HMT Linux users?
02-29-2004, 11:26 PM
#17
1.5 BAR
Join Date: Dec 2002
Posts: 800
Re:HMT Linux users?
I ran xp home for a while and then decided to upgrade to xp pro because of the better networking capabilities for my domain.
So much ---- went wrong once I installed pro I pulled it off a week later. Stupid ---- wasn't working like plug and play, it wouldn't pick up certain drives etc.
I only upgraded to pro. If i did a clean install maybe it probably would have worked better.
So much ---- went wrong once I installed pro I pulled it off a week later. Stupid ---- wasn't working like plug and play, it wouldn't pick up certain drives etc.
I only upgraded to pro. If i did a clean install maybe it probably would have worked better.
03-01-2004, 01:32 AM
#18
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Join Date: Jan 2004
Posts: 253
Re:HMT Linux users?
Ya know, XP is stable when there isn't a lot of background crap. I'd say that most crashes in MS programs (Internet Explorer, Outlook/Express) are caused by BHOs (Browser Helper Objects). Particularly, the spyware ones. I've helped countless friends who say XP sucks, always crashes, etc. I take a look at a few things and see that they have tons of toolbars/spyware attached to IE. I clean it up and it runs like a champ.
For XP Pro and I think Win2k, you can use the command line utility, tasklist. There's a switch you can use (/m) that will list all the DLLs a particular program uses. For IE, there's a standard set of DLLs. When I start seeing oddball ones, like bi.dll or coolweb.dll, things like that..ugh!
For the programs that crash, you can hit details and find out WHERE and in WHAT DLL the crash occurred. Most of the time it's some 3rd party DLL.
There...had to get that off my chest.
-Tim
For XP Pro and I think Win2k, you can use the command line utility, tasklist. There's a switch you can use (/m) that will list all the DLLs a particular program uses. For IE, there's a standard set of DLLs. When I start seeing oddball ones, like bi.dll or coolweb.dll, things like that..ugh!
For the programs that crash, you can hit details and find out WHERE and in WHAT DLL the crash occurred. Most of the time it's some 3rd party DLL.
There...had to get that off my chest.
-Tim
03-01-2004, 01:41 AM
#19
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Join Date: May 2003
Posts: 529
Re:HMT Linux users?
cygwin rules btw.
most of linux ported to win32. so you can get used to it before you switch, or if you are an avid linux user and you find yourself at the c:\ trying to 'ls' or 'rm' something.
www.cygwin.com .
also, gcc is available for w32 as well.
most of linux ported to win32. so you can get used to it before you switch, or if you are an avid linux user and you find yourself at the c:\ trying to 'ls' or 'rm' something.
www.cygwin.com .
also, gcc is available for w32 as well.
