a. Does more than one (user) account use the machine
b. Have you installed anything on the machine outside of what came
installed?
1. If so did it require a reboot?
2. Is this computer networked, if so did configuring the network require
a reboot?
c. Is this machine used in a production capacity. (doing something at
least 8 hours a day)
In general, you get a windows box. You fire it up. You install 10
applications 6 of which require a reboot. Then you hook it up to the
network which costs you another 2 reboots. So already in the first 8
hours of the computers life you have 8 reboots or average up time of 1
hour. Say windowsXP lasts 60 days that would be 60 up days and 9 reboots
or less than a week of uptime record. :)
Granted I hear XP has gotten better about requiring those other reboots,
but Im curious.
That said I cant believe you married a woman who uses windows. ;)
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