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Subject: [OM] Re: OT w"95 & w XP
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 07 Apr 2006 20:52:04 -0400
I agree with Garth.  There's some malware residing on that machine. 
WinXP is not resetting the hardware clock as the result of a bug.  Hard 
to say what other damage has already occured and has yet to occur.  It 
needs some serious attention.

Chuck Norcutt

Garth Wood wrote:

> At 04:44 PM 07/04/2006, Brian Swale wrote:
> 
> [snip]
> 
> 
>>Anyway ... I was amused to find that XP locks up his fairly new machine a
>>lot more than 95 does on mine,  (I mean LOCKS it up) AND when it does, it
>>resets the clock to 1 January 2000.  That is some kind of advance on W'95.
>>At least the clock is left alone when W'95 locks up ( Ha ! ).
> 
> 
> 
> Experiences vary.
> 
> *My* XP machines are generally quite reliable; the Dell workstation 
> can putter away for weeks without incident, while my laptops tend to 
> have the occasional boot lock-up ('bout once or twice a month).  It's 
> no big -- kill the power and re-boot.
> 
> Your cousin may have other issues -- viruses or malware, badly 
> fragmented hive files, etc.  Various utilities exist to analyze and 
> (if necessary) rectify these problems.  WinXP's got its problems, but 
> I sure don't miss Win95!
> 
> 
> Garth
> 
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