Well as you see is one of you haves steps to connect to internet in Windows ME
I assume you are trying to use a virtual machine to run ME, and if so, which one is it? Most VM software has various options for networking, depending on the OS desired, and it’s matter of matching them up.
I use Vmware Workstation Pro 16 licensed
maybe try to do network settings to nat on vmware
haha no problem man! be happy to help