File:WindowsME.png
WindowsME.png (512 × 384 pixels, file size: 30 KB, MIME type: image/png)
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Summary
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Screenshot of the default Windows Me desktop, showing the Start menu |
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Source |
Screenshot is taken and uploaded by wilsontulus5 (talk · contribs) on March 23, 2023 inside a QEMU/KVM virtual machine. |
Author | Microsoft |
Portion used |
Entire screen |
Low resolution? |
Yes |
Licensing
[edit]Microsoft product screenshot, used with permission from Microsoft. This image is a copyrighted screenshot of a commercially released computer software product owned by Microsoft Corporation. Microsoft Corporation allows screenshots of its commercially released computer software products for use in advertising, documentations, educational materials, videos and web sites as long as they are not obscene or pornographic, are not disparaging, defamatory, or libelous to Microsoft, and are not digitally altered (except for being resized). However, the use of this screenshot in Wikipedia must comply with Wikipedia's non-free content criteria policy, because the license forbids derivative works. Images that do not comply may be nominated for deletion.
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Use of Microsoft copyrighted content
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Use rationale
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Purpose of use |
Screenshot demonstrates a typical Windows Me desktop and is used for educational purpose |
Replaceable? |
Cannot be replaced with a free image |
Article | |
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Purpose of use |
Screenshot demonstrates a typical Windows Me desktop and is used for educational purpose |
Replaceable? |
Cannot be replaced with a free image |
Article | |
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Purpose of use |
This screenshot illustrates Windows Me, the final version of the Windows 9x series of operating systems. The image is vital to the user's understanding of the evolution of the Windows 9x series of software. Use of the screenshot is the only way to get an accurate impression of what the visual aspect of the software is. |
Replaceable? |
Cannot be replaced with a free image |
File history
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Date/Time | Thumbnail | Dimensions | User | Comment | |
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current | 16:26, 23 March 2023 | 512 × 384 (30 KB) | Wilsontulus5 (talk | contribs) | New screenshot of Windows ME taken at an average early 2000's computer monitor resolution (1024x768) then downscaled 2x to 512x384 using GIMP bicubic method to preserve most details. No third party programs and updates were installed, so the screenshot is purely the first user experience after the clean installation apart from the drivers. | |
06:02, 23 December 2022 | No thumbnail | 364 × 273 (23 KB) | LucasKannou (talk | contribs) | Resize to less than 0.1 MP per WP:IMAGERES via script. | |
03:18, 23 December 2022 | No thumbnail | 365 × 274 (19 KB) | Paowee (talk | contribs) | Updated screenshot where Windows ME got to the point it got all system and app updates before it's EOL | |
08:30, 14 February 2019 | No thumbnail | 365 × 273 (29 KB) | JJMC89 (talk | contribs) | Reverted to version as of 18:55, 19 July 2015 (UTC): too large | |
07:53, 1 February 2019 | No thumbnail | 640 × 480 (17 KB) | K0D3R (talk | contribs) | Risized image so it is no longer indescernible. | |
18:55, 19 July 2015 | No thumbnail | 365 × 273 (29 KB) | Cryptic (talk | contribs) | Resize manually so text is legible | |
06:12, 30 November 2014 | No thumbnail | 365 × 273 (5 KB) | Theo's Little Bot (talk | contribs) | Reduce size of non-free image (BOT - disable) | |
15:55, 21 November 2014 | No thumbnail | 640 × 480 (8 KB) | Chungy (talk | contribs) | In line with the Windows 95 and 98 shots, the start menu is not being displayed. It's also full resolution and no custom wallpaper has been selected. | |
06:00, 6 June 2014 | No thumbnail | 365 × 273 (40 KB) | Theo's Little Bot (talk | contribs) | Reduce size of non-free image (BOT - disable) | |
17:20, 5 June 2014 | No thumbnail | 640 × 480 (20 KB) | Codename Lisa (talk | contribs) | Windows ME, immediately after being installed. The problem with the past version, uploaded by Koman, was that it was contaminated by additional software like Windows Media Player 9 and Internet Explorer 6. |
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