On 11/10/2011 08:41 PM, Darren New wrote:
> On 10/11/2011 12:10, Orchid XP v8 wrote:
>> I suppose Windows also doesn't stop responding when you change your
>> TCP/IP
>> configuration settings?
>
> Um, no?
>
>> (Actually, that one seems to vary. On some
>> computers, you change it and it doesn't even blink. On others, you
>> change it
>> and have to sit there for multiple minutes before it wakes up again...)
>
> Maybe your DHCP server is hosed up or something?

It seems to be more common with laptops, so maybe it's related to Wi-Fi 
or something... Or maybe I'm imaginig that part.

>> Since Explorer is 90% of the Windows GUI, that's not a particularly
>> drastic difference...
>
> Only if you don't interact with actual programs. Saying "the GUI locks
> up" on Linux, for example, means every program stops responding because
> you just crashed the X server.

OK. I can't change window [because the task bar isn't working, and 
Alt+Tab isn't working], I can't open Task Manager to see what's 
happening, I can't lock or unlock the screen [Ctrl+Alt+Del doesn't do 
anything]. But sure, if I happen to have an application open, maybe it 
stays running. [I haven't ever tested that.]

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