XP - Crashed - Page 2

Aiken · #1 December 14th, 2004, 04:24 AM

It depends of user. If you're a kind of user who follow the "ask specialist to install it and don't touch it ever" you could have a year of happy life without any incidents. But if you like experimentation and tweaks - you're in troubles. XP is not a geek-proof OS.
Also your hardware matters. Cheap(R) NoName(TM) hardware is the most common source of troubles on XP systems.

Mephisto · #2 December 14th, 2004, 12:22 PM

I too have a blessed Xp Pro Version running here and I like experimentation and tweaks. No problems so far.

Ragnarok · #3 December 14th, 2004, 01:12 PM

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Mephisto said:
I too have a blessed Xp Pro Version running here and I like experimentation and tweaks. No problems so far.

Ditto. I run XP Pro at home and on all my machines here at work. We have around 30 computers that are running XP Pro and we have never had a serious problem. Yes, we have had small issues, but we had even more small issues when we ran WIN2K or earlier Versions of windows.

Captain Kwok · #4 December 14th, 2004, 01:46 PM

The problems I've experienced with XP Pro on my computer are due to motherboard and graphics driver issues (Asus and ATI respectively), not the OS itself.

On my old system with XP Pro, I never experienced any problems until my hard drive died.

Baron Munchausen · #5 December 14th, 2004, 10:09 PM

And how much experience do you have with computers? Could it be that you qualify as an expert?

Spoo · #6 December 14th, 2004, 10:45 PM

I'm more of an "advanced user". If I was an expert, I'd run Linux.

Renegade 13 · #7 December 15th, 2004, 12:07 AM

I've been running XP Home for since May 2003, and its given me no trouble. Well, almost no trouble

. Before that I had WinME, which I had to reinstall once since it screwed up (not sure how anymore), and before that Win95, which we got with our first computer back in '97. It never gave me any problems at all. So one re-install over 7 years of Windows use isn't too bad in my estimation.

Krsqk · #8 December 15th, 2004, 03:04 AM

Sure, Windows runs fine, as long as you don't touch anything. Heaven forbid you should want to adjust things, or remove the not-so-helpful search dog, or get rid of the Playskool interface. And don't even think about creating a custom install file.

I've done eleven re-installations of WinXP Home over the past year, seven of which have been in the past 3 weeks. I finally had to unplug my DSL before I reinstalled, since I had security breaches happen before I could even do Windows Update. Sure, it's more secure after updates (at least, we don't know what parts aren't secure), but it shouldn't be quite so full of holes or so cranky about giving up its death-grip on every aspect of my computing (anyone else want to run Windows Update in another browser than IE?).

Atrocities · #9 December 15th, 2004, 03:19 AM

Windows is windows is windows. Even the people at Microsoft find it hard to work with and feel that the tech support at microsft should be improved.... oh wait, they work there... how ironic.

Atrocities · #10 December 14th, 2004, 04:47 AM

I was able to figure out why my computer crashed. Or at least this is why I think it crashed.

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Error caused by NVIDIA� Corporation: No specific solution found

Problem Description:

An unknown error occurred in NVIDIA Graphics Driver, created by NVIDIA� Corporation.

Problem Resolution:

Microsoft is currently not aware of a specific solution for the problem that you reported. Below is a list of recommendations to take which may help prevent the problem from reoccurring.

* Contact NVIDIA� Corporation for support or product updates.
* Remove the faulting application or driver. Click here for instructions.

If this problem continues to occur with the latest product updates for NVIDIA Graphics Driver we highly recommend you obtain assistance and troubleshooting information directly from NVIDIA� Corporation.

Additional Information:

If you are not familiar with NVIDIA Graphics Driver and you are questioning how the program got on your computer, it is possible that the program was installed with another program. If you are wondering why NVIDIA Graphics Driver is running, many programs configure themselves to automatically start every time you turn your computer on.