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    Asgard25
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    How quickly from the time you installed Windows could to get it to break or give errors( from runtime to registry ) ?, excluding really dumb stuff like deleting system32 and of course Vista, cause that was instant :laugh: Include which windows you where using.

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      How quickly from the time you installed Windows could to get it to break or give errors( from runtime to registry ) ?, excluding really dumb stuff like deleting system32 and of course Vista, cause that was instant :laugh: Include which windows you where using.

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      Keith Barrow
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      I'm old enought to remember Windows breaking during install, typically as disk[^] 2 for me.

      Alberto Brandolini:

      The amount of energy necessary to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than to produce it.

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        How quickly from the time you installed Windows could to get it to break or give errors( from runtime to registry ) ?, excluding really dumb stuff like deleting system32 and of course Vista, cause that was instant :laugh: Include which windows you where using.

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        HobbyProggy
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        Windows 7 After playing The Sims 3 for 2 Hours -> Blue Screen. Works nearly every time :-\

        if(this.signature != "") { MessageBox.Show("This is my signature: " + Environment.NewLine + signature); } else { MessageBox.Show("404-Signature not found"); }

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          Windows 7 After playing The Sims 3 for 2 Hours -> Blue Screen. Works nearly every time :-\

          if(this.signature != "") { MessageBox.Show("This is my signature: " + Environment.NewLine + signature); } else { MessageBox.Show("404-Signature not found"); }

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          OriginalGriff
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          HobbyProggy wrote:

          playing The Sims

          Well there's your problem! :laugh:

          Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952) Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)

          "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
          "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt

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            How quickly from the time you installed Windows could to get it to break or give errors( from runtime to registry ) ?, excluding really dumb stuff like deleting system32 and of course Vista, cause that was instant :laugh: Include which windows you where using.

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            OriginalGriff
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            I'm sure this will come as a surprise to you, but I don't generally try to break Windows deliberately. There are two reasons for this: 1) It takes too long to clean up and reinstall when you break it properly, and I have better things to do with my time. 2) Windows (pre Win7) was far, far too capable of breaking itself without any input from me.

            Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952) Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)

            "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
            "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt

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              I'm old enought to remember Windows breaking during install, typically as disk[^] 2 for me.

              Alberto Brandolini:

              The amount of energy necessary to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than to produce it.

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              Nicholas Marty
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              I once got a BSOD during the installation of Windows Vista. So you don't have to go back far for that ;)

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                Windows 7 After playing The Sims 3 for 2 Hours -> Blue Screen. Works nearly every time :-\

                if(this.signature != "") { MessageBox.Show("This is my signature: " + Environment.NewLine + signature); } else { MessageBox.Show("404-Signature not found"); }

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                Asgard25
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                Hahaha I can see that happening

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                  HobbyProggy wrote:

                  playing The Sims

                  Well there's your problem! :laugh:

                  Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952) Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)

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                  HobbyProggy
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                  OriginalGriff wrote:

                  Well there's your problem!

                  I know, but sometimes i feel like playing it :suss:

                  if(this.signature != "") { MessageBox.Show("This is my signature: " + Environment.NewLine + signature); } else { MessageBox.Show("404-Signature not found"); }

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                    I'm sure this will come as a surprise to you, but I don't generally try to break Windows deliberately. There are two reasons for this: 1) It takes too long to clean up and reinstall when you break it properly, and I have better things to do with my time. 2) Windows (pre Win7) was far, far too capable of breaking itself without any input from me.

                    Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952) Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)

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                    Asgard25
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                    Haha Yes that's not the idea to break it deliberately, but to let Win break itself. And I've never heard of anyone saying that cleaning up or fixing windows was better than reinstalling :laugh:

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                      How quickly from the time you installed Windows could to get it to break or give errors( from runtime to registry ) ?, excluding really dumb stuff like deleting system32 and of course Vista, cause that was instant :laugh: Include which windows you where using.

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                      CPallini
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                      On my old laptop, installing Ubuntu over the pre-installed WinXP made the trick immediately.

