Editing Windows Me (section)

==System requirements==
{{System requirements
| caption = System requirements for running Windows Me<ref>{{cite web|url=http://support.microsoft.com/kb/253695|title=Minimum hardware requirements to install Windows Millennium|access-date=29 August 2013|work=Support|publisher=Microsoft|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130929014717/http://support.microsoft.com/kb/253695|archive-date=September 29, 2013}}</ref>
| useminandrec = yes
| align = none
| width = auto
| font-size = normal
| platform1 = x86
| os1 = 
| cpu1 = [[P5 (microarchitecture)|Pentium]], 150 [[MHz]]
| cpu1rec = [[Pentium II]], 300 [[MHz]]
| memory1 = 32 [[Megabyte|MB]]
| memory1rec = 64 [[Megabyte|MB]]
| gpu1 = 
| display1 = [[VGA]]
| display1rec = {{ubl|[[SVGA]]|Video capture device for [[Windows Movie Maker]]}}
| sound1 = {{ubl|Sound card|Speakers or headphones}}
| sound1rec = Microphone for [[Windows Movie Maker]]
| media1 = {{ubl|[[Optical disc drive|CD or DVD drive]]|[[3.5" inch floppy drive]]}}
| media1rec = 
| network1 = None
| network1rec = 56.6 [[Kilobit per second|Kbps]] modem or faster with current Internet connection
| hdspace1 = 320 [[Megabyte|MB]]
| hdspace1rec = 2 [[Gigabyte|GB]]
| input1 = [[Mouse (computing)|Mouse]] or compatible pointing device
}}

The /nm setup switch can be used at the DOS command line to bypass the minimum system requirement checks, allowing for installation on a CPU as low as the 16&nbsp;MHz [[80486SX]].

===Limitations===
Windows Me is only designed to handle up to 512&nbsp;MB of RAM without changes.<ref name="Microsoft_2007_KB253912">{{cite web|title="Out of Memory" Error Messages with Large Amounts of RAM Installed|url=http://support.microsoft.com/kb/253912/EN-US|edition=2.1|date=2007-01-27|work=Support|publisher=[[Microsoft]]|access-date=2013-09-03|id=253912|quote=If a computer is running Windows contains more than 512 megabytes (for example, 768 megabytes) of physical memory (RAM), you may experience one or more of the following symptoms: You may be unable to open an MS-DOS session (or command prompt) while Windows is running. Attempts to do so may generate the following error message: "There is not enough memory available to run this program." The computer may stop responding (hang) while Windows is starting, or halt and display the following error message: "Insufficient memory to initialize Windows."|archive-date=September 22, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130922050847/http://support.microsoft.com/kb/253912/EN-US|url-status=dead}}</ref> Systems with larger RAM pools may lose stability; however, depending on the hardware and software configuration, it is sometimes possible to manually tweak the installation to continue working with somewhat larger amounts of RAM as well.<ref name="Microsoft_2007_KB253912" /><ref name="Microsoft_2007_KB181862">{{cite web|url=http://support.microsoft.com/kb/181862|title=Specifying Amount of RAM Available to Windows Using MaxPhysPage|date=January 22, 2007|work=Support|publisher=[[Microsoft]]|id=181862|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070307161455/http://support.microsoft.com/kb/181862|archive-date=March 7, 2007|access-date=June 14, 2019|edition=2.1}}</ref> The maximum amount of memory the operating system is designed to use is up to 1&nbsp;GB of RAM. Systems with more than 1.5&nbsp;GB of RAM may continuously reboot during startup.<ref name="Microsoft_2007_KB304943">{{cite web|title=Computer May Reboot Continuously with More Than 1.5 GB of RAM|url=http://support.microsoft.com/kb/304943|work=Support|publisher=[[Microsoft]]|edition=1.4|date=2007-01-31|id=304943|access-date=2013-09-03|quote=Windows Me and Windows 98 are not designed to handle more than 1&nbsp;GB of RAM. More than 1&nbsp;GB can lead to potential system instability.|archive-date=June 2, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150602223109/https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/304943|url-status=dead}}</ref>