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Okay, my computer has been behaving like a spoilt child for about two months now, freezing randomly about every half an hour or so, on average. This is more annoying than can possibly be described. I've lost essays, downloads, posts, revision notes and AOL messenger conversations.
Now, I've been fairly thorough in my investigations, and thanks to Turbo I though I had got the problem licked, but it turned out only to be an above average intermission in the freezing. I've moved all the drives in my computer into new positions, bought new IDE cables, conducted lengthy RAM testing, bought a surge protector in case the fault was caused by excessive currents, replaced the fan on my CPU and reinstalled Windows XP five times on different hard-disks. Finally I even packed it up and sent it off for a pro to have a look at it. He too couldn't fix it.
And now it emerges that Windows XP was the problem. Why? Because a clean install of XP on a freshly formatted hard-disk does not work. Whereas if you go down the notoriously unreliable road of upgrading an existing version of Windows it runs like a dream. This would almost be ironic if I hadn't spent so much bloody time trying to get other things to work.
Microsoft are getting an angry e-mail about this.
grrrrrrr...
Thanks to all those who put forward suggestions, they all helped to lead to this rather obvious conclusion: Microsoft will never release a version of Windows that actually works.
Now, I've been fairly thorough in my investigations, and thanks to Turbo I though I had got the problem licked, but it turned out only to be an above average intermission in the freezing. I've moved all the drives in my computer into new positions, bought new IDE cables, conducted lengthy RAM testing, bought a surge protector in case the fault was caused by excessive currents, replaced the fan on my CPU and reinstalled Windows XP five times on different hard-disks. Finally I even packed it up and sent it off for a pro to have a look at it. He too couldn't fix it.
And now it emerges that Windows XP was the problem. Why? Because a clean install of XP on a freshly formatted hard-disk does not work. Whereas if you go down the notoriously unreliable road of upgrading an existing version of Windows it runs like a dream. This would almost be ironic if I hadn't spent so much bloody time trying to get other things to work.
Microsoft are getting an angry e-mail about this.
grrrrrrr...
Thanks to all those who put forward suggestions, they all helped to lead to this rather obvious conclusion: Microsoft will never release a version of Windows that actually works.
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That depends on how you define "work". I get the impression that Microsoft's and the rest of the world's is rather different.
Okay, my computer has been behaving like a spoilt child for about two months now, freezing randomly about every half an hour or so, on average. This is more annoying than can possibly be described. I've lost essays, downloads, posts, revision notes and AOL messenger conversations.
Now, I've been fairly thorough in my investigations, and thanks to Turbo I though I had got the problem licked, but it turned out only to be an above average intermission in the freezing. I've moved all the drives in my computer into new positions, bought new IDE cables, conducted lengthy RAM testing, bought a surge protector in case the fault was caused by excessive currents, replaced the fan on my CPU and reinstalled Windows XP five times on different hard-disks. Finally I even packed it up and sent it off for a pro to have a look at it. He too couldn't fix it.
And now it emerges that Windows XP was the problem. Why? Because a clean install of XP on a freshly formatted hard-disk does not work. Whereas if you go down the notoriously unreliable road of upgrading an existing version of Windows it runs like a dream. This would almost be ironic if I hadn't spent so much bloody time trying to get other things to work.
Microsoft are getting an angry e-mail about this.
grrrrrrr...
Thanks to all those who put forward suggestions, they all helped to lead to this rather obvious conclusion: Microsoft will never release a version of Windows that actually works.
Now, I've been fairly thorough in my investigations, and thanks to Turbo I though I had got the problem licked, but it turned out only to be an above average intermission in the freezing. I've moved all the drives in my computer into new positions, bought new IDE cables, conducted lengthy RAM testing, bought a surge protector in case the fault was caused by excessive currents, replaced the fan on my CPU and reinstalled Windows XP five times on different hard-disks. Finally I even packed it up and sent it off for a pro to have a look at it. He too couldn't fix it.
And now it emerges that Windows XP was the problem. Why? Because a clean install of XP on a freshly formatted hard-disk does not work. Whereas if you go down the notoriously unreliable road of upgrading an existing version of Windows it runs like a dream. This would almost be ironic if I hadn't spent so much bloody time trying to get other things to work.
Microsoft are getting an angry e-mail about this.
grrrrrrr...
Thanks to all those who put forward suggestions, they all helped to lead to this rather obvious conclusion: Microsoft will never release a version of Windows that actually works.
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