windows vista loves to crash

[rodney williams]

why does windows vista love to crash for? i've had to reinstall my system
like 6 times since i got it and also the parental controls ain't worth crap.

 

[Ray Luca]

why does windows vista love to crash for? i've had to reinstall my system
like 6 times since i got it and also the parental controls ain't worth crap.

I'll bet it's a really bad case of PEBKAC.

 

[Kerry]

why does windows vista love to crash for? i've had to reinstall my system
like 6 times since i got it and also the parental controls ain't worth
crap.

Vista is a highly complicated and seriously bloated operating system. It's
obvious there is something wrong with either your PC or the installation
disk. May I suggest you take it to a Microsoft professional and get them to
install it for you.

 

[Rick Rogers]

The most common cause of crashes is non-compliant drivers.
Second most common is infection by various malware products.
Third would be faulty or failing hardware.
Fourth would be software issues, meaing programs that are not intended for
use in Vista.

Why is yours crashing? I don't know as you've given no information that
gives any clues to the problem. Vista itself is very stable, I have several
installations running 24/7 since release that have never crashed (unless I
intended to force them to in order to duplicate a customer issue).

Don't use the parental controls so I can't help you with them. For me the
best parental controls are accomplished by actually being a parent and not
relying on a machine to do it.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

 

[Lu Powell]

I am not a techie, though I do have a sense of humor. What the heck is
"PEBKAC"?

 

[singsing]

then....
your saying gives an implication:
M$ is putting some junk (the parental control function) into the OS...

 

[Ray Luca]

I am not a techie, though I do have a sense of humor. What the heck is
"PEBKAC"?

Problem Exists Between Keyboard And Chair.

It's quite similar to PICNIC: Problem In Chair Not In Computer.

 

[Gordon]

I am not a techie, though I do have a sense of humor. What the heck is
"PEBKAC"?

Possible Error Between Keyboard And Chair

 

[Mike Hall - MVP]

why does windows vista love to crash for? i've had to reinstall my system
like 6 times since i got it and also the parental controls ain't worth
crap.

My Vista doesn't crash, and I have only installed it the one time..

Parental controls are a deterrent only. You should take responsibility for
the control of your kids, not pass it on to others..

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

why does windows vista love to crash for? i've had to reinstall my system
like 6 times since i got it

Windows Vista certainly does *not* love to crash at all. In fact, it
almost never does.

Nor does it ever have to be reinstalled.

I run Vista on two machines that I own and I also help people using
Vista on several other machines. None of these machines has
experienced problems anything like yours. One of my two Vista machines
has been running Vista since RTM in November of 2006, and neither of
my machines has *ever* crashed, nor has Vista ever been reinstalled on
either one.

If your experience is different from mine, either you are regularly
doing something very much wrong, or you are continually allowing
yourself to get infected with malware.

 

[Peter Foldes]

WSFBTF (Wrong signal from brain to finger)

 

[+Bob+]

The most common cause of crashes is non-compliant drivers.
Second most common is infection by various malware products.
Third would be faulty or failing hardware.
Fourth would be software issues, meaing programs that are not intended for
use in Vista.

You left out the part where Vista crashes because parts of it are a
total POS.

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

Windows Vista certainly does *not* love to crash at all. In fact, it
almost never does.

Nor does it ever have to be reinstalled.

I run Vista on two machines that I own and I also help people using
Vista on several other machines. None of these machines has
experienced problems anything like yours. One of my two Vista machines
has been running Vista since RTM in November of 2006, and neither of
my machines has *ever* crashed, nor has Vista ever been reinstalled on
either one.

If your experience is different from mine, either you are regularly
doing something very much wrong, or you are continually allowing
yourself to get infected with malware.

.....or as Rick pointed out, it could be a hardware/driver issue.

 

[Gordon]

You left out the part where Vista crashes because parts of it are a
total POS.

Umm I've had no crashes in a year.....

 

[Poutnik]

why does windows vista love to crash for? i've had to reinstall my system
like 6 times since i got it and also the parental controls ain't worth crap.

Them my vista denies to show me love.

 

[Rick Rogers]

No, I'm saying that using software controls is no substitute for being a
parent. They work, but when it comes to pc's most kids know more than the
parent.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

 

[zachd [MSFT]]

What specific crashes are you running into?
http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html#bucket

Crashes are an absolute and concrete effect, so aren't really an area of
FUD. If you hit a crash, you hit a crash. Those are often diagnosable.

 

[zachd [MSFT]]

What are the specific fault details for that crash/those crashes:
http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html#bucket
according to the Problem Reports and Solutions control panel's View Problem
History?

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

No, I'm saying that using software controls is no substitute for being a
parent. They work, but when it comes to pc's most kids know more than the
parent.

Although I had many years of computer experience before my son did,
his PC experience started way before mine did. When I got my first PC
(around 1986), he was my teacher.

Then, as I learned more, my knowledge exceeded his. But more recently,
as he became a PC development professional, his knowledge exceeded
mine once again (at least in some particular areas) and I turn to him
to ask questions when I need to.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

why does windows vista love to crash for?

It doesn't, assuming the computer upon which it is installed is fully7
Vista-compatible, there are no defective hardware components, there is
no malware present, and if it's properly maintained.

i've had to reinstall my
system like 6 times since i got it

Then I suggest you stop blaming the OS and start troubleshooting. You
almost certainly have incompatible or defective hardware.

.... and also the parental controls ain't
worth crap.

Expecting a piece of software to replace live parental supervision is a
pipe-dream, anyway.


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