jtoddv - 6:53 pm on Nov 14, 2002 (gmt 0)

Usually two things from experience are the real culprit of crashing systems:

- Not enough RAM
- Not enough rebooting

Buy more RAM, it is cheap, you know. It is the most rewarding purchase a computer user can make. Never underestimate the power of boat loads of RAM. I will not run a machine without 512. It is ridiculous to as far as I am concerned.

Reboot every 3 days at least. This helps to reconfigure the system and makes sure everything is in optimal operating condition. Reboot right before you are done for the day. That way you won't have to wait for it. Is this really that hard? Start>ShutDown>Restart>OK

I have XP Home and Professional for 8 months now and have never had a crash yet. It is like a pet, walk the dog and it won't sh!t in the house. Don't walk it, and you'll be cleaning up the mess.

This applies to Macs as well.

If those fail, you better optimize the hard disk or reformat it. Or, better yet, don't buy a commercial PC, build your own. You won't get all those unnecessary tibits installed.