Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> __/ [ [H]omer ] on Thursday 28 September 2006 19:33 \__
>
>> All I wanted to do was access the NFS share on the server, from
>> Windows. Honest. OMG! *What* a disaster. Why did I even bother trying?
>>
>> Here's my recipe for disaster:
>>
>> . Take 1 fully loaded, fully updated, well maintained Windows XP Pro
>> installation.
>>
>> . Add Microsoft Services For UNIX v3.5
>>
>> . Add seasoning to taste, and stir.
>>
>> Result:
>>
>> Bang! BSOD: irq_not_less_or_equal, with something about tcpip.sys
>>
>> Reboot ... darkness ... silence.
>>
>> Reboot to Linux, delete C:\SFU\
>>
>> Reboot to Windows ... I'm in!!!
>>
>> Uninstall MS SFU. Must reboot.
>>
>> Spend the next hour or so going through the event viewer, regedit and
>> various repair tools (CCleaner, chkdsk, etc).
>>
>> Reboot to do a chkdsk /F
>>
>> OK, that didn't go to well, how about something simple like ripping a
>> couple of DVDs with DVDDecryptor.
>>
>> Insert DVD ... autorun DVDDecryptor ... 30% in ...
>>
>> Bang! BSOD: kernel_stack_inpage_error
>>
>> Reboot ... darkness ... silence.
>>
>> Reboot to safe mode. Run CCleaner again. Run various tools from
>> SysInternals (Autoruns), and try again.
>>
>> Reboot ... I'm in ... again!!!
>>
>> Spend the rest of the day running Norton Disk Doctor, Norton
>> WinDoctor, CCleaner, defrag, regedt32 and half of SysInternals
>> software portfolio trying to stabilise this system.
>>
>> Sigh! Why do I even bother?
>>
>> If it wasn't for Napster and iTunes, that damn Windows partition
>> wouldn't even be there.
>>
>> Maybe it's time I just started buying CDs.
>
> [H]omer, mate, you have got to get out of this relationship. Is it
> truly
I didn't know you were an item?
> impossible to live without any Windows boxes (or remote Windows
> connectivity, e.g. for a daytime job)?
>
> My motivation for eliminating my last Windows machine (a laptop) was the
> recurrence of problems and -- above all -- the reluctance of those machines
> to communicate and exchange data with anything non-Windows. I am
> honest. Get
Rubbish. Windows has connectivity apps all over the shop.
> rid of Windows and you will save yourself a lot of time. I saved about 2
> hours a week in this way. This translates to happiness and savings,
> which
How? Try not posting so much SPAM here and youd save about 20 hours.
> proves that mixed environments are not the key to optimality (some TCO
It doesnt "prove anything.
> studies seem to suