Windows ME

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Microsoft Windows operating system consumer operating system operating system

Windows ME (Millennium Edition) is a consumer-focused version of Microsoft’s Windows operating system released in 2000, known for introducing features like System Restore and Windows Movie Maker but also for its instability and frequent crashes.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Windows Me 3
WinME 1
Windows Me (32-bit hybrid) 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Microsoft Windows operating system ⓘ
consumer operating system ⓘ
operating system ⓘ
abbreviation Windows ME self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: WinME

Windows ME self-link ⓘ
architecture 32-bit ⓘ
basedOn Windows 98 ⓘ
surface form: Windows 98 codebase
codename Millennium ⓘ
developer Microsoft ⓘ
extendedSupportEndDate 2006-07-11 ⓘ
family Windows ⓘ
surface form: Microsoft Windows
fullName Windows ME self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Windows Millennium Edition
includedFeature Help and Support Center ⓘ
Internet Explorer ⓘ
surface form: Internet Explorer 5.5

System Restore ⓘ
Windows Image Acquisition ⓘ
Windows Media Player ⓘ
surface form: Windows Media Player 7

Windows Movie Maker ⓘ
automatic updates ⓘ
compressed folder support ⓘ
includedGame Internet Backgammon ⓘ
Internet Checkers ⓘ
Internet Hearts ⓘ
Internet Reversi ⓘ
kernelBase MS-DOS-based kernel ⓘ
kernelType monolithic kernel ⓘ
license commercial software ⓘ
proprietary software ⓘ
mainstreamSupportEndDate 2005-07-11 ⓘ
notableFor frequent system crashes ⓘ
instability ⓘ
poor reliability reputation ⓘ
platform IA-32 ⓘ
precededBy Windows 98 ⓘ
surface form: Windows 98 Second Edition
publisher Microsoft ⓘ
releaseDate 2000-09-14 ⓘ
releaseYear 2000 ⓘ
removedFeature native DOS mode support at startup ⓘ
real-mode DOS boot ⓘ
series Windows 9x ⓘ
succeededBy Windows XP ⓘ
supports ACPI power management ⓘ
FAT32 file system ⓘ
Plug and Play ⓘ
USB devices ⓘ
supportStatus discontinued ⓘ
targetAudience consumer market ⓘ
home users ⓘ
userInterface Windows Shell ⓘ
surface form: Windows 98-style shell

graphical user interface ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Windows ME → abbreviation → Windows ME self-link ⓘ
Windows ME → abbreviation → Windows ME self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: WinME
Windows Shell → defaultShellFor → Windows ME ⓘ
Windows ME → fullName → Windows ME self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Windows Millennium Edition
Windows 32-bit → hasEdition → Windows ME ⓘ
this entity surface form: Windows Me (32-bit hybrid)
MS-DOS → includedIn → Windows ME ⓘ
this entity surface form: Windows Me
Registry Editor → includedWith → Windows ME ⓘ
Windows XP → predecessor → Windows ME ⓘ
this entity surface form: Windows Me
Windows 98 → successor → Windows ME ⓘ
this entity surface form: Windows Me