The $1.00 Windows Me Experience! - Garage Sale Finds

[@Michael-zf1ko]

I love the Microsoft CDs from that era. The crazy holographic designs covering the whole disc were really beautiful.

[@TechnoMinded-qp5in]

Microsoft should go back to the old route it's less expensive than all this modern non sense and I feel like it's pretty stupid making everything digital I miss actually using a game disk on a computer growing up. They're easily replaceable and not bound to ridiculous policies and allow you to keep your computer for a lifetime. If Microsoft not saying they will ever go back to Windows XP if they run out of ideas then I'm all in for the support I hate how scattered newer Windows start menus are it's annoying.

[@tttdssdff2267]

Oh yeah, i especially like the XP one

[@marijnmf2805]

i got a CD for windows 98SE (somewhere) and it has the same olographic design and i love that to

[@tttdssdff2267]

@@marijnmf2805 i got 2 xp cds. they look marvelous

[@cursorguy]

@@TechnoMinded-qp5inthe problem is most modern PCs don’t have a disk drive

[@dangero2000]

I usually come to this channel to kick back and both chill and geek out over tech, but that moment at 20:37 had me laughing out loud. Your jokes are the best! :-)

[@Mickstar305]

MJD you have a hilarious dry sense of humor

[@RainbowLovingRainbow]

In high school they had us using Frontpage 2000 and it made me so frustrated. We were able to get funding after the first month to get Dreamweaver (was Macromedia at that time) and it was amazing night/day difference. I loved it and making the school’s website went from shitty to amazing (I was the webmaster so all my stuff had to be a tier above everyone else’s, and I think I managed it, imho).

[@russiaman9407]

Garage Sale Finds is back! Hooray!

[@shadimurwi7170]

Casio also produce pc operating system in the past which now use in the portable game console

[@capta1nt0ad]

0:14 garage sailing

[@DerekWitt]

I’m having issues with my Evoforce 1 switching audio control back to the TV. I keep having to go back into the TiVo. remote settings and switch audio control back to my Panasonic SA-SA510 stereo. It controls the audio for a while, but falls back to controlling the TV audio…so annoying.

[@ragalthor]

What is MJD about? A guy having a blast from the past whilst everything can and will go wrong from time to time.

[@rustymixer2886]

😆 as real as it gets

[@Palmtop_User]

I feel like murphy has a personal vendetta against mjd

[@AyyKayy-n3u]

He's gonna take you back to the past To install the shitty hardware that suck ass

[@CScompanys]

you know michal MJD

[@NoahClevinger]

Always glad to see a new Michael MJD video on the weekend!

[@ninethetwotailedfox]

Exactly!

[@SunIsLost]

Yes epic

[@AssociateMinisterReserveDeacon]

I agree!!! He and Linux KZbinr Savy Nik both belong in The Broadcast Fall of Fame.and The ASMR Hall of Fame.

[@changeofspace85]

We used Windows Me for about 4 years before getting a upgrade copy of XP. It wasnt super stable but it depended on what you were trying to do since I think the instability was due to changes to the driver model in preparation for switching consumers to the NT kernal. We had a cheap flatbed scanner and I dont know what the driver or software was doing under the hood, but whenever we installed the drivers to use it that install of Me would be dead within days. We had to get rid of the scanner since it was toxic to Windows Me.

[@retrozvoc6189]

20:02 "What were they thinking?!" That sounds so AVGN

[@LucasLealDev]

Born and raised in Brazil I've never seen an original copy of Windows neither office. They do exist but usually there is two situations: It came with the computer without a box or you bought a pirate one.

[@airgeadlamh]

I only have original windows because I got a student key here on Brazil XD, I don't even actually use it as a Linux user

[@KimSeiji]

Eu também nunca vi!🤣😂

[@rustymixer2886]

Because the video was only 320x240 so they framed an image of video player then bigger wallpaper of 4 colors over video mpeg1 hence no interface

[@TheCanadianToast]

🎵 "There was a song that played that would get this video Content ID'd, so I had to mute it." 🎵 killed me with laughter. 🤣

[@feni_1553]

timestamp?

