Editing Windows Me (section)

===System utilities===
* [[System Restore]]: Windows Me introduced the "System Restore" logging and reversion system, which was meant to simplify troubleshooting and solve problems. It was intended to work as a rollback and recovery feature so that if the installation of an application or a driver adversely affected the system, the user could undo the installation and return the system to a previously working state. It does this by monitoring changes to Windows system files and the [[Windows registry|registry]]. System Restore protects only the operating system files, not documents, and therefore is not a substitute for a backup program.
* [[System File Protection]]: First introduced with [[Windows 2000]] (as [[Windows File Protection]]), and expanding on the capabilities introduced with [[System File Checker]] in Windows 98, [[System File Protection]] aimed to protect system files from modification and corruption silently and automatically. When the file protection is in effect, replacing or deleting a system file causes Windows Me to silently restore the original copy. The original is taken from a hard drive backup folder (<code>%WinDir%\Options\Install</code>) or from the Windows Me installation CD, if the cached copy of files on the hard disk has been deleted. If no installation CD is in the drive, a dialog box alerts the user about the problem and requests that the CD be inserted. [[System File Protection]] is a different technology from [[System Restore]] and should not be confused with the latter. [[System Restore]] maintains a broad set of changed files including added applications and user configuration data stored repeatedly at specific points in time restored by the user, whereas [[System File Protection]] protects operating system files with no user input.
* [[MSConfig|System Configuration Utility]] allows users to manually extract and restore individual system files from the Windows Me setup files. It has also been updated with three new tabs called "Static VxDs", "Environment" and "International". The ''Static VxDs'' tab allows users to enable or disable static [[VxD|virtual device drivers]] to be loaded at startup, the ''Environment'' tab allows users to enable or disable [[environment variable]]s, and the ''International'' tab allows users to set international language keyboard layout settings that were formerly set via the real mode MS-DOS configuration files. A ''Cleanup'' button on the ''Startup'' tab allows cleaning up invalid or deleted startup entries.
* [[System Monitor]] has been updated with a Dial-Up Adapter section. Users can now monitor items such as Connection Speeds, Bytes Received or Transmitted / Second.
* [[SCANDISK]] runs from within Windows upon an improper shutdown before the [[Windows Shell]] loads.
* [[Automatic Updates]]: The Automatic Updates utility automatically downloads and installs critical updates from the [[Windows Update]] Web site with little user interaction. It is set up to check Windows Update once every 24 hours by default. Users can choose to download which update they want, although high-priority updates must be downloaded and installed.
* Compressed Folders: Windows Me includes native support for [[ZIP (file format)|ZIP]] files through the 'Compressed Folders' Explorer extension. This extension was originally introduced in the [[Microsoft Plus!|Plus! 98]] collection for Windows 98, but is included in the base operating system in Windows Me.
* A new ''Help and Support'' program has also been added, replacing the [[HTML Help]]-based documentation in Windows 2000 and Windows 98. The Help and Support Center is entirely HTML-based and takes advantage of a technology called Support Automation Framework (SAF), that can show support information from the internet, allows collecting data for troubleshooting via WMI and scripting and for third parties to plug into Windows Help and Support.<ref>[http://www.microsoft.com/winme/bulk/oem/health/Support_Automation_Framework_56k/MS_Studio_PCHFest_Support_Automation_Framework.ppt Support Automation Framework]{{dead link|date=August 2010}}</ref> Several other support tools also shipped with Windows Me.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=/servicedesks/webcasts/en/wc020101/wct020101.asp&sd=dell |title=Windows Millennium Edition support tools webcast |publisher=Support.microsoft.com |access-date=2010-08-26 |archive-date=August 14, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110814153912/http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=%2Fservicedesks%2Fwebcasts%2Fen%2Fwc020101%2Fwct020101.asp&sd=dell |url-status=live }}</ref>
* Windows Me also includes Internet Explorer 5.5, which supports a new Print Preview feature.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://winsupersite.com/windows/windows-millennium-edition-windows-me-beta-3-reviewed|title=Windows Millennium Edition (Windows Me) Beta 3 Reviewed|publisher=SuperSite for Windows|date=12 April 2000|access-date=2014-11-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129115848/http://winsupersite.com/windows/windows-millennium-edition-windows-me-beta-3-reviewed|archive-date=2014-11-29|url-status=dead}}</ref> It also shipped with the [[MSN Messenger]] Service.