Least stable version of Windows

September 9th, 2003, 1:15 pm

For me, NT 4, W/2000, XP, W/2003, and Red Hat 7-8 versions have all been as solid as the Rock of Gilbralta ... No system or application crashes for me in many years of using the NT and Linux OS's

In fact, even good old W/98 at home is rock solid. I only blue screen or lockup once in a while when trying to backup to an external vintage CD-R (HP 7200) and I even recover fine from this.

hartlandcat · Post by **hartlandcat** » September 9th, 2003, 1:17 pm

harrywaldron wrote:For me, NT 4, W/2000, XP, W/2003, and Red Hat 7-8 versions have all been as solid as the Rock of Gilbralta

There's too many apes in Windows XP.

willll · Post by **willll** » September 9th, 2003, 1:56 pm

Windows XP crashes too much.
Also all the little MS programs that come with my computer are slowly disappearing. calc, mspaint, sound recorder, and a couple others
The shortcuts for all of the games (minesweeper, hearts, solitaire, spider solitaire) have disappeared and I can't even find the location of the Spider Solitaire exe
Windows Media Player no longer works (it always tells me i need to upgrade)
Its really slow even with all the eye candy disabled.
Fast user switching is evil, but since I've already introduced my family to it, I don't want to make them stop.
Windows 2000 is much better.

hartlandcat · Post by **hartlandcat** » September 9th, 2003, 2:21 pm

DeltaGuy wrote:
hartlandcat wrote:Well it's definately not as stable as Linux.

Yet, actually have programs to select from...

Why do we have to have this myth that it's difficult to find sofware for MacOS and Linux? Is it because there are few games availible for them?

Lost User 8002 · Post by **Lost User 8002** » September 9th, 2003, 2:34 pm

willll wrote:Windows XP crashes too much.

Windows XP Pro has crashed once since I bought it (one year ago)...

willll wrote:Also all the little MS programs that come with my computer are slowly disappearing. calc, mspaint, sound recorder, and a couple others

I have all of those programs on Windows XP...

willll wrote:The shortcuts for all of the games (minesweeper, hearts, solitaire, spider solitaire) have disappeared and I can't even find the location of the Spider Solitaire exe

How did they disappear? Did you delete your "Windows Games" Folder?

willll wrote:Windows Media Player no longer works (it always tells me i need to upgrade)

Solution: Upgrade or get something else and stop complaining...

willll wrote:Its really slow even with all the eye candy disabled.

Get a new computer! It's a new version of Windows! New Windows = New Computer

willll wrote:Fast user switching is evil, but since I've already introduced my family to it, I don't want to make them stop.

I love Fast User switching and hibernation. If you like it, don't complain about it....

willll wrote:Windows 2000 is much better.

We're all entitled to our own opinion (even if I think you're wrong)...

Lost User 8002 · Post by **Lost User 8002** » September 9th, 2003, 2:37 pm

hartlandcat wrote:
DeltaGuy wrote:
hartlandcat wrote:Well it's definately not as stable as Linux.

Yet, actually have programs to select from...

Why do we have to have this myth that it's difficult to find sofware for MacOS and Linux? Is it because there are few games availible for them?

There are some programs for Linux, that aren't as good as their Windows Counterparts though...
We have OpenOffice, but I like MS Office and Corel better...
We also have the GIMP, but Photoshop is a more powerful image editor that I prefer...
There are virtually no games available for it (I like to use by computer for recreation)...
As for browsing, Firebird wins hands down over IE though...

Post by **shadytrees** » September 9th, 2003, 2:47 pm

We're all entitled to our own opinion (even if I think you're wrong)...

The official slogan of AfterDark.

Lost User 8002 · Post by **Lost User 8002** » September 9th, 2003, 2:47 pm

hao2lian wrote:
We're all entitled to our own opinion (even if I think you're wrong)...

The official slogan of AfterDark.

That and Flame Wars Welcome (but only in disguise)

willll · Post by **willll** » September 9th, 2003, 3:16 pm

DeltaGuy wrote:
willll wrote:Windows XP crashes too much.
Windows XP Pro has crashed once since I bought it (one year ago)...

There is no distinction between Professional and Home edition that will make it crash less

DeltaGuy wrote:
willll wrote:Also all the little MS programs that come with my computer are slowly disappearing. calc, mspaint, sound recorder, and a couple others
I have all of those programs on Windows XP...

