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hm_murdock:
I ran 95 on home-built hardware and it NEVER crashed. I ran OS/2 on the same hardware and it never crashed.
I upgraded to 98 and it crashed its ass off while OS/2 kept plugging away. Then came Red Hat 5, and it was badass for stability.
I went to NT 4 and it was rock solid, just like OS/2 and Linux, then I upgraded the hardware again, and everything was fine. Then I got 2000 Pro, and it was stable. Then I upgraded, ending up with some dubious hardware. 2000 would gimme BSODs all the time. Linux and NT 4 were fine.
I've had XP Pro running on my mom and sister's computers for a year with zero problems. I've had Mac OS X running for a year with no problems. My dad's had a file/print server running with Red Hat 6.1 since early 2000... not one hiccup. He also runs 2000 Pro on a Dell P2 350 and a Compaq Deskpro P2 450. He put XP Pro on a K6-2 550 'book and it's good.
I think we've gotten to the point where any OS is rock solid on the right hardware. I've seen XP be shit and be badass. I've seen OS/2 be super, then crap out suddenly when you change hardware. I've seen Linux do it. I've seen OS X be superfly on my iMac, but be a bitch on the G4 that I bought and sold within a month.
I still ain't got anything against XP aside from spyware. But I still hate MS. They might finally be hiring competent programmers, but they still need to DIE.
Fett101:
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Stryker:
quote:Originally posted by bob:
Didnt know you could?
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You need to enable the plugin. there are lots in there.
preacher:
quote:Originally posted by fett101:
Best check your IE security options then.
"Other people that had higher security settings on MSIE would not get the automatic download without first knowing about it. Those people would get a popup confirmation box that would ask for permission to download. The person could cancel the download." [source
It is also possible that it was installed with some other shareware or freeware. Imesh and Kazaa often do that, even if you tell them not to.
[ November 17, 2002: Message edited by: fett101 ]
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Damn your uptime is so high!!! Wow, you must be a God!!!! Oh well I can never compare to your almighty box.
sorry! X11 told me we had to link to all our images in case he's on dialup - send him a private message about it if you don't like it.
[ November 22, 2002: Message edited by: Calum ]
lazygamer:
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I worked as tech support for Dell 2 years ago.
Our required solution to 80% of the problems was to re-install the operating system. This was not because the Operating sytem was flawed outrageously but because the callers were not bright enough to click on the right buttons to solve the problems.
It could take 15 minutes just to walk someone through clicking (start) -> (run) -> (msconfig)
People are stupid.
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I think it's because wind0ze problems can be complex sometimes. There is likely many a n00b that can re-install their OS if told exactly what to do, but they may get a little lost otherwise.
In fact re-installing an OS is easy, because you don't even have to format it or set up partitions, just install away!
Then there is people like me who aren't 1337 with their comp, but could solve almost ANY problem if you gave me guranteed to work step by step instructions. Even just on a piece of paper I could probably handle most problems. The problem is getting a problem solver who doesn't have problems solving your problems to write down really good how to solve your problems that you normally have a problem solving.
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