                      THESE PEOPLE REALLY BOTHER ME!! How can they know what you should do without knowing what you want done?!?! -- C++ FQA Lite

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                        Windows 7 After playing The Sims 3 for 2 Hours -> Blue Screen. Works nearly every time :-\

                        if(this.signature != "") { MessageBox.Show("This is my signature: " + Environment.NewLine + signature); } else { MessageBox.Show("404-Signature not found"); }

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                        glennPattonWork3
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                        Are you sure it's not a safety thing, A friend of mine once had to go to casualty because of badly swelled arm after 4 hours straight of 'Age of Empires' :)

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                          Are you sure it's not a safety thing, A friend of mine once had to go to casualty because of badly swelled arm after 4 hours straight of 'Age of Empires' :)

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                          Agent__007
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                          glennPattonPUB wrote:

                          after 4 hours straight of 'Age of Empires'

                          I used to do that all the time! Your friend must be extremely delicate.. :laugh:

                          Whether I think I can, or think I can't, I am always bloody right!

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                            On my old laptop, installing Ubuntu over the pre-installed WinXP made the trick immediately.

                            THESE PEOPLE REALLY BOTHER ME!! How can they know what you should do without knowing what you want done?!?! -- C++ FQA Lite

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                            Keith Barrow
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                            *nix FTW. A mate of mine was one of the tech support bods at Edinbugh Uni, there was a server there that had been running over 10 years straight (1992 -2002, when my mate left). No one knew what it was and they were too scared to switch it off. Total sum maintenance - one scary day when they took the side off to vacuum out the accumulated dust in case it became a fire hazard.

                            Alberto Brandolini:

                            The amount of energy necessary to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than to produce it.

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                              How quickly from the time you installed Windows could to get it to break or give errors( from runtime to registry ) ?, excluding really dumb stuff like deleting system32 and of course Vista, cause that was instant :laugh: Include which windows you where using.

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                              Lost User
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                              Install only Windows, no other crap. Try again, compare the results.

                              Bastard Programmer from Hell :suss: If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]

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                                How quickly from the time you installed Windows could to get it to break or give errors( from runtime to registry ) ?, excluding really dumb stuff like deleting system32 and of course Vista, cause that was instant :laugh: Include which windows you where using.

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                                SoMad
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                                I am not sure about Windows, but I once bought a glass top coffee table (not exactly like this[^], but close). I brought it home, set it up and wanted to vacuum around the table. The vacuum cleaner hit one of the table legs and the glass plate closest to the floor shattered :sigh: Soren Madsen

                                "When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty

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                                  I am not sure about Windows, but I once bought a glass top coffee table (not exactly like this[^], but close). I brought it home, set it up and wanted to vacuum around the table. The vacuum cleaner hit one of the table legs and the glass plate closest to the floor shattered :sigh: Soren Madsen

                                  "When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty

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                                  Simon ORiordan from UK
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                                  Ah, yes. The 'Broken Windows' fallacy. Actually, if it stops breaking, their profits should decline if the fallacy is in fact true. :laugh:

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                                    glennPattonPUB wrote:

                                    after 4 hours straight of 'Age of Empires'

                                    I used to do that all the time! Your friend must be extremely delicate.. :laugh:

                                    Whether I think I can, or think I can't, I am always bloody right!

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                                    glennPattonWork3
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                                    Naah, just a weirdo!

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                                      How quickly from the time you installed Windows could to get it to break or give errors( from runtime to registry ) ?, excluding really dumb stuff like deleting system32 and of course Vista, cause that was instant :laugh: Include which windows you where using.

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                                      Rob Philpott
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                                      Historically, this has virtually always been down to badly behaved drivers, something that MS can't do anything about. (Apart from write their own) If you create a computer that you can plug practically anything into and get 3rd parties to write crap drivers which operate in Kernal mode it's what happens. Alternative is Apple - Computers for Airheads™.

                                      Regards, Rob Philpott.

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                                      • A Asgard25

                                        How quickly from the time you installed Windows could to get it to break or give errors( from runtime to registry ) ?, excluding really dumb stuff like deleting system32 and of course Vista, cause that was instant :laugh: Include which windows you where using.

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                                        Joan M
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                                        We use windows as the operating systems of our machines, then we install a software that enables the computer as a machine controller and we use Visual C++ to create the GUI programs that machine operators use. I've been using this for 16 years continuously and never, and I mean never I've seen a problem with that. Windows works well unless you start installing tons of extra software there.

                                        [www.tamautomation.com] | Robots, CNC and PLC machines for grinding and polishing. [YouTube channel]

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                                          How quickly from the time you installed Windows could to get it to break or give errors( from runtime to registry ) ?, excluding really dumb stuff like deleting system32 and of course Vista, cause that was instant :laugh: Include which windows you where using.

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                                          Nagy Vilmos
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                                          Donna Read really broke the windows and there was no need for any FX.

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