09-12-2003, 06:27 PM
Yes, I think I kind of said that. That whole leaving your computer on too long with the older versions of windows, that's called a memory leak. The newer versions windows 2000 and XP are programmed with memory management far superior than their predecessors. 98 and 95 had hardly any, that's why those blue screens popped up so readily. Overwriting a memory block that's already been used by another application wasn't handled in 98 or 95.
I already said that if it had to do with the BIOS, which is a chip and has nothing to do with files or the operating system itself, reinstalling windows would not help it. If it was something say a missing or corrupted system file..then yes it might help it. The only errors that "usually" occur with the new OS are with bad drivers. Memory conflicts are handled pretty well with 2000 and XP, that's why your computer doesn't flake out until it's on a long, long time. And you're right that the older versions didn't have "usual" causes for blue screens popping up because the OS was crap. They had so many different things that could cause errors, but the majority were memory conflicts. You don't expect your drivers or your hardware to fizzle out on you periodically, but with the older versions memory access was the major cause.
I already said that if it had to do with the BIOS, which is a chip and has nothing to do with files or the operating system itself, reinstalling windows would not help it. If it was something say a missing or corrupted system file..then yes it might help it. The only errors that "usually" occur with the new OS are with bad drivers. Memory conflicts are handled pretty well with 2000 and XP, that's why your computer doesn't flake out until it's on a long, long time. And you're right that the older versions didn't have "usual" causes for blue screens popping up because the OS was crap. They had so many different things that could cause errors, but the majority were memory conflicts. You don't expect your drivers or your hardware to fizzle out on you periodically, but with the older versions memory access was the major cause.
If you are reading this, you obviously have nothing better to do with your time.