--- In LINUX_Newbies@yahoogroups.com, Linux Canuck <linuxcanuck@...>
wrote:
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> m_alexander61 said: I also installed (don't ask why) a
system-restore version of Windows ME under VBox and, other than
installing very slowly, it runs...well, as well as it did on my old
desktop. I made up a registration number on the installation screen
and never allowed the connection to MS, then just ignored the horrible
"register your software" window and went along. Maybe there's a way to
bypass the registration?
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> Windows ME? Are you serious? That was a dog to begin with. You have
to be hard up to use it! :) There has to be a better solution. I have
lots of Windows licences from old computers. Over the years I have
thrown out half a dozen. I don't think that ME is still supported, so
you are probably okay using it as it is. You can find ways to patch
most versions of Windows so that it defeats the protection. Just
Google for it. I am not sure how legal this is, but you can probably
do it in good conscience if you have a legitimate licence. Microsoft
may not see it that way, but as far as I know nobody has been taken to
court over it.
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> Roy

Yeah, I'm serious! Hey, there are people who run Commodore 64's
still, so I've heard. Seriously, I have two bits of software that
won't even run under XP, but I like using them. No doubt M$ doesn't
support it (ME) anymore, and I can get the ID from the back of my old
desktop (which I gave/sold to a friend), but I am curious to know if
there is a hack to bypass that step in set-up.
Mark
P.S. Oddly enough, ME crashed less over 5 years of heavy use then
my XP Media did in two years, but that is probably rare, and still
doesn't say much for M$.