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To: josh tanner who wrote (170874)	6/6/2002 5:40:22 PM
From: maceng2	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 436258

I like Win 2K professional for many reasons for work. NTPS file mode is really good. but... (1) In NTPS file mode you need to defrag more frequently. Unbelievably I cannot schedule this task. It just has a manual defragmenter. Really annoying! (2) I can't even schedule the backup system either for some reason. Another real pisser. (3) I was hoping I could load different software onto different user names without all the damn stuff preloading. I have not found any way to stop all the bstrd programs preloading the icons even if I load software under different usernames and changing the start menus etc. My boxmaker (and they are real good) recommends XP "at home" for all the games and stuff. Win 98 2nd edition etc are not being supported any longer (so he says)

To: josh tanner who wrote (170874)	6/6/2002 5:42:18 PM
From: benwood	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

I've only had two Unix crashes in the past decade. Not too bad... I have slightly more crashes with Win2k than NT4 (one every 10-20 days). My biggest problem is the desktop (explorer.exe) crashing, but I can log out and back in without a problem. Still, NT4 was so much better than 3.50 and 3.51 (where I had a task reboot my machine every night just to help me work longer the next day). Most of my Win2k lockups have had to do with the ill-thought out handling of non-adminstrative users. Many applications simply will crash if you are not running as adminstrator because of permission problems (like WinDVD and MS Train Simulator). With a lot of work & NTFS, you can sometimes hobble through. For that reason, I actually get far more crashes at home where I have all this other stuff trying to run, and a non-administrative account for my kids to use. Haven't tried XP yet and will avoid it because of the licensing structure.