[Bush2000]

Every Windows system I have operated crashes eventually. Every one. Every one. And usually because of their damn browser.

That may have been true of Windows 98, dude. But not XP. You might want to upgrade your 486.

[Prime Choice]

That may have been true of Windows 98, dude. But not XP.

*choke* *snicker*

[markman46]

I have crashed XP here at work several times and slowed it down I can't count that high just using fingers/toes.

[melbell]

"That may have been true of Windows 98, dude. But not XP."

Hmmm...that's interesting...since my XP crashes all the time when I'm using it...interesting indeed...you must have some sort of *magic* XP installation...

[JoJo Gunn]

These XP sections of computer forums aren't exactly catching dust from inactivity:

http://discussions.virtualdr.com/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=25

http://www.cybertechhelp.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=26

[Petronski]

You've never had a WinXP system crash?

[Glenn]

But not XP.

I really enjoy using XP. It's much peppier than Windows 2k. When mcshield or scan32 kick in, I can even move my mouse every few seconds. Sometimes it even takes the click. Very productive OS.

[carl in alaska]

I have yet to crash XP, despite all the old software I run on it that predates XP.

The problem with Windows is that it consumes too much in computer resources. Every time Intel and Dell make new computers that should run 50% faster than the previous generation, the new version of Windows consumes half the extra computing power so the computer only runs 25% faster. If Microsoft wants to maintain their market share they need to pare down the code, use less memory and speed up Windows in a big way.

[N3WBI3]

I have had XP and 2K spawn run away processes that required a reboot, this in addition to the crashes I ahve seen is why I fight almost anytime tehy want to put a windows box in my datacenter..

[monkeyshine]

You're kidding right? I run XP, it crashes regularly because of conflicts of some kind or another. Maybe you only have a few pieces of software and hardware?

[MarkL]

That may have been true of Windows 98, dude. But not XP. You might want to upgrade your 486.

Hmmmm... The first thing I tried to run on my brand new Dell laptop, which came with WinXP Pro, was the Windows XP Tour. About 30 seconds into the tour, the system blue screens and reboots! I've never been able to get much farther than that on the tour. And I've now had the system for almost 3 years.

Mark

[Frumious Bandersnatch]

Yes, even on XP (at least the home edition). My son's computer (three months old) crashes at least once a month.

[Constantine XIII]

ROFL!

[FastCoyote]

"That may have been true of Windows 98, dude. But not XP. You might want to upgrade your 486."

The owner of a company I consult for blew his system out with the SP2 upgrade. You are right Bush2000, sometimes it isn't the browser that blows them out of the water.

[antiRepublicrat]

That may have been true of Windows 98, dude. But not XP.

XP may be far better than 9x, but it and others still get unstable or crash quite easily. I work on a new system with 2003 Server and even bring that down regularly (including re-imaging because NTFS suddenly blew several hundred files on a healthy hard drive). Crashes are fewer, but mainly because 2003 usually gives me a chance to shut down gracefully before finally blowing up. I am happy that it isolates more processes to allow this; however, I am tired of having to restart crashed application pools in IIS all the time.