Wlauzon - 4:26 pm on Jul 8, 2007 (gmt 0)

I never "upgrade" the os, i always do a fresh install and everything i run works....

That is not always an option unless you really want to reinstall 20-30 programs, redo all your settings for emails, logons, etc etc. - meanwhile hoping that you can find all the CD's, keys, license info. I just did all that 3-4 months ago when I got the new machines, and am just not mentall prepared to do it all again.

What is odd is that sometimes it will run for hours with no problems at all.

And I have seen some other strange things - like one program I want to uninstall shows up under my normal user logon, but says I need admin access to remove it. But if I log on as Admin, the program appears not to exist on the computer at all.

But as someone noted, I so far have seen no big advantage to upgrading. A lot of what is new seems to be a bit "fluffy" - prettier, glitzier, but not any more functional. The "new" email program I think is a step backwards - and appears to be part of the crashing problems.

So while it may be true that much of the problem is really 3rd party stuff, it is more fun to blame MS.

[edited by: Wlauzon at 4:32 pm (utc) on July 8, 2007]