Some bonuspoints to Microsoft

Jere · 03-04-2011, 06:58 AM

YouTube - Chain of Fools : Upgrading through every version of windows (HQ)

Say whatever you want i think this is a accomplishment!

I knew from earlier that much of windows 95 and earlier is hidden deep in the windows folder in XP and Vista (probably 7 to) like some scan disk and DR whatmicrosoftnamedtheircrashreporterprogram.

I didn't think that those old programs would run but it's nice to see that there is one company that takes backwards compability serous.

***Ace Mercury*** · 03-04-2011, 01:11 PM

Yeah, that's reasonably impressive. People dump on Microsoft all the time for their shenanigans (and their anti-competitive monopoly), but this is some pretty complex stuff.

Irregardless, minus points for not installing Windows ME. It's the Virtual Boy of Windows.

Jere · 03-04-2011, 01:18 PM

But it was because you can't update ME to 2000

***Ace Mercury*** · 03-04-2011, 02:23 PM

Then Microsoft fails...?

Was this mentioned during the video? I kind of spaced out thinking about canyon.mid

Glux · 03-04-2011, 02:46 PM

Somehow, just somehow that managed to keep my attention beginning to end.

@Ace: Yes it was mentioned (in a way), just in an annotation on the video, not by the narrator himself.

iamangel · 06-24-2011, 12:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Jere

But it was because you can't update ME to 2000

I didn't know about this little factoid. Thanks! From what I've heard ME was also one of the most unstable OS's from the folks at Microsoft.

03-04-2011, 06:58 AM	#1
Jere Senior Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Sutme Gender: Posts: 3,648 Thanks: 404 Thanked 331 Times in 256 Posts Blog Entries: 3	Some bonuspoints to Microsoft YouTube - Chain of Fools : Upgrading through every version of windows (HQ) Say whatever you want i think this is a accomplishment! I knew from earlier that much of windows 95 and earlier is hidden deep in the windows folder in XP and Vista (probably 7 to) like some scan disk and DR whatmicrosoftnamedtheircrashreporterprogram. I didn't think that those old programs would run but it's nice to see that there is one company that takes backwards compability serous. Last edited by Jere; 03-04-2011 at 01:35 PM. Reason: and i take grammar serous

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*Ace Mercury* Marshmallow Knight ☆ Supermod Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Southern Ontario Gender: Posts: 23,274 Thanks: 568 Thanked 3,297 Times in 1,582 Posts Blog Entries: 1	Yeah, that's reasonably impressive. People dump on Microsoft all the time for their shenanigans (and their anti-competitive monopoly), but this is some pretty complex stuff. Irregardless, minus points for not installing Windows ME. It's the Virtual Boy of Windows.

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Jere Senior Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Sutme Gender: Posts: 3,648 Thanks: 404 Thanked 331 Times in 256 Posts Blog Entries: 3	But it was because you can't update ME to 2000

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*Ace Mercury* Marshmallow Knight ☆ Supermod Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Southern Ontario Gender: Posts: 23,274 Thanks: 568 Thanked 3,297 Times in 1,582 Posts Blog Entries: 1	Then Microsoft fails...? Was this mentioned during the video? I kind of spaced out thinking about canyon.mid

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Glux Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Home Gender: Posts: 7,121 Thanks: 647 Thanked 360 Times in 236 Posts Blog Entries: 3	Somehow, just somehow that managed to keep my attention beginning to end. @Ace: Yes it was mentioned (in a way), just in an annotation on the video, not by the narrator himself.