RE: Windows platform stability (was: Stability horrible in CODE)

[Buck Calabro <Buck.Calabro@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>Did you find some sort of resources on
>how to do that? [make Windows stable]

Yeah <sardonic chuckle>.  Years of tinkering.  I've been building and
configuring IBM compatible PC's since the original 8088 IBM PC, so my
experience is not typical of many programmers.  Peter Norton had some good
books; check out any book that has a fat chapter on performance.  I honestly
haven't looked at any recent editions, so I don't have much advice.  Google
is often a good place to start searching.

>Microsoft should tell people about this sort of thing.

The problem is there's no "silver bullet."  There's no registry tweak that
undoes the instability.  The instability is inherent in the way drivers and
processes share the same memory space, and varies wildly depending on the
application mix AND how YOU use those apps.

>I do admit that my work system here has seen
>some hard times lately, I have
>dual boot Windows XP beta and Windows 98 SE

The key is to simplify, understanding that it's not a single app or driver;
it's all of them.  Even running a very stable system, adding a single thing
can cause problems because now there's a new and different mix.  By using a
simpler mix, it's easier to test different permutations.  Remember, you're
not making Code more stable, you're making Windows more stable.
  --buck