[Illbay]

Sorry, pal, but you're just WRONG.

I have (or had) three XP machines here at home. Of the three, two are by "name" manufacturers--HP and Sony--that came with XP preloaded. The HP machine works flawlessly. The Sony and my own home-built computer (using high-quality, standard components, btw, like ECS motherboard, AMD processor, VIA chipset, ATI video card, Crucial memory, etc.) crash constantly. It's the home-built machine that I just converted to Red Hat.

In fact, I just now had to reboot the Sony because I (the horror!) dared to bring up my Fax program--WinFax by Symantec--and the whole system froze.

MS is sh*t, there's no two ways about it. Okay, they're only 2/3rds sh*t; the HP machine doesn't have many problems.

[PatrioticAmerican]

"crash constantly. It's "

Drivers, buddy. You don't know a thing about XP if you can't keep it running. It is EASY, except for you. I've read your posts for months, if not years, about your problems. All your problems seem to be your lack of competence in working with computers.

Every time I hear of something not working it is not XP, but a hardware issue or a driver issue, a driver supplied by a vendor other than Microsoft. Did you install the wrong type of memory? That is the most common item. Maybe you overclocked, not knowing what you were doing, or you dicked with the BIOS.

The fact is XP works extremely well, except for a few nerds who like to tinker with their computers.

[CyberCowboy777]

I do not have a dog in this fight.....

but ECS makes POS motherboards.

I have built 6 PCs with ECS boards and hundreds with "others" like Gigabyte, MSI and ASSUS. With all 6 ECS boards I have had "issues". With the "others" W2K is like a rock and I run a MSI at home that has crashed once running W98.

I have three ECS boards on the workbench right now that I cannot not even get returned to ECS. (piss poor tech support and RMA)