XP - Crashed

[Aiken]

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.

[Atrocities]

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

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.

[Mephisto]

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

[Ragnarok]

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]

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.

[Spoo]

No problems with my copy either. It does live on its own partition, and gets reformatted one or two times a year.

[Aiken]

Spoo said:
No problems with my copy either. It does live on its own partition, and gets reformatted one or two times a year.

Kill me, but I can't call it a stable OS (which needs to be reinstalled 2 times a year, that is).

[Spoo]

Consider it maintenance. Besdides, It's a good way to remove the crap that unnistalled programs leave behind.

Never have I reformatted because XP spontaneously died. It's always been because of a hardware upgrade (new mobo, new primary hard disk) or because I've felt like it.

[Baron Munchausen]

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

[Spoo]

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