Michael Lundahl <d93### [at] efdlthse> wrote in article
<6lbgc7$9oh$1@oz.aussie.org>...
> In article <6l8g03$33j$1@oz.aussie.org>,
> 	"aardvarko" <aar### [at] geocitiescom> writes:
> >>>Also, the STOP's are a pain. Whenever an app crashes badly, NT
generates a
> >>>STOP; just what it sounds like, a STOP halts the operating system and
> >forces
> >>>you to restart.
> >
> >>Not the OS my friend, the _processor_ ;)
> >
> >If it halts the processor. then why does the option "Automatically
reboot"
> >in System Properties under "When a STOP message occurs" work?
> >
> >It must be... uh... the FLOPPY DRIVE that automatically reboots it!
Yeah! ;)
> 
> Ok, you got me wondering... but... ever heard of the BIOS? ;)
> 

	Bollocks! The BIOS has nothing to do with it, it's not the processor
stopping, processors don't just stop, it _is_ NT. NT isn't anywhere near as
stable as Microsoft would have you believe, in fact, if you've got dodgy
software, it'll crash far more often than '95.

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