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I actually have found memories of Windows 95, Service release 2.5 of course. Yes programs crashed here and there but it wasn't until Windows ME did I know the t

I actually have found memories of Windows 95, Service release 2.5 of course. Yes programs crashed here and there but it wasn't until Windows ME did I know the true meaning of crashing. Thankfully I had also had Windows 2000. I thought it was the best piece of software ever written at the time!

chipsy 12y ago
It's frankly amazing that Win ME managed to be so much less stable than previous iterations of Win 9x. I dealt with it for a year or so in college before I was able to get my hands on something better, and it was basically a "run once" OS, as in you ran your applications once and then rebooted because anything else would guarantee the appearance of the BSOD. People complained about Vista, but it was smooth sailing in comparison.
- yuhong 12y ago
  I read that mixing VxD and WDM drivers was part of the problem.
- ANTSANTS 12y ago
  I also used ME for about a year but I don't remember it crashing once. Never understood why everyone had such problems with it, I thought it was just Windows 98 with USB drivers.