Seriously, what a useless comment. Was I talking about programs on your computer? Absolutely not. Was I saying that this had happened on any other computer other than mine? NO. Did I think that this was a common occurance on XP systems? No. THe point of this comment (combined with the next one) is that all sorts of strange inexplicable events occur on XP, stuff that never happened to me on 95.

DeltaGuy wrote:
willll wrote:The shortcuts for all of the games (minesweeper, hearts, solitaire, spider solitaire) have disappeared and I can't even find the location of the Spider Solitaire exe
How did they disappear? Did you delete your "Windows Games" Folder?

Well for folder for the shortcuts is still there, but the individual shortcuts are gone.

DeltaGuy wrote:
willll wrote:Windows Media Player no longer works (it always tells me i need to upgrade)
Solution: Upgrade or get something else and stop complaining...

I have upgraded (multiple times) yet it always gives me the same error message. And I do usually use Foobar2000 or mplayer, but sometimes it is very convienent to use WMP instead.

DeltaGuy wrote:
willll wrote:Its really slow even with all the eye candy disabled.

Get a new computer! It's a new version of Windows! New Windows = New Computer

I don't know where you got the idea that I was using a old computer from. Pentium 4 2.4 Ghz 512 MB RAM just got it lost October.

DeltaGuy wrote:
willll wrote:Fast user switching is evil, but since I've already introduced my family to it, I don't want to make them stop. App perforance is slow but what really bugs me is shutdown time. My Win95 Pentium 2 233Mhz can shut down more than twice as fast as my new computer even when I've disabled a large number of services and other junk.
I love Fast User switching and hibernation. If you like it, don't complain about it....

How did you bring hibernation into this? Fast-user switching is bad, because it screws up my scanner program. And also with fast user switching on, no one in my family ever considers it neccessary to sign off, and leaves a whole lot of programs open, so I can't log off for them and have to deal with a ridiculous amount of memory usage from other people.

Lost User 8002 · Post by **Lost User 8002** » September 9th, 2003, 3:22 pm

Many of these problems could be just you...
It doesn't crash for me...
I don't lose programs mysteriously...
I don't lose shortcuts...
WMP 9 series works fine for me...
Windows XP isn't slow on my computer and my computer is inferior to yours...
I haven't had strange inexplicable events occur on XP for me...
Teach your family how to log out. I had to teach mine...

daihard · Post by **daihard** » September 9th, 2003, 5:02 pm

DeltaGuy wrote:I like the Luna Interface...

So do I in the sense that it adds bells and whistles to the otherwise boring Windows desktop. I even purchased StyleXP to complement it.

Post by **shadytrees** » September 9th, 2003, 5:30 pm

It's also awesome to switch over to an Aqua interface once in a while on Windows. :-)

hartlandcat · Post by **hartlandcat** » September 9th, 2003, 11:14 pm

DeltaGuy wrote:There are some programs for Linux, that aren't as good as their Windows Counterparts though...
We have OpenOffice, but I like MS Office and Corel better...
We also have the GIMP, but Photoshop is a more powerful image editor that I prefer...
There are virtually no games available for it (I like to use by computer for recreation)...
As for browsing, Firebird wins hands down over IE though...

I will admit that there isn't an overly brilliant graphics program or CD recorder for Linux yet. Other than that, there's everything. I hate MS Office, which is why I use KOffice. So... you didn't know that Corel WordPerfect was availible for Linux? I don't play games.

daihard · Post by **daihard** » September 9th, 2003, 11:39 pm

hartlandcat wrote:I will admit that there isn't an overly brilliant graphics program or CD recorder for Linux yet. Other than that, there's everything. I hate MS Office, which is why I use KOffice. So... you didn't know that Corel WordPerfect was availible for Linux? I don't play games.

Once you get used to it, "cdrecord" is good enough.

Hooded One · Post by **Hooded One** » September 9th, 2003, 11:42 pm

willll wrote:Fast user switching is evil

I'll agree there. Fast user switching is only good in concept, or if you have a phenomenal amount of RAM.

My only real problems when I'm running XP is that it periodically decides to revert various settings to their defaults, particularly my WMP skin, the "show version on desktop" setting, and the setting to display the programs menu as columns or a single scrolling column. Quite annoying, but manageable.

Least stable version of Windows

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