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Windows Millennium Edition was more revolutionary than people realize. Here's why

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Windows Me came out in 2000 , introducing a number of features that wed never be without today .

System Restore allows you to roll back your PC to an earlier state, to wipe away any bad updates, driver changes, or nasty viruses.

Windows Me was the first release that introduced automatic updates for Windows PCs.

Spider Solitaire , Movie Maker and Pinball Pinball are still great, but as a kid, I remember using it a lot to make and edit videos.

Windows Me was a failure, but some good came from it.

The features Ive mentioned really did revolutionize both Windows and modern computing.

Without it, some of what we know, recognize, and remember about Windows just might not exist today .

XP was my daily driver OS for several years longer than Windows Me ever was.