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Or perhaps you simply had come to expect better than Windows.
yup! first computer I got to "play w/" was a huge IBM monster that took up one whole floor of the building and was for guys to write programs etc for the monters at Cheyene MT, and similar places ( there's one in Canada as well ) The only version of windows I ever saw would crash imediately it was invoked... or worse, locked the system so there was no out but a reset button... I don't believe it ever got too much beyond that.. the w2k version I tested did in fact spit out the media of an Orb drive when a user was trying to do a backup... aimed right at said user's head... That was apparently also duplicated in Sweden at some computer school only it was aimed in that case at a secretery .. Apparently w2k didn't like anyone making backups... <evil grin> When it ate my OS/2 hard drive I decided that was enough testing of it.. and even more so when they didn't actually want anyone to send in bug reports, it would interfere w/ the release date.. I fear the modern computers , at least the desktops don't respond well to "Brogan maintenence" once favoured by Militery types. -- j -- nemo me impune lacessit