[@Penzuh]

@@feni_1553 20:24

[@TheCanadianToast]

@@feni_1553 20:24

[@GoldenSpeedsterMSP]

20:24

[@shibolinemress8913]

I LOVED the Windows Movie Maker! Used it all the time for videos and slideshows with audio, which I would burn to CD for friends and family. I was so sad when it was discontinued. Of course better software came along, but I'll always remember Movie Maker very fondly.

[@microwavepc]

Windows ME: Look we are supporting new hardware. me watching this video: hmmmm, its 2022 maybe its still supporting new hardware......

[@Thekinggamelon]

16:08 Windows 98 also had the NT startup sound when upgrading Windows 3x or 95 to 98.

[@SunIsLost]

Yep

[@ahmadzahid266]

i didn't know about that only thing what i remember it has a windows 98 startup sound only

[@Thekinggamelon]

@@ahmadzahid266 Well, it depends on the version, I think this one only happens in the second edition.

[@orbitron]

Pretty strange decision

[@IsmailofeRegime]

@@orbitron The only reason I can think of is they wanted a "cool" sound effect to play for upgrading your computer to Windows ME, and I guess didn't have the time to get something unique. Given that ME was aimed at consumers, most weren't likely to have any experience with NT, so it'd just come across as "oh hey, cool sound."

[@jao69420]

Michael mjd local garage sale: 1 dollar windows copy My local garage sale: 5 dollars pirated dvd

[@dragonic_ragecore]

Now, only if you could manifest a D.V.D player.

[@LeftoverBeefcake]

When I worked in the stock room at Computer City here in Buffalo, I got a promotional copy of Windows 98. It's not even in a box, it's just a cardboard sleeve that contains the CD-ROM. I miss that place, it was one of the few jobs I loved because we were the first to see the newest hardware and software before we put it out on the sales floor. Good times.

[@RimFaxxe]

I have original books on BIOS, Win 95 and Win ME but all in polish, but they're in poor shape. You want them?

[@BulletproofKuloodporny]

Are there any scans of these online

[@RimFaxxe]

@@BulletproofKuloodporny no, there aren't. The books are still readable though just kinda yellowed and one book is missing the back of the cover

[@BulletproofKuloodporny]

@@RimFaxxe can you make scans of these

[@RimFaxxe]

@@BulletproofKuloodporny I don't have a scanner

[@BulletproofKuloodporny]

@@RimFaxxe oh

[@goqwertygo]

I love garage/yard sales! What a score! I got all my first PCs and parts from garage sales when I started tinkering and building my first PCs in the early 2000s. I started to build my own pc since my dad would complain all the time we were slowing down the only pc in the house that was shared with 5 others. They may have been old parts not very capable of gaming much, but I was happy to have my own pc that i put together that ran.

[@Roxneo29]

Poor Millennium, He tried his best to be an amazing OS. But Microsoft said "No" to my friend...

[@kenrock2]

Back in those days as a teen, I have never been so excited to get Windows ME upgrade over Windows 95... and also office 2000... great memories...

[@sonic2000gr]

I have the promotional step up (blue box) myself, since the 1st day it came out. I've upgraded my Windows 98 HP Omnibook with this. Strangely enough it seems I am one of the few people that actually liked Me, besides their bugs and quirks (and they had quite a few).

[@BloominFleury29]

I liked vista still do

[@brentsummers7377]

Some people said ME was o.k. if you did all the updates but that was a problem for people with slow dial-up connections.

[@lftdblazer]

I'm with ya. I liked ME when it came out. I actually have 3 desktops in my collection with it.

[@sburton015]

I remember that my very first gaming PC that I built myself in early 2001 which had a 1 GHz Pentium III cpu with 256 mb of ram. I remember that I originally had Windows ME on it and then I later upgraded it to Windows XP in 2002.

