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Ah
yes, once again I sit back in my chair and take hold of the mouse. I moved
my cursor over to the upgrade button and clicked. A process bar comes
up with the caption "Preparing Windows Upgrade". I wait. I wait
some more. Still waiting, it's almost 10% done. The predominate question
that was cycling through my mind at this point was 'What the heck is it
doing?'. Seriously, how long could it possibly take to simply "prepare"
for the new upgrade?! Well I can tell you... almost five minutes. Now
I don't know about you but if I have to sit and stare at a progress bar
for more than a minute I get a little infuriated. Needless to say the
futile waste of time didn't stop there. I finally got to click on a "next"
button. Guess what pops up? That's right! Another progress bar, only this
time it doesn't even have a caption! This only amplified my previous thoughts
and further enraged me.
Well it gets time to type in the Windows product key. I start proceeded to press the 'M' key. What appeared on my screen was not only an 'M', but an 'M' followed by another '~&1U'. I look down on the keyboard to realize that that my drink had ran into the cracks making it almost impossible to type anything without the addition of unwanted nonsensical characters. I tried for what seemed like an eternity to enter my product ID number but to no avail. Finally, out of pure frustration I randomly entered a string of numbers and letters and clicked 'next'. Can you guess what happened? I'd like to stay that yes, it did work, but actually it took me many, many tries to enter a valid number. Which isn't bad considering that I'm not much of a haxor. It's come to the part where you enter in your name. As far back as I can remember I've always had my computer name as "the_eliminator". The closes I could get to it this time was "t6e_elim!nnat2r". I was too annoyed to care at this point. Needless to say the process after this was slightly less than smooth. After two crashes, one "blue screen of death" and four "Windows must restart to apply changes" I was on my way to being finished of this incessant nightmare, picking up the pieces and going on with my life. Windows ME has finally loaded completely for the fist time. After all the problems and frustration I encountered trying to install it, I can now take a minute, lean back a bit in my chair and enjoy the satisfaction of a completed job. Everything is silent all I can hear is the low rumble of traffic below my apartment block and the calm soothing hum of my fan by the open window. The new features look great! My mouse cursor even has a shadow behind it! It was worth it, all is well! Now I could conclude this account of my experiences right here and you would go away with a warm sense that Windows ME isn't as bad as it first seemed. But I'm not trying to lie to you. I click on the start menu. I wait. The hard drive starts going crazy trying to keep up with the demand of information that is being presented to it. Everything bogs down. I can't play my old games. My computer crashes and freezes up constantly. Playing MP3 and running a word processor at the same time is about as effective as driving your car on a flat tire in rush hour traffic. My words of advise to you: At all costs!! Save yourself the pain and agony that I went through and avoid this dreadfully terrible software! Yours Truly, |