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Re: [LUG] OS Architecture

 

On Wed, 22 Nov 2006 17:02:25 +0000
Julian Hall <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Windows reboots are needed to unblock memory nadged by Windows not
> closing programs properly leading to slower and slower performance over
> time.  A friend of mine manages to sometimes squeeze two days uptime out
> of his Windows box before it is so slow it is virtually inoperable.  I
> can't remember which file it is but there is one that contains details
> of open programs (or file handles or something).

In Win95/98 it was icons. This was when even MS admitted that a default
Windows install, left untouched, would either spontaneously reboot or
just crash after (IIRC) 42.mumble days.

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