Woohoo!!!

[Tom Achtenberg]

About once a month or so, whenever I think of it.  Sometimes it requires a 
reboot and sometimes it does not.

On Wednesday 21 November 2001 03:26 pm, you wrote:
> Please define "regularly run windows update and apply any patches
> available" How often do you do this and does it reboot at that point?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Achtenberg [mailto:Tom.Achtenberg@fh.org]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2001 3:07 PM
> To: 'plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us'
> Subject: RE: Woohoo!!!
>
>
> About all I do is regularly run windows update and apply any patches
> available.  It is on a P-166 machine but then so is my RH72
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: George Toft [mailto:george@georgetoft.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2001 2:23 PM
> To: plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
> 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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