> From: Russell Chapman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Robert Seeberger wrote: > > >XP downloads patches for my hardware and software every couple of weeks or > >so, and as time goes on works better and better. > >I think XP crashed once during the first month or so, but has run fairly > >flawlessly since. > >Of course I'm not putting much of a strain on the system either. :) > > > I think if I leave it long enough it will sort itself out - it keeps > downloading new and improved drivers for my video card every few days > (and I know that's where the crashes are coming from) and eventually it
> will get one that works, but (a) the whole auto-update of drivers gives > me the creeps and It's not Just that. Theres also 'Windows Product activation' which tries to tie a particular instalation of windows to a particular computer installation, and windows new 'Driver signing' scheme. Just imagine a future service that completely disallows drivers that havn't been signed by microsoft. Eck.
