Advice Regarding Occasional Lockups

[Jd]

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I want to stress "occasional." Maybe six times in a year and a half. I've
never lost any data and so far it has been little more than a minor
frustration.
However, I wonder:
If I had a "defective" driver, shouldn't I expect these lockups more
frequently than every two to three months?
I ran Windows 98 for five years and never had a freezeup. Since XP was so
widely reputed to be the "most stable" of Windows systems, I am naturally
disappointed to have this happen at all.
I'd like to know whether even MVPs and others who are far more sophisticated
users than I have "occasional" lockups? Is it something you just learn to
live with, or something which must have a cause that you would be determined
to discover and correct?

 

[Guest]

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A lockup is a bad device or device driver conflict, for sure.

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Mark L. Ferguson (NOT an MS-MVP)
FAQ for MS Antispyware version 1.0.509
http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/FAQ_MSantispy.htm
marfers notes for windows xp http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/chatNotes.htm
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"JD" <Erehwon@Example.com> wrote in message news:OCd0mqQKFHA.2936@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>I want to stress "occasional." Maybe six times in a year and a half. I've never lost any data and so far it has been little more
>than a minor frustration.
> However, I wonder:
> If I had a "defective" driver, shouldn't I expect these lockups more frequently than every two to three months?
> I ran Windows 98 for five years and never had a freezeup. Since XP was so widely reputed to be the "most stable" of Windows
> systems, I am naturally disappointed to have this happen at all.
> I'd like to know whether even MVPs and others who are far more sophisticated users than I have "occasional" lockups? Is it
> something you just learn to live with, or something which must have a cause that you would be determined to discover and correct?
>