Jon, Chipp- Monday, July 18, 2005, 4:11:17 PM, you wrote:
CW> I concur with Jon. I regularly use 3 separate Windows XP machines, and CW> multiple programs on each and never find the NEED TO reboot them, other CW> than for service patches and app installs. The *need* to reboot them is subtler than that. Windows is a set of multi-level interdependent drivers and libraries that is dynamically rebuilt each time Windows reboots. My rule of thumb when making system changes is to reboot three times - each successive boot builds on the previous dependency model. Things can get a bit tenuous if Windows isn't allowed to reassure itself every so often about what's holding it up. Michael Swaine had a good writeup of the process in an article a while back called "House of Cards", but I can't find a reference to it at the moment. Granted my rebooting every day my be a bit compulsive, but I figure it's a good habit to get into and this ensures that it gets done. Jon - your "eventually something becomes unstable" is *exactly* what I'm talking about. -- -Mark Wieder [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
