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Windows Software is Simply Bad Software
It won't do you any good to keep deleting my posts. Everyone already
knows that MS products are crap. The very fact that you censor posts only shows how afraid you are of the truth. MS software has a widespread reputation on the net for crashing, being filled with security holes, being bloatware, and generally just being bad software. The fact that win98 SE won't work on fast machines is only a minuscule example for the megabytes of posts that show that Win OS's are programmed poorly and do not stand up to consumers demands. Just google any MS software and you will find a myriad of complaints about how their os's etc crash systems, do not work as intended and are a sieve for hackers. It is common knowledge, so deleting my posts won't help. Have a nice day and I'd follow up with that appointment for therapy-you are seriously in need of a reality check. From: "Gary S. Terhune" References: Subject: GA-7zx install problems Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2005 17:54:21 -0700 Lines: 107 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1437 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1441 Message-ID: Newsgroups: alt.windows98,microsoft.public.win98.setup,comp.os .ms-windows.misc NNTP-Posting-Host: 69.106.181.221 Path: dp-news.maxwell.syr.edu!spool.maxwell.syr.edu!drn.max well.syr.edu! news.ma xwell.syr.edu!newshub.sdsu.edu!msrtrans!TK2MSFTNGP 08.phx.gbl! TK2MSFTNGP15 ..phx.gbl Xref: dp-news.maxwell.syr.edu alt.windows98:460441 microsoft.public.win98.setup:55177 comp.os.ms-windows.misc:51982 When someone complains that a specific version of Windows eventually runs into this or that problem with hardware that is released after the OS, particularly when that someone gloms onto such a minute detail (and one that was fixed, whatever the author thinks of the solution) and cites it as an example of Windows being a POS, I have to immediately dismiss them as being utterly illogical. Doesn't change my position. The problem here isn't Windows. It *may* be hardware (cf. my own example, which involved XP, an OS that runs just fine on lots faster hardware than I have.) But in this particular case, it's user error, nothing more, nothing less. Simply put, there's millions upon millions of fast machines running Win9x systems with no problem whatsoever. The number of people running 1 to 2 GHz machines at 133/266 or faster that have this problem is miniscule in comparison. No, what we have here are simply a bunch of idiots. Idiots with incredibly poor manners and absolutely ridiculous attitudes towards the rest of the world at large. Bunch of whiners, really. -- Gary S. Terhune MS MVP Shell/User "anyone" wrote in message ... And from another source who also recognizes the fatal faults in windows products: (repeated post, either did not propogate or was rogue cancelled) Newsgroups: alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.giga-byte From: "Stephen T Cripps" - Find messages by this author Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2001 08:05:35 -0000 Local: Sat, Jan 27 2001 3:05 am Subject: Win98 install on GA-7ZX problem Reply to Author | Forward | Print | Individual Message | Show original | Report Abuse There is another problem with Windows on newer, faster systems: basically the computer is too fast for Windows. When using a fast bus and a fast harddrive with a large cache (typically 2Mb), when Windows closes it sends its final data, including finalising the registry, to the HDD. The cache rapidly fills and gradually (in comparison) starts writing to disk. Windows, happy that the data has all been sent to disk, sends an ATX power-off request to the motherboard, which gladly complies and pulls the plug. The net result is that anything still left in the HDD cache is dumped. The typical symptom is as described: an apparently normal shut-down, followed by a registry scan/repair on start-up. Microsoft has a knowledge base article (Q273017) in which they describe the problem as affecting 900MHz+. I have had 800s fail and I think the key is more bus speed (always 133) and disk transfer speed and cache size (ATA100 and 2Mb+). I can see the problem getting worse with the advent of DDR and 200/266 bus speeds. Microsoft have issued a hot-fix, whilst denying all responsibility. The fix replaces the ifsmgr.vxd (IDE file system manager virtual device driver) with a new one, to recognize a new registry setting. The setting provides a short delay on shut-down, to give the HDD time to finish. I feel this is a poor fix as there is still no actual confirmation that the HDD is done, just an arbitrary delay 'that should be long enough'. If you need the hot-fix file, I need your platform type (only released for Win Me or Win 98SE) and email address. I hope this helps. -- Stephen T Cripps Proprietor MFS www.m-f-solutions.mcmail.com herman wrote in : "Gary S. Terhune" wrote in : Wow! That's two people in one pass that I'm plonking. First time in several months. Congratulations! I've changed my opinion. In both yours and everyman's cases, the obvious problem above all others is BCAK. ROFL!! Good luck with your BSD, etc. The truth hurts, I guess. Billy boy's products are living testimony that quality and market share do not go together. It is too bad the users have to use bad OS's because some greedy incompetent company cannot manage to make money and produce reliable products at the same time. |
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