I had Windows XP Pro, and never once had a problem with it, other than security. I got a bad virus that is not fixable.
I am currently using a little old computer with Windows 7 on it, and it appears to be stable except for one thing. In an update it downloaded WindowsSearch indexer that completely bogs down my RAM and causes hang-ups as I only have 512 RAM. If you have more RAM, it may not be a problem. I have have to turn the searchindexer off every time I restart, and then somehow it sneaks back in there and I can’t seem to find all the places it resides to remove it. When I try to remove it I get warnings that say it will also remove updates that I need. So it’s a puzzle to me.
U-Verse Premium is also my ISP provider and it is so fast throwing data down, that it also contributes to the hangups. So I suspect I’m going to have to upgrade to a computer with a gig of RAM to stop the problems anyway. There comes a time when it’s just best.
I’m not a techie and don’t claim to be one...I just saw the post about Windows 7, which I too am using.