Revolution unbooted

[Chipp Walters]

Mark,

I concur with Jon. I regularly use 3 separate Windows XP machines, and 
multiple programs on each and never find the NEED TO reboot them, other 
than for service patches and app installs.

best,

Chipp

Jon wrote:
> Mark:
> 
> I run my Windows XP box (and ran my Windows 2000 box) for 1-2 weeks at a 
> time.  Eventually, something becomes unstable, and I have to re-boot, 
> but often I only have to re-bot because I install a patch.  I think your 
> pessimism about Windows (at least in this regard) is a bit excessive.
> 
> :)
> 
> Jon
> 
> 
> Mark Wieder wrote:

>> I would *never* run a windows box for several days without rebooting.
>> Windows needs to be rebooted regularly in order to rebuild its driver
>> database, maintain the registry, etc. That's part of why it takes so
>> long to boot up. If you prevent this from taking place the system can
>> get seriously messed up.