Currently running Microsoft Windows XP - worst ever. Any advice on a resource that can fix little problems with the OS? For example sometimes when I right click over the Start Button on the Desktop to open Windows Explorer, the Desktop crashes. This also happens sometimes when I try to do file management within certain folders using Windows Explorer. Norton software used to be a good quick fix a looooooooooooong time ago, but would not touch it today. Are people having better results on Apple, Linux, etc.? thx!
It sounds like you might have upgraded from a prior OS without doing a fresh install. Is this the case?
Also, make sure to get all the updates available via Windows update. I had some explorer crashes a while back, but now I can have my computer up without a reboot or explorer crash for weeks (3 weeks right now)
i'm using xp for years without single problem. most stable windows i ever seen. maybe it's not XP, but your hardware,viruses,spyware. many things can cause os to crash.
Last year I had similar problems with xp which caused me to look into other options. After trying linux (Fedora) I went back to xp. I wiped the harddrive clean and reinstalled. In addition I switched from Internet explorer to Firefox. I run a firewall and also an anti-virus. Its been three months now without a problem. If you still have grief after doing this, it may be a hardware problem.
Usually troubles like yours are due to various corruptions in the OS. You may have no choice but to do a fresh install (no upgrade install, please). Pain in the neck, of course, but it will probably fix you up. If a reinstall doesn't help, look to hardware issues. Like most, I've found WinXP to be very reliable.
Some of the PC's you buy now are loaded with junk. I've bought a couple of Dell's in the last year. They were loaded with all kinds of crap right out of the box. I did a clean install from the Windows CD (BTW: they charge $10 extra for the XP CD) and been running like a champ for months now. Good luck.
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