While Windows Me was based on DOS, Microsoft decided to restrict access to that OS, so it would boot up faster. Other features in Windows Me included an updated version of Windows Media Player, a new Movie Maker program that let users edit digital film clips and a version of its DVD player that didn't require a separate decoder card inside to play DVD movies. It also added Auto Update, which allowed the PC to download any Windows ME updates, critical or otherwise, without any human intervention. One of the big ones was System Restore, which allowed users to go back a few days to an earlier version of Windows Me if something went wrong, but without deleting any important files or programs. To be completely fair to Windows Me, it did have quite a few new features that would continue in some ways to other versions of Windows. While Windows 2000 used the Windows NT kernel, Microsoft decided to stick with the DOS framework that was in every other consumer Windows release. One thing the two operating systems would not share would be their underlying framework. It actually shared some parts of Windows 2000, including some of its user interface and its TCP/IP stack. The OS was made specifically for individual home consumers and was developed to be a quick and fast update to Windows 98. It started appearing on store shelves (remember when you bought OS updates at the store?) and inside new PCs a few months later, on September 14, 2000. Windows Me went "gold" and headed to manufacturing 23 years ago today, on June 19, 2000.
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