Get the setting correct for your applications and don't change them. And if
you need to reinstall any Microsoft OS then you are doing something wrong
initially.
Charles Reynolds
----- Original Message -----
From: "George Toft" <
george@georgetoft.com>
To: <
plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us>
Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2001 1:22 PM
Subject: Re: Woohoo!!!
> I guess we are quite on the opposite ends of the spectrum. I got
> started in Linux because Windows 95 crashed about once an hour on
> me. I can't keep a Windows box running for more than a week, yet
> my Linux and Solaris boxes are hardly ever rebooted (only for
> security updates). For the Windows 98 and Linux workstations, I
> have very similar usage patterns, so it's not like I'm using them
> differently. One is a Timex (keeps on ticking) and the other,
> well, dies avery few days.
>
> If you care to share your secrets to keeping Win98 running, I
> would appreciate it.
>
> George
>
>
>
>
> Tom Achtenberg wrote:
> >
> > My win98se box stays up for months at a time as does my win2k. I've
seen little difference between the win98 and my rh72 boxes for this. The
rh72 box does occasionally lock up and force a hard reboot.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: George Toft [mailto:george@georgetoft.com]
> > Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2001 1:29 PM
> > To: plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
> > Subject: Re: Woohoo!!!
> >
> > I am sharing with everyone that for the first time in over a year,
> > I have a Win98 box up for over 4 days. It used to crash once per
> > day, and usually flakes out after being up for 3 days.
> >
> > George
> >
> > Isaac Sparrow wrote:
> > >
> > > <snip>
> > > > C:\WINDOWS>uptime
> > > > 00:41:07 up 6 days, 5:17, 1 user
> > > > C:\WINDOWS>
> > > </snip>
> > > Am I missing something here???
> > > --
> > >
> > > -------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > Isaac Sparrow
> > > Staff Engineer
> > > VisiComp, Inc.
> > > http://www.visicomp.com
> > >
> > > GnuPG Key Fingerprint:
> > > 1060 5A07 F6EC B2B3 9AAA 3EA5 7B79 EFE1 6397 4F47
> > > Get my public key at:
> > > http://www.concentric.net/~issparow
> > >
> > > The idle man does not know what it is to enjoy rest.
> > >
> > > On Tuesday 20 November 2001 11:46 pm, George Toft wrote:
> > > > I am not bashing Microsoft, but in a fit of glory, I must share
> > > > my elation. I have nursed my Windows box along to record heights
> > > > in uptime:
> > > >
> > > > =============================================================
> > > > Microsoft(R) Windows 98
> > > > (C)Copyright Microsoft Corp 1981-1998.
> > > >
> > > > C:\WINDOWS>uptime
> > > > 00:41:07 up 6 days, 5:17, 1 user
> > > > C:\WINDOWS>
> > > > =============================================================
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > George
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