[@JustPyroYT]

Great Video Michael! 👍👍 20:24 well sung 👍😂

[@googaagoogaa12345678]

Just curious is there a way to know what song it was.

[@DeckMower]

So, the "Promotional step up" was sold in a store, but the "Standard" one was promotional and not for sale in stores. 🤔 I'm joking, lol. I just find it funny.

[@danwei9898]

You should try and make a video for your channel using windows movie maker would probably be a total nightmare but it would be cool

[@UmbraeNacht]

“Windows Me First” sounds like if they continued making Windows Me and named it like “Xbox One”. The second edition of Windows Me could’ve been “Windows Me Two”.

[@PireTheOtamot]

Box : **missing a flap** Book : **has a little bit of water** MJD : My dissapointment is unmesurable and my day is ruined.

[@aydenzgamer]

Why is MJD actually good at singing? "There was A SONG THAT PLAYED THAT WOULD GET THIS VIDEO CONTENT ID'ED SO I HAD TO MUTE IT!"

[@L0rdOfThePies]

30:05 logo design is my passion

[@LumemDH]

3:00 Windows 2000 Professional is for both Home and Professional use. Windows ME is for torturing spies only* FTFY

[@richardeperjesi2933]

To be honest in the past, when I was a kid, I remember windows ME has so many bugs and crashed so many times, we used the windows 2000 which was based on the NT system. We're more stable at this time. They just released the ME together with the 2000. One for the office and businesses and the Me was for "home" users.

[@edg2919]

Nice score at the garage sale! You never know what you might find, especially if you get in early.

[@andresbravo2003]

you know Michael, I was quite good because Windows was a different place, even PC's could have been rightly collectible at Garage Sale.

[@K9arcade]

Maaaan Movie Maker took me back. I first used it on Windows 98 and then XP in primary school. And in present day I edit videos for a living :') (also, jelly of your boxed OS collection)

[@davinp]

Windows ME was designed to be the home version of Windows 2000. But it was buggy and crashed allot because it was rushed out. It is the last version of Windows 9X

[@letstrywindows8986]

but in this video it didnt crash a single time , despite he was doing tasks that normal users do

[@letstrywindows8986]

@Laserdisc9X yeah , this video it didn't crash even ONCE, that means win me wasnt that bad after all

[@letstrywindows8986]

@Laserdisc9X oh okkkkk , now i get it

[@blu3_enjoy]

I love the days of big box software retail. Flash in the pan but so cool. Stores dedicated to software, ala book or video game stores.

[@nadonadia2521]

beautiful package microsoft was doing very well that era, when we bought a microsoft box it was like a wonderful thing.

[@GlobalGaming101]

What would happen if you tried redeeming that floppy disk coupon in 2023?

[@skylerb2218]

Windows ME.... The operating system with an identity crisis. Not Windows 2000 but not Windows 98 SE. I was a huge nerd at the time so I did take the jump to Windows ME but I did eventually switch back to Windows 2000. Had neither the compatibility of Windows 98SE nor the stability of Windows 2000.

[@TheRandomChannel_idk]

16:18 yes, NT 5.0 Beta DID use NT 4.0 sounds up to Build 1631, when after that it used the actual NT 5.0 startup, but kept the NT 4.0 shutdown. Now I got to note that after Beta 1, NT 5.0 used its own startup. He said "NT 5.0 Beta", but the NT 4.0 startup was never used in the Beta stages, just the shutdown sound was only used.

[@brandinop6379]

Shockingly, I had minimal issues with windows ME back when it was still relevant. I had bought my first brand new desktop with it preinstalled, and for word processing and email it wasn't too bad. I did end up purchasing Windows XP home about two years later, but in the time I used it, it was pretty damn good!

[@dragonic_ragecore]

I want to find a thrift store/garage sale D.V.D/C.D player. Anyone want tohelp me manifest this into the universe?

[@bramvandenbroeck5060]

And that's why i love thrifting so much, the stuff that some people have is insane!

