Īt the 1998 Windows Hardware Engineering Conference, Microsoft CEO Bill Gates stated that Windows 98 would be the last iteration of Windows to use the Windows 9x kernel, with the intention for the next consumer-focused version to be based on the NT kernel, unifying the two branches of Windows. Extended support for Windows Me ended on July 11, 2006. In October 2001, Windows XP was released to the public, having already been under development at the time of Windows Me's release, and popularized most of Windows Me's features, while being far more stable. Windows Me was initially positively received, but it soon garnered a negative reception from users due to stability issues, and is now viewed by many as one of the worst operating systems Microsoft has ever produced.
Although Windows Me was still ultimately based around MS-DOS like its predecessors, access to real-mode DOS was restricted to decrease system boot time. Microsoft also incorporated features first introduced in Windows 2000, which had been released as a business-oriented operating system seven months earlier, into the graphical user interface, shell and Windows Explorer. Windows Me was targeted specifically at home PC users, and included Internet Explorer 5.5, Windows Media Player 7 and the new Windows Movie Maker software, which provided basic video editing and was designed to be easy to use for consumers. It was Microsoft's main operating system for home users until the introduction of its successor Windows XP in 2001. It was the direct successor to Windows 98 SE, and was released to manufacturing on June 19, 2000, and then to retail on September 14, 2000.
Windows Millennium Edition, or Windows Me (marketed with the pronunciation of the pronoun "me"), is an operating system developed by Microsoft as part of the Windows 9x family of Microsoft Windows operating systems. Mainstream support ended on December 31, 2003
Microsoft Windows Me - Home at the Wayback Machine (archived September 2, 2000) Windows Me desktop, including taskbar and shortcuts
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