Crash protect your Windows 98 PC

[Mel]

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-gb;835565

 

[ms]

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-gb;835565

Thanks, that was a find! Good general advice as W98 is self-corrupting.

Mike Sa

 

[CHarneyCHRIS]

thats easy,use any os but windows : )

 

[elaich]

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-gb;835565

At first I thought this was a joke, until I looked and saw that it was a
real page off the MS site. Doesn't render properly in Firefox - figures.

 

[Dewey Edwards]

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-gb;835565

Thanks, one of my pet peeves about MS has been confirmed.

" One of the main reasons a program crashes is because it can’t obtain
enough memory from the OS to complete an operation. . . This is a
particularly thorny issue because data and programs share the same
memory space,"

Garbage. This is a design decision. I remember when the 386 came out
that many were happy that all of a program could then go into one
segment. Code and data would live happily together in one segment.

"so if a program writes beyond its allocated memory it could well
write over program code leading to a crash."

I find it far easier to monitor segment faults than buffer sizes.

"A resilient OS that features memory protection, such as Windows XP,
will prevent the program doing this, while an older OS will fall
over."

Sounds like an inducement to buy.

/rant

 

[Haggard the Horrendous]

Thanks, one of my pet peeves about MS has been confirmed.

"A resilient OS that features memory protection, such as Windows XP,
will prevent the program doing this, while an older OS will fall
over."

Sounds like an inducement to buy.

/rant

Yup.Modification of 'The Gillette Principle. Sell the public an item
that has a displosable component that continually needs replacing.

In this case it seems to be sell a product that contains fixes for
previous defects but has enough of its own to provide an inducement to
buy future fixes.

 

[Richard Steven Hack]

In this case it seems to be sell a product that contains fixes for
previous defects but has enough of its own to provide an inducement to
buy future fixes.

Crash Protect Your Windows 98 PC! Install Linux!

Reminds me of the guy's sig that read: They said to run it on Windows
98 or better. So I ran it on Linux!

Or something like that...

 

[Haggard the Horrendous]

Crash Protect Your Windows 98 PC! Install Linux!

Reminds me of the guy's sig that read: They said to run it on Windows
98 or better. So I ran it on Linux!

Or something like that...

Or the one that said, "The only time Microsoft won't suck is when they
start selling vacuum cleaners."

Seriously, I'm putting together a new system in the next month or two
and it'll be Linux only. (Suse 9.2). Just getting the cash and
deciding on the components.