBK for that matter. > > Chris > >

:::))) GP3 works perfectly... GPL Works Perfectly... LWFF even seems to work better, may be a personal impression but then again aren't most of them. So far no problems at all, slightly hight 3DMark2000 score, from 5650 to 5730 and Nortons Benchmark up from 307 - 394. The internet connections (firewalled through a Linus server) is a definite improvement. Apart from the annoying introduction movie, I am extremely pleased with WinME. Regards Peter Cook "Peter Cook" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:gbHy5.55981$[email hidden]...

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> Well, > > I have bitten the bullet and so far so good, me installed with no errors, > and the net connections are still OK..... > Time to check the sims :) > > Thanks heaps for the feedback. > > > "Chris Bloom" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > > > > > -- > > Citylab Durban > > www.citylab.com > > daxe <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > news:[email hidden]... > > > > > > > > > Everything runs perfectly in WinME and has from day 1 (clean install) > > > I find it to be much more stable than Win98 first or SE. > > > All the software that ran in 98 runs in WinME, though there is no > > > MS-DOS mode, per se, so older sims that require that may be S.O.L. > > > > > > I have found that the Command Prompt available from within WinME runs > > > a lot of DOS stuff pretty well, though it isn't really DOS but a sort > > > of DOS emulation ala NT. > > > > > > ~daxe > > > > > > > I played GP2 on my brothers system when I was in the UK a few months ago > and > > he was running a Beta version of ME. GP2 seemed to run without any > problems > > as did SCGT, GPL & SBK for that matter. > > > > Chris > > > > > >

If it matters to anyone, Win2K doesn't support WebTV. I've grown quite fond of watching the races on the V3/3500, and miss it greatly. (Well, it's not that bad really. I have a spare 25" Magnavox that could work just as well...) Michael. "Smith" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:8qe4an$feo$[email hidden]... > Tried it everyone said it was more stable then 98. It crashed severaltimes

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> so I took it off but then again I use W2K and am spoiled. By the way W2K > runs GPL and > all the other sims great with my GeForce2 MX 566@ > 850.( with the exception of Nascar Heat which stutters > at certain track locations) > > > ided as to wether I install WinME. > > > > Has anyone here tried it yey and if so, what is the verdict with regards > to > > GPL, GP3 etc... > > > > I have the following hardware: > > > > PIII 800 > > 128 MB RAM > > SB Live > > Winfast GeForce2 GTS > > LWFF Steering Wheel > > > > If anyone has had any hassles with ME and this hardware, please let me > know. > > > > Thanks > > Peter Cook > > > > > >

SBTV uses the WebTV sub-system. It doesn't work on Win2K, which doesn't support WebTV. If you know of another front-end program.... . "daxe" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > On Sun, 24 Sep 2000 22:52:36 -0500, "Michael Young" > <[email hidden]> wrote: > > >If it matters to anyone, Win2K doesn't support WebTV. I've grown quitefond > >of watching the races on the V3/3500, and miss it greatly. (Well, it'snot

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> >that bad really. I have a spare 25" Magnavox that could work just as > >well...) > > Are you forced to use WebTV with this card? Doesn't it have a > freestanding TV viewer applet? > > Most low end tuner/cap cards use the BT878/848 chip or some variant of > it and there are several tv viewer apps that support that chipset, > IIRC. > > ~daxe

On Sun, 24 Sep 2000 22:52:36 -0500, "Michael Young" <[email hidden]> wrote: >If it matters to anyone, Win2K doesn't support WebTV. I've grown quite fond >of watching the races on the V3/3500, and miss it greatly. (Well, it's not >that bad really. I have a spare 25" Magnavox that could work just as >well...) Are you forced to use WebTV with this card? Doesn't it have a freestanding TV viewer applet? Most low end tuner/cap cards use the BT878/848 chip or some variant of it and there are several tv viewer apps that support that chipset, IIRC. ~daxe