[@Canleaf08]

ohhh, I started designing websites on frontpage 2000 back in 2005! What a throwback in time.

[@lolpl0000]

2:35 Mjd, you should have asked the seller at the garage how they got a hold of the promotional software right there and then :)

[@simonpetrus1981]

Thanks for all the info on this VERY OUTDATED software😬😁👍🏻

[@RacerC45]

Oh come on, man. We all want to hear the music.

[@kopedaki]

Windows ME was a version of Windows that had lots of new features, but thanks to being MS-DOD based, it became a quite unstable OS. Well... Thanks to Windows ME, Microsoft learned a good lesson and made Windows XP, as everyone wanted this OS to be.

[@jwilliams5857]

Love your videos. I have a bunch of Microsoft Beta, and other software if you want I can send it to you.

[@Sjetton85]

I believe there's easter eggs in that office.. hahaha high school days...

[@aliteraldumpsterfire672]

No fkn fair I've been searching garage sales, recycling centers, thrift stores and flea markets for this kind of stuff!

[@ciach0_]

Well, it looks that you cannot spell the right words in this video, Michael!

[@maksymiliankuznik4856]

Wow, I wish I could get that good deals. Even better would be some thrift stores in my country.

[@theretromillennial]

Ugh… I’m so jealous right now 😅

[@lancerdeltarune]

needs to be a real website

[@falcontitaniumniloy7722]

I love retro tech

[@rustymixer2886]

22:23 Spielberg

[@dahliadialup]

I have no idea how you find this stuff!!! Can’t wait for the ~experience~

[@Lexa35YT]

I have a copy of Windows ME and office 2000

[@cosmicrevolt7476]

Frontpage 2000 got me to watch this vid lol. I LOVED THAT TOOL AS A KID! Thanks to stupid stuff I never achieved my dream of being a software developer/ game development, but I'm only 35 and I'm getting back into it. Hope its not too late!

[@えむyippee]

30:08 "graphic design is my passion"

[@liquidalloy]

My biggest issues with ME was the instability of uptime. The computer had to be rebooted every 48 hours like clockwork. XP was a million times better.

[@StoneUnturned]

Love this series :)

[@eugiblisscast]

33:38 the title is literally in Comic Sans

[@Osifilms22]

33:54 clippy was really trying to rizz you up there

[@Ozzianman]

18:06 reflexively prepared to skip ad when that music started.

[@dishonoured]

Microsoftware.

[@MarcoGPUtuber]

21:14 My friend and I used to rock to that one Beck song that came with Windows Media Player. We'd sing it poorly to the chagrin of our parents in the car. I'm surprised I haven't been disowned.

[@dataterminal]

I randomly got a free 'promotional copy' of Windows Millennium upgrade edition sent to me. I have no idea who sent it, or why because it just turned up on my door one day. No note or anything suggesting who it was from, but it was addressed to me. I think I had upgraded to AMD's new 1Ghz Athlon CPU around the same time, it was a big issue as they broke the 1Ghz barrier - so I've always assumed it was something to do with AMD. I don't quite remember the specifics. While I don't remember the actual upgrade to Windows Millennium, I remember most of the additional features not working here in the UK. I think one of them was Internet over TV (or something like that) and it just didn't even work with my ATI All-In-Wonder TV card (but that could have just been ATI's poor driver support). I think I quit using it pretty quickly as I went back to Windows 98SE until XP. From what I remember, I'm pretty sure it messed up my config/autoexec custom boot settings for games and I couldn't boot back into DOS. I still have the Windows Millennium upgrade disc itself.

