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System Restore info bogus

The information on system restore is totally bogus!

'System Restore caused a number of major problems' -- problems not major
'performance, which some regard as never being a Windows strength in the first place, was noticeably reduced' -- performance not impacted; system restore activities only occur at specific times.
'and because it automatically recreated previous system states on every reboot, it made it very difficult for the non-expert user to implement a desired change, even a necessary one such as removing a virus or an unwanted program.' -- Totally wrong. System Restore only restores things if the user selects it upon booting in Safe Mode or from the UI.

--- As someone who fixes computers for a living, I highly disagree with the above, and believe that whomever wrote that has never had to fix ME using SR (or in spite of it), and probably has has very little experience with ME in the first place. SR excels at restoring virii and problems; look on the web pages of Symantec and other AV companies where they explicitely instruct users on how to turn off SR. I definitely consider restoring a virus to a clean system to be a "major problem". Also, the "performance not impacted" claims depend on the SR activities happening only in idle times; this is, of course, an ideal that happens much less often then would be desired, and therefore adds to the the already painful slowness in the 9x series. This is without even mentioning the disk usage. The poster may have a point that SR should not be happening "automatically", but I've had calls where it seems to have done so (although I can't completely rule out user error) and therefore I, like all other professional IT techs, do not trust it.

The whole paragraph in question was worded too complicatedly and I couldn't make much sense of it. I rewrote it in a way which I hope is more NPOV. - Brian Kendig 20:04, 26 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Should be capitalised "Windows Me"?

Look at the logo. Equinox ◑ 18:48, 1 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

The logo reads "Windows me". You need to look at common Microsoft usage and common usage in general.

Best regards,

Codename Lisa (talk) 12:48, 3 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Definitely we must use Windows Me capitalisation for the article. Windows Me is the capitalisation most commonly used by both Microsoft and the general public as you can see for yourself by googling on any Web search engine. Maria Kappatou (talk) 05:30, 16 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

microsoft herself uses the Windows Me name, not Windows ME Maria Kappatou (talk) 06:01, 25 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I know. We don't care. Out policy is WP:COMMONNAME. —Codename Lisa (talk) 07:05, 25 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

- THE COMMON NAME IS Windows Me, NOT Windows ME, THERE ARE MORE EXAMPLE USAGES OF Windows Me, I HAD PUT MANY LINKS BEFORE I WAS CENSORED. Maria Kappatou (talk) 07:24, 25 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Rename the article to Windows Me, not Windows ME

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the move request was: Not moved - closed per WP:SNOW; consensus previously debated on (ME is an abbreviation for "Millennium Edition") holds; see link below. My apologies for sending this page to an unnecessary RM. (non-admin closure) <<< SOME GADGET GEEK >>> (talk) 00:04, 18 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Windows ME → Windows Me – The following rationale was originally posted by Maria Kappatou (talk) 05:25, 3 November 2016 (UTC): [reply]

I have never seen it referred to as Windows ME. I only know it as Windows Me. Everyone uses Windows Me in USENET and forums. Nobody used Windows ME. We must rename the article to Windows Me to reflect common usage.

I am thus sending this page to a formal RM process to request further consensus from the community. <<< SOME GADGET GEEK >>> (talk) 18:39, 16 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

[Sigh]! Another person who want to do something completely useless in Wikipedia.

See for yourself: [1]

Look, we really need editors who can do something useful here. There simply isn't a shortage of positive work here. I started my Wikipedia carrier by promoting an article into a Featured Article. Why don't you do the same?

Best regards.

Codename Lisa (talk) 10:47, 3 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

We must rename this article to Windows Me capitalisation because this is the most commonly used capitalisation, used by both Microsoft and the general public as you can see for yourself by googling on any Web search engine. Maria Kappatou (talk) 05:31, 16 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. The nominator's statement is clearly inconsistent with the truth. (Yes, I do encourage you to click on his link.) Plus even if it was, this is a color of the bike shed issue. —Codename Lisa (talk) 20:04, 16 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
- What you say is not in accordance with the actual facts, just click the google link I provided and you will see that Windows Me is the most commonly used capitalisation, it is even used by Microsoft itself, anyone can see this by clicking the google link Maria Kappatou (talk) 22:56, 16 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Information: The current name is the result of a rename discussion on 28 November 2012 with the participation of Mark Schierbecker, Jasper Deng, Enric Naval, LtPowers and NULL. —Codename Lisa (talk) 20:08, 16 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose and move to speedy close. Mark Schierbecker (talk) 02:06, 17 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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