On Mon, 04 Apr 2005 22:05:02 -0400, Rick T

(I think I'm going back to WinME, this'll let me keep up with updates
while staying relatively secure)

Is WinME OK with this, in your experience?

I note where "mouse or keyboard sticks during file operations" is listed
as not being related... IME that occurred also with the upgrade to IE6
and I'm in for an uninstall if it isn't fixed.

I mention that specifically because that's a far more ominous failure
pattern, typically being due to delays deep down at the driver level.
Nothing else seems to stop pointer movement (though delayed pointer
type changes are common).

The two that come to mind a
- sick HD retries (HD LED on, silent or cyclical clanking)
- LAN cable issues (HD LED typically off)

As to the cause, my magic 8-ball says IE6 WE relies on the NT threading
model which causes 9x to go nicely pear-shaped (and explains the
stickiness too).

More on that?



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