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why doesnt windows ME like my usb drive?

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ok i want to start this off by saying windows ME is the biggest piece of trash i have ever used.

ok so i got this usb flash drive and it says no drives needed for windows me and up. so of course windows me doesnt recognize it and i have to install the software provided by lexar on their website.

i install the software and im getting BSOD like its going out of style. i plug it in to my computer..BSOD... i go to device manager to remove it...BSOD. it wont show up on my computer at all.

when i go to device manager it lists it under "hard disk controllers" and not usb devices which i thought was a little weird. well i've tried updating the driver and that didnt work.

anybody have any ideas?
 
my xp disc got messed up and i had to settle for my brothers copy of windows ME.

i need to track down a copy of windows 2000.

trust me. i know. :D
 
did ME support USB 2.0? I remember I tried to get a usb zip drive working on my old computer and windows didn't support the new USB junk.
 
Joe said:
my xp disc got messed up and i had to settle for my brothers copy of windows ME.

i need to track down a copy of windows 2000.

trust me. i know. :D
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If you're gonna "track down" a copy of 2000, that's fine, but I would get XP or Media Center Ed if you're going to buy one. 2000 won't be supported via patches after June/July apparently.
 
The sad thing was ME was crap as soon as it came out. I would rather run 98 than ME.

Also, I agree with shog, go for XP. I'm not sure why anyone would run 2000 instead of XP unless they had very old hardware (All IMHO though).
 
shantyman said:
Manics, I've been meaning to ask, what the hell is your avatar? It looks like Triple H.
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Hehe, the Manic Street Preachers are one of my favorite bands. Their latest CD has a song called "The Love of Richard Nixon"...the picture is one of the band members wearing a Nixon mask.

Here's the gallery from their website: link
 
Joe said:
ok i want to start this off by saying windows ME is the biggest piece of trash i have ever used.
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The sky is blue, and I have heard unconfirmed rumors that grass is green.
 
shantyman said:
The sad thing was ME was crap as soon as it came out. I would rather run 98 than ME.

Also, I agree with shog, go for XP. I'm not sure why anyone would run 2000 instead of XP unless they had very old hardware (All IMHO though).
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Win 2K > XP

Never had a crash with 2K yet and I've been running it for over 2 years.
 
jobber said:
Win 2K > XP

Never had a crash with 2K yet and I've been running it for over 2 years.
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I've been running XP since it was in beta and that was well over 2 years ago. I've had similar success.

Correction, hmmm, it's 2005 already...I guess it's been 4 years now that I've had XP...geez time flies.
 
Manics said:
I've been running XP since it was in beta and that was well over 2 years ago. I've had similar success.
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Cause MS keeps patching the thing like it's leaking water.
 
jobber said:
Win 2K > XP

Never had a crash with 2K yet and I've been running it for over 2 years.
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I will say I only run Xp Pro at work, so that may color my opinion. I think that 2000 is a less robust version of Windows overall, plus Shog has a point about support. XP Pro was meant to supplant 2000. Plus, 2000 has no "msconfig" command!

I obviously betrayed my Mac leanings in the other threads around but XP does not crash. It just doesn't. So Mac users are correct when they brag about OS X not crashing, but neither does XP.
 
jobber said:
Cause MS keeps patching the thing like it's leaking water.
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You mean as opposed to the patch-free 2000? Aren't there 4 or 5 service packs for Win 2000? That's true of ANY MS product.
 
jobber said:
Win 2K > XP

Never had a crash with 2K yet and I've been running it for over 2 years.
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Just because you've never had 2000 crash doesn't mean that you wouldn't have similar success with XP. Windows XP is basically just 2000 with a prettier interface and far better support for newer hardware.

I thought Windows 2000 was a great OS when it was new, but I've been using XP since its release and it's very much the evolution of 2000 and a surperior OS in basically every way.
 
jobber said:
Cause MS keeps patching the thing like it's leaking water.
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Hah, and 2000 wasn't patched like crazy? Windows 2000 had a TON of problems in the initial release. There's a reason why it's up to SP4 now. Operating systems, like all software, is going to see patches, and thank goodness for it. No piece of software is ever released in a perfect state.
 
Alos consider any security vulnerability that comes out almost always affects both 2000 and XP.

Case in point:

Title: Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for January 2005
Issued: January, 2005
Version Number: 1.0
Bulletin: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=40943
*******************************************************************

Summary:
========
This advisory contains information about all security updates
released this month. It is broken down by security bulletin severity.

Critical Security Bulletins
===========================

MS05-001 - Vulnerability in HTML Help Could Allow Remote Code
Execution (890175)

- Affected Software:
- Windows 2000 Service Pack 3
- Windows 2000 Service Pack 4
- Windows XP Service Pack 1
- Windows XP Service Pack 2
- Windows XP 64-Bit Edition Service Pack 1
- Windows XP 64-Bit Edition Version 2003
- Windows Server 2003
- Windows Server 2003 64-Bit Edition

- Affected Components:
- Internet Explorer 6.0 Service Pack 1 when
installed on Windows NT Server 4.0
Service Pack 6a or Windows NT Server 4.0
Terminal Server Edition Service Pack 6

- Review the FAQ section of bulletin MS05-O01 for
information about these operating systems:
- Microsoft Windows 98
- Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition (SE)
- Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition (ME)

- Impact: Remote Code Execution
- Version Number: 1.0

MS05-002 - Vulnerability in Cursor and Icon Format Handling
Could Allow Remote Code Execution (891711)

- Affected Software:
- Windows NT Server 4.0 Service Pack 6a
- Windows NT Server 4.0 Terminal Server Edition
Service Pack 6
- Windows 2000 Service Pack 3
- Windows 2000 Service Pack 4
- Windows XP Service Pack 1
- Windows XP 64-Bit Edition Service Pack 1
- Windows XP 64-Bit Edition Version 2003
- Windows Server 2003
- Windows Server 2003 64-Bit Edition

- Review the FAQ section of bulletin MS05-O02 for
information about these operating systems:
- Microsoft Windows 98
- Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition (SE)
- Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition (ME)

- Impact: Remote Code Execution
- Version Number: 1.0

Important Security Bulletins
============================

MS05-003 - Vulnerability in Indexing Service Could Allow Remote
Code Execution (871250)

- Affected Software:
- Windows 2000 Service Pack 3
- Windows 2000 Service Pack 4
- Windows XP Service Pack 1
- Windows XP 64-Bit Edition Service Pack 1
- Windows XP 64-Bit Edition Version 2003
- Windows Server 2003
- Windows Server 2003 64-Bit Edition

- Impact: Remote Code Execution
- Version Number: 1.0
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