"VanguardLH" wrote in
<news:rICdnZ-5cKH2uNbVnZ2dnUVZWhednZ2d@comcast.com>:

> "Norman" wrote in <news:u51#vQMyIHA.2188@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl>:
>
>> I think it was Mike Maltby (sp?) that pointed me to it.
>
> Pointed you to it WHERE? In a newsgroups post? If so, search Google
> Groups for posts submitted by Mike Maltby.
>
> http://groups.google.com/groups?scor...+author:maltby
>
> The only technical newsgroup shown to where he posted was for 1 post
> back in 2003 in the Windows ME newsgroup. You didn't pick a unique
> enough moniker to go Google Group searching on it to find whatever
> newsgroup discussion you were involved in before that discussed whatever
> it is that you vaguely remember.
>
>> I was only toying
>> with concerns of XP install and not getting SATA to run in ME at the time.
>
> Not an issue in a virtual machine, like when using Virtual PC or VMWare
> Server (both free, I prefer VMWare). All the hardware except the CPU is
> emulated inside the virtual machine.
>
>> It stated at the MS site that it was intended for XP users that had software
>> that would not run in XP. And allowed an install of say ME in a box, shell,
>> something like that. All of the XP drivers would be used.
>
> Yep, the parent or host OS still has to communicate with the real
> hardware through the use of drivers. All hardware except the CPU is
> emulated with the virtual machine. You don't need drivers in the
> virtual machine. However, you don't get the full feature set of your
> real hardware. You get the emulated hardware which supports
> legacy-grade hardware requirements. Don't expect to play games within a
> virtual machine. You never mentioned WHAT you wanted to run within a
> Windows ME environment.

Something I forgot to mention about licensing. When you upgrade, you do
not get another license for Windows. If you upgraded to Windows XP from
Windows ME then you lost your license for Windows ME. Upgrades do not
increase the number of license that you have. All upgrades must trace
back through a single license to a full version that was used as the
initial OS. Once you upgrade, the prior version is no longer valid for
use.

When installing Windows within a virtual machine, you are required to
have a license to run it there. So if Windows XP is your host OS and
Windows ME is your guest OS (in the virtual machine) then you need 2
licenses: one for Windows XP and another for Windows ME.

You never mentioned WHY you think you need Windows ME. What application
won't run under Windows XP, even in compatibility mode?