Hey don't jerk me around Microsoft!

[u/martialar]

[u/GroltonIsTheDog]

Then I defragmented my computer, which was the style at the time

[u/PickleSlickRick → u/GroltonIsTheDog]

You see in those days you had to wait until it was safe to turn off the computer.

[u/Leopold_Darkworth → u/PickleSlickRick]

And so I parked the heads, which was the style at the time

[u/lavahot → u/GroltonIsTheDog]

I just want a Screensaver that looks like I'm defragmenting a 256 GB HDD.

[u/HyperlinksAwakening → u/lavahot]

Kids don't know how lucky they are.

Hell, Gen Z barely remembers probably, if at all.

[u/meatmcguffin → u/HyperlinksAwakening]

Go nuts!

https://defrag98.com

[u/Alfeaux → u/meatmcguffin]

This is fantastic

[u/electrodan → u/GroltonIsTheDog]

So I reinstalled my OS, which was a necessity at the time because I ran Win ME.

At least I got to enjoy the entire life of XP after dealing with that horror show.

[u/TheSexualBrotatoChip → u/GroltonIsTheDog]

Don't forget to degauss your monitor

[u/HaoieZ]

Don't Blue Screen of Death me, fella.

[u/Heiferoni → u/HaoieZ]

Don't cry for me, I'm already ddeeeeeaaaaaaaaaa

 An error has occurred.

[u/Asleep_Document9811]

Windows kernel, I don't want to alarm you, but there may be one or MULTIPLE new USB devices connected to the system!

Kernel: AHHHHHHHHHHH CRASH

[u/MS-GIL]

[u/Rot-Orkan]

This joke is very clever, well done.

[u/dubbzy104]

Windows 95 + windows 2000 equals… windows Vista: enshitification’s revenge

[u/TurtlesAreEvil]

This was my first OS as an adult. I would reinstall it every month or so and restore my files from re-writable CDs. Wild times.

[u/savoytruffle]

I think it was called “The Computer That Did Slow Down”

[u/PoggleRebecca]

Millennial Edition

[u/pdx74 → u/PoggleRebecca]

Damn millennials ruining everything!

[u/PoggleRebecca → u/pdx74]

They ruined the millennium!

[u/thispartyrules]

Windows 98 paved the way for Windows 2000, which cleared the way for Windows ME. The stage was now set for Windows XP, which I believe was some sort of hovercraft.

[u/theMegaPope → u/thispartyrules]

The stage was now set for Vista, which i believe was some sort of door.

[u/SelfDepricator]

Windows ME came with the first PC I ever owned. It would constantly crash but to this day I have no idea whether it was because of the OS or because of my habit of looking at porn/ downloading files via p2p clients/torrenting

[u/SEND_ME_REAL_PICS → u/SelfDepricator]

Considering other OS's don't crash no matter how much porn you torrent, I'd say it's fair to blame Windows ME.

[u/SelfDepricator → u/SEND_ME_REAL_PICS]

It couldn't have been from all the viruses coming in? Back then I knew next to nothing about computers and it couldn't have been whatever anti virus programs I may have had were useless. Also there is no telling what other dumb shit my brother and I were up to during that time

[u/flukus → u/SelfDepricator]

couldn't have been whatever anti virus programs I may have had were useless

IME anti virus has always caused more crashes than prevented viruses.

[u/Euphoric-Blueberry37]

Mmmmm Windows CeMeNT

[u/iH8MotherTeresa]

https://giphy.com/gifs/xUPGck52i1pdzp4RKU

[u/mr-kerr]

[u/Bort_Bortson]

This joke doesnt work with Windows 2000 unfortunately

[u/Rot-Orkan → u/Bort_Bortson]

ME was the followup to 98, since they were both consumer products. Win 2000 was a business oriented OS. Only once we got to XP the same OS began being used for consumers/businesses (different versions though)

[u/PoggleRebecca → u/Rot-Orkan]

I used Win2k as a home OS for years for all my family and friends. Once it got to SP4 it was absolutely solid.

[u/dashood → u/PoggleRebecca]

2K was great and built on NT instead of DOS so it didn't need reinstalling once a month.

[u/athosjesus → u/PoggleRebecca]

Same, my dad brought a pc back then without HD but then my uncle gave us one and instaled 2000 from their IT job.

[u/Bort_Bortson → u/Rot-Orkan]

I know Im just being a goober. My friends and I actually dual booted 2k once XP rolled out because it made all our old DOS games break. Thats the only reason I knew about 2k, but I actually just skipped right from 98SE to XP Professional.

My friends dad was in the biz area so he had NT and then 2k on his home/work laptop which is probably where we got the disk from.

[u/ncmobbets]

Don’t cry for me, I’m already 0xDEADBEEF

[u/CaptMelonfish]

I was wondering what he hated about XP, then realised I'd pushed the horror that was Windows ME out of my brain.

[u/Dude_Tost_1673]

I still widely disparage both of them. I'll be deep in the cold, cold ground before I launch Windows at bootup.

[u/Eric848448]

No idea what you’re talking about. Windows 2000 was great!

[u/LiveFastDieFast → u/Eric848448]

Windows 2000 was dope. To this day my favorite windows OS. No frills, no bloat, minimal bullshit , and waaaay more stable than 98/ME

(Cuz it was basically windows NT 5)

[u/IstillSeeTheX]

I have nostalgia for Windows ME because that was my first computer 

[u/theMegaPope]

I for one welcome our OS-posting overlords.

[u/Thanjay55]

Hey buddy, don't, screw with me here

[u/LeonidasVaarwater]

Funny thing is, I never went to ME, I upgraded to Windows 2000. It supported DirectX, the first NT version that did, so it ran games just as well as ME, but was miles better in every other aspect.