[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn


That's what mine says. Everything there is the same expect of the /NoExecute=OptIn

When you say you deleted ME, did you just remove it from the bootloader? Or did you delete the entire windows ME folders and files as well as the bootloader line?