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Windows Me
I have spent about 60 hours on the phone with dell
have formated the 8100 3 times have gone back to 0 on the hard drive once and still locks up and gets error
message all the time and have asked dell a 100 times to send me a new dell 8100 with 98 on it for Me has alot of problems and you all still won't do anything about any suggestion ( also have talk to 2 computer experts who both say ME has problems) all Dell has done for me is nothing only 5 months old has had the same problem from day 2
have formated the 8100 3 times have gone back to 0 on the hard drive once and still locks up and gets error
message all the time and have asked dell a 100 times to send me a new dell 8100 with 98 on it for Me has alot of problems and you all still won't do anything about any suggestion ( also have talk to 2 computer experts who both say ME has problems) all Dell has done for me is nothing only 5 months old has had the same problem from day 2
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Posted December 2nd, 2001 18:00
Rudy What ever problems your having with M.E. post it on this forum thats what its for There are some very bright people here. We all learn here.
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Posted December 3rd, 2001 09:00
Hi Rudy,
I guess I am still wondering why you would want to go to an OS that is almost 4 years old? Ok, you say that Win ME is giving you problems fine but did you ever consider Win2000 or Win XP? I have Win XP and I can't tell you how much better it is than Win98. It won't be long and Win98 will be history like Win95 and Win 3.1 I have had NO problems with XP. And you can not expect Dell to give you an OS that is 4 years old. Get Win2000 or XP. Cody19
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Posted December 3rd, 2001 23:00
Get XP upgrade for $99...best money you will spend!
My wife who knows onlya little about PC's says (about her new 4300 1.5ghz machine) ME stinks! I want 98 back!
We are awaiting the XP upgrade and then she will be happy!
I bought my own upgrade and did not have any problems at all!!! I love XP!
Jim Hardin
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Posted December 2nd, 2001 13:00
If you continue to pester Dell they may send you a refurbished 8100. Of course the next guy will get your refurbished 8100 so you might want to think about what you would be receiving…
Yes ME does have some problems, as did 98, 95, 3.0, NT, 2000 and XP. Yet most of us non-experts manage to get them working.
I see you have only made 3 posts in the 5 months you have been using the forum.
This is not an easy thing to diagnosis/fix via the forum. Would one of the experts you know be willing to take your PC for a week and see if they can get it running?
Would you be willing to buy your own copy of Win98, reformat and install it?
Would you be willing to reformat and set it up with the absolute minimum of the OS engaged?