[@nothihn1180]

20:24 in the parallel universe, Micheal became a rapper(jk) i died there

[@kantraa]

Lil MJD

[@Nanami_Madobe]

Windows 2000 and windows ME are like twins because they were made the same year and they have the same features. The only difference is that 2000 was used for business enterprise & ME was used for home usage meaning at your house. With windows 98 I think it’s better than both of them especially windows ME. I had no problems with 98 when I used it back in the late 90’s and early 2000’s. 98 was one of the best operating systems I used so far. And from best to worst for me is: Windows 98, Windows 2000, and the worst operating system in Microsoft Windows (In my opinion) windows me

[@mybigfatpolishlife]

Microsoft windows 2000 was based on windows NT and windows ME was based on DOS

[@awordabout...3061]

I used to love playing around in Frontpage and Publisher, now both gone, sadly. Thanks for sharing this!

[@kyleb3293]

I remember back in the day my buddy had a brand new Micron Windows ME pc that he'd just gotten. I was jealous and wanted to upgrade my 98 to ME. Somehow we managed to get the OEM restore CD from the Micron to load up and install on my machine. I dumped it a day later but I remember being so excited to load it and then promptly found out it was trash. Frontpage on the other hand I loved. It was great for editing style sheets and the split-view (code-wysiswyg) was my favorite.

[@_lun4r_]

19:16 windows me at its finest

[@swr8bit]

19:30 its like a custom welcome skin going with windows media player, and we can see it only waching this wellcome video after the system installation. i remember something around it from my computer experiense when i was about 10 y o and doing experiments with those win9x OSes on my first PIII machine. i think then i had found this skin in one of media player folders. sry4myeng, its not my native, so and thank you Michael! so nostalgic content!. как у нас говорят, ламповый видос)

[@Super80sMan]

I actually had a Windows ME machine that I never connected to the internet, complete with Office 2000 already installed. I actually used that machine to type most of my reports and essays in high school between 2007 and 2010.

[@AerianTelevision]

i've never even seen one of these, would rank it in the same tier as the $5 98 pc

[@nourhan590]

Simply, This video is legendary 👏🏻 Keep up Michael

[@onat4]

It is very difficult and very expensive to find such things in Turkey.

[@himanshukansal5509]

Love you videos...Is there a way we can buy boxed pieces of microsoft sofrware from you...if you have multiple copies of each :)

[@supahmario64fan]

It thought it was 1000 dollars 😂😂 And also good new table 👍🏻

[@Velo1010]

The start up sound is the best part of Me.

[@cytwc]

Always love WindowsMe. I've used it since day one and still use it for my retro gaming machine.

[@JavCaRRTech]

Am I the only one who notices a change not only in the table but also in the lighting? Or is that light change because of the table?

[@mchenrynick]

Windows ME was the worst Windows OS. It was especially bad because it was still based on the 9X structure, like Windows 98. Windows 2000 was based on the newer NT environment, like XP.

[@SunIsLost]

Nice, a new Michael video!

[@HMMSF1694]

After decades, someone got an useful tip from Clippy.

[@BeautifulAngelBlossom]

i used windows Me for long time I never had no issues with I also has Office 2000 Pro I don't think I any version office that was not Pro lol I still think worst OS in my opinion is Windows visa it was slow and ate hard drives too but however on right hardware windows Me ran like dream it better then Windows 98 SE But it not as Stable as NTFS with Windows 2000 and XP . Windows Me has Soft spot with me cause first Microsoft OS I bought Windows XP was second Microsoft OS i bought boxed copies

[@shiningfilmzph]

Its been a while since I watched this guys video and I remember why I subscribed damn love it!

[@Howlin000]

That Windowa ME CD is just gorgeous, wow

[@gabrieltalaricomusic]

Yayyy new video 😄

[@readybear64]

Congrats u first 🎉

[@treyparker8303]

Much better deal than my $40 Solaris 8, wasn't even in the box!

[@near5148]

You got scammed

[@treyparker8303]

@@near5148 Why, it was at least in the binder.

[@TheGreenyPhantomShowTGPS]

Wow, you have a new table? It looks nice

[@twiggy101]

He moved to a new place you didn't know?

[@MainChannelE_E]

i was gonna go to a thrift store and then Michael uploaded this

[@HunterTheKerbal]

you know its a good day when Michael MJD posts

[@DokuFREENET]

You can exit the video, i did it before