On 27 Jul 2005 at 21:21, Carl Dershem wrote: > David W. Fenton wrote: > > >>The only OS I've ever used that never crashed (in 2 1/2 years > >>without a reboot) was OS/2. > > > > I have left various NT-based versions of Windows running for months > > on end with no reboots except those required for updates to software > > or system settings. > > > > If WinXP crashes, you've probably got bad hardware or a badly hosed > > system. > > Well, XP is NT based, with some alterations, but even out of the box > I've found that if left running for more than a few days it will slow > to a crawl and eventually stop. It's not the hardware, it's the OS.
Far be it for me to defend WinXP, which I think is a disaster, but your situation is very unusual. Sounds like bad drivers for video or some other basic hardware component. There is nothing inherent in WinXP that leaks memory over time. It's obviously something to do with the configuration shipped by the vendor you purchased from, which pretty clearly points to hardware as the specific problem. The OS can't fix badly written drivers, though it can insulate you from some of the dangers of them (though if they are bad video drivers, it can easily take Windows down, unfortunately). -- David W. Fenton http://www.bway.net/~dfenton David Fenton Associates http://www.bway.net/~dfassoc _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
