What is Windows ME?
{{Infobox OS | name = Windows ME | version of = [[Windows 9x]] | logo = Windows Logo (1992-2001).svg | screenshot = File:BabyDevelopWinME.png | caption = A screenshot of the desktop of Windows ME with a few programs open | developer = [[Microsoft]] | source_model = [[Closed source]] | license = [[Commercial software]] | kernel_type = [[Monolithic kernel]] | preceded_by = [[Windows 98]] (1998) | succeeded_by = [[Windows XP]] (2001)<ref>{{cite book|title=A+ Certification Study Guide|first=Michael|last=Pastore|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FdjlYvbxnlsC&pg=PA315|year=2003|isbn=978-0-07-222766-6|publisher=McGraw-Hill|page=315|edition=5}}</ref> | release_version = 4.90.3000 | RTM_date = {{Start date and age|2000|6|19}} | GA_date = {{Start date and age|2000|9|14}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Microsoft Announces Immediate Availability Of Windows Millennium Edition (Windows Me)|url=http://news.microsoft.com/2000/09/14/microsoft-announces-immediate-availability-of-windows-millennium-edition-windows-me/|website=News Center|publisher=[[Microsoft]]|date=September 14, 2000}}</ref> | release_date = {{Start date and age|2000|9|14}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Windows Me: Microsoft Releases New Operating System Built From the Ground Up for Home PC Users|url=http://news.microsoft.com/2000/09/14/windows-me-microsoft-releases-new-operating-system-built-from-the-ground-up-for-home-pc-users/|website=News Center|date=14 September 2000 |publisher=[[Microsoft]]}}</ref> | support_status = Mainstream support ended on December 31, 2003<br />Extended support ended on July 11, 2006<ref name=supportend>{{cite web|url= https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle?p1=6519|title=Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition|work=Microsoft Support Lifecycle|accessdate=2016-05-24|publisher=Microsoft}}</ref> | date = January 2009 <!-- approximate date of template insertion for dating hidden maintenance categories --> | Rip top = This good | Guide hood = Ghost VP }} '''Windows ME''' was the Millennium Edition of the [[Microsoft Windows]] operating system. Windows