> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Reggie Bautista > Sent: Monday, July 28, 2003 8:09 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Windo$e > > Jon wrote: > >It seems horrifically high. I suspect that it's a combination of lack of > >maintenance and ID10T errors. I use tons of programs, usually > >simultaneously on my Windows machine and don't have problems, but I keep > >them maintained, too. > > There are two computers at home, both with Windows ME, that are primary my > responsibility to keep up. I do the same maintenance on both of them, run > the same software, and use them both about equally. They have the same > virus definitions, same Windows updates, same version of the Opera web > browser, same games, same everything. One of them crashes maybe once > every > couple of months. With the other one, I'm lucky if it doesn't crash at > least once a day. The only hardware difference between them is that they > have different models of mouse. > > I don't think the difference can be written off to ID10T errors in this > case > (I don't think my IQ changes *that* much when I move from machine to > machine > :-), or lack of maintenance. It's certainly possible that one of them has > a > piece of faulty hardware somewhere, but they've both reacted the same to > every diag that I know how to throw at them. >
Have you thought of switching mice and software to see if the 'good' computer starts crashing? Seriously. It might be a driver problem with the mouse. Other than that... I'd say you're right. It's definitely not you. :) But my not-so-expert experience over the years has been that a large minority of people don't know much about software maintenance or bother to learn. IMO, logically, they should make up at least a portion of those surveyed. Jon Le Blog: http://zarq.livejournal.com _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
