🚀 go-pugleaf

Peter Wood <ptw@one.net.au> wrote:
>"LShaping@..." wrote:
>> Peter Wood <ptw@one.net.au> wrote:
>>
>> >I was told by someone that windows has a some 'built in' learning
>> >ability... So that when it crashes, it can somehow diagnose the cause,
>> >and try not to do it again. i.e. it has a certain amount of 'self
>> >stabilizing' ability. Is this true? Or are they having a lend of me?
>>
>> No, that's not what Windows does.  When it crashes, it leaves debris
>> and doesn't clean it up, so that it tends to crash again.  Eventually,
>> so much mess is lying around, it wont run and you have to do a "clean
>> install".  Windows can't even keep your desktop icons arranged
>> properly.  Microsoft's solution to crashes is to run scandisk
>> frequently on boot up like there's something wrong with the disk.
>> "It's on the disk!  It's not our software!  The error is somewhere on
>> the disk!"  And each time Windows 98 runs scandisk, it scolds you for
>> improperly shutting down your computer.
>> Take care,
>> LShaping
>
>That it does. LOL!
>I use Norton's Utilities to keep the computer in shape. The latest version
>has a new programme added called 'Clean Sweep' (which came from Quarterdeck
>originally). This programme is supposed to remove the garbage safely.
>(safely??). I'm a bit hesitant to use it, in case it erroneously chucks out
>something that's actually needed. Has anyone had any problems with it?

98lite is the only program I know of which, based on a programmer's
intelligent decisions, removes unneeded files.  I don't understand why
other publishers just give you a list of files with certain extensions
and ask you which ones to remove.  A lot of miscellaneous and
decorative files thrown into Windows (seemingly) are produced by
Microsoft employee's kids, thrown in there to make them happy.  No
offense to those kids, but as long as I'm being forced to use Windows,
I would like it made by adults instead.  
C ya, 
LShaping