[vox-tech] [non-linux] windows ME PC automatically restarts

[Dave Margolis]

alright, i'll restate:
put win2k on there and get the machine patched up to the best of your 
knowledge/ability.

i never trusted the service packs, autoupdates, etc. in the past, but at 
one point it just got too cumbersome to stay up on their safety, 
effectiveness, etc.  the only windows machine i use is an xp box at 
work, but i have to admit i'm lazy about the auto-update, so i just let 
it run nowadays.  same goes for the similar feature built into os x as 
well...i just trust apple out of laziness, knowing my data is backed up 
decently well.  my linux boxes on the other hand are slackware machines 
- no auto-updating there at all, so everything is hand patched to the 
best of my ability.  i've muddled with slapt, but i don't really like it 
or trust it.

it seems apt users have to put a lot of trust in whoever maintains the 
package lists on their apt server(s) of choice.  is this correct?  i 
have limited debian use, but i've muddled with apt-rpm on a fedora box 
quite a bit and it seems pretty solid.  how often does an apt-get 
update/upgrade break things? (and i suppose this depends on one's use of 
stable or testing).

Rick Moen wrote:

>Quoting Dave Margolis (margolid@ecs.csus.edu):
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>>the answer is me.  that os sucks ass.  put win2k on there and upgrade it 
>>to whatever the most recent service pack is (4 i think); they'll be happy...
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>Hmm.
>http://linuxmafia.com/faq/Legacy_Microsoft/service-packs.html
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