On 23 November 2010 19:57, David Connors <da...@codify.com> wrote: > On 23 November 2010 19:20, Mark Hurd <markeh...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Interesting. I thought my computer's "blank" moments (normally during >> late startup i.e. during userinit) were "16-bit" hardware drivers not >> allowing co-processing. Perhaps it is just imminent hardware failure >> for me too. > > You won't have any "16-bit" drivers on any version of Windows from NT/Win2K > onward.
Yeah, that's why I put it in quotes. It was just that whatever causes the "stalls" does not get reflected in historic TaskManager graphs. >> >> (In my case I think it is the DVD-ROM drive -- I don't use it very >> much and it occasionally does not appear on the device list, but this >> doesn't necessarily correspond to when the "blank" moments occur.) > > If a new DVD-ROM is going to make your life that much better, I'd suggest > that is $19 well spent. :) Good point. But the problem doesn't last, hasn't happened for a while and is negligible compared to how long it takes to load my roaming profile anyway :-) > -- > David Connors | da...@codify.com | www.codify.com > Software Engineer > Codify Pty Ltd > Phone: +61 (7) 3210 6268 | Facsimile: +61 (7) 3210 6269 | Mobile: +61 417 > 189 363 > V-Card: https://www.codify.com/cards/davidconnors > Address Info: https://www.codify.com/contact > -- Regards, Mark Hurd, B.Sc.(Ma.)(Hons.)
