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Windows Me

Windows Me (Millennium Edition) is an operating system developed by Microsoft as the last in the Windows 9x line of Microsoft Windows operating systems. It was the successor to Windows 98, and was released to manufacturing on June 19, 2000, and then to retail on September 14, 2000. It was Microsoft's main operating system for home users until the…

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Developer
Microsoft
Final release
4.90.3000 / September 14, 2000; 25 years ago (2000-09-14)
General availability
September 14, 2000; 25 years ago (2000-09-14)
Kernel type
Monolithic kernel
License
Proprietary software
Marketing target
Consumer

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Windows Me

Nodes146
Edges145
Triples350
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.013699
Components1

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Windows Me

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related to System utilities · 54
Windows Me → Automatic Updates, Bytes Received, CD, Cleanup, Compressed Folders, Compressed Folders' Explorer, Connection Speeds, Dial-Up Adapter, Environment, First, Help, HTML Help-based, HTML-based, If, Install, International, Internet Explorer, It, MS-DOS, MSN Messenger Service
related to Hardware support improvements · 42
Windows Me → AC-3, BAT, BIOS POST, Boot, Class, CONFIG, DAT, DATandUSER, DATcontaining, DHCP, DirectShow APIs, DirectSound, EXEare, Faster, FireWire, FireWire SBP-2, Generic, Improved, IntelliPoint, OS-controlled ACPI S4
related to Networking technologies · 31
Windows Me → APIs, Automatically, Connection Manager, Connection Manager Administration Kit, Dial-up Networking, Dialing, ICS, Internet, Internet Connection Sharing, My Network Places, NAT, NDIS, Net Crawler, Network Driver Interface Specification, Networking, New TCP/IP Stack, Play, SE, Security, Server
related to Upgradeability · 28
Windows Me → ActiveSync, Decoding Utility, Installer, Internet Explorer, Layer, Microsoft Agent, Microsoft Data Access Components, MSAA, MSN Messenger, MSXML, NET Framework, NetMeeting, October, Office XP SP3The Microsoft, Outlook Express, Series, Services FrameworkSeveral, SP1, SP1Windows Media Format Runtime, SP7
related to Other components · 23
Windows Me → Active Directory, ASP, Automated Installation, DriveSpace, Find, For, Go, GUI FAT32, Microsoft, Microsoft Fax, Other, Personal Web Server, QuickView, Resource Kit, Search, Several, Several Windows Explorer, System Policy Editor, These, Tools
related to Real mode DOS · 19
Windows Me → As, BATfiles, COMand, COMandWIN, COMMAND, DOS, In, In Windows Me, IO, Microsoft, MS-DOS, SYS, SYSandAUTOEXEC, SYScould, SYSin Windows Me, The, VDM, VXD, Windows
related to Reception · 19
Windows Me → All Time, As, Consequently, Despite, Dutch, In, Me, Mistake Edition, Netherlands, PC Health, PC World, PCs, Retrospectively, Shortly, System Restore, The, Windows, Windows Meer Ellende, Worst Tech Products
related to history · 18
Windows Me → At, Development Preview, Development Previews, Help, It, Known, Microsoft CEO Bill Gates, Microsoft President Steve Ballmer, Neptune, On July, SE, Support, The Consumer Windows, Three, Windows, Windows Hardware Engineering Conference, Windows HEIC, Windows NT
related to Media · 18
Windows Me → Another, CD, DirectShow, DVD, Instead, It, Media Library, Microsoft Windows, Series, The, This, Users, Windows, Windows DVD Player, Windows Media, Windows Media Player, Windows Movie Maker, Windows XP SP2
related to User interface · 14
Windows Me → Details, IColumnProvider, Open, Places, Plus, Run, Save, Start, Start Menu, Taskbar, The, The Multimedia, Windows, Windows Explorer

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windows system microsoft 2000 98 operating support new also users released xp features version release time user files versions real

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Windows MeDeveloperMicrosoft1.00infobox
Windows MeFinal release4.90.3000 / September 14, 2000; 25 years ago (2000-09-14)1.00infobox
Windows MeGeneral availabilitySeptember 14, 2000; 25 years ago (2000-09-14)1.00infobox
Windows MeKernel typeMonolithic kernel1.00infobox
Windows MeLicenseProprietary software1.00infobox
Windows MeMarketing targetConsumer1.00infobox
Windows MeOfficial websiteWindows Me (archived at Wayback Machine)1.00infobox
Windows MePreceded byWindows 98 (1998)1.00infobox
Windows MeReleased to manufacturingJune 19, 2000; 26 years ago (2000-06-19)1.00infobox
Windows MeSource modelClosed source1.00infobox
Windows MeSucceeded byWindows XP (2001)1.00infobox
Windows MeSupported platformsIA-321.00infobox
Windows MeWorking stateNo longer supported1.00infobox
Windows Meis aonly operating system in the Windows 9x series that includes generic drivers for USB mass storage devices and USB printers0.90text
Windows Meis aredesigned version of the one featured in Windows 98 that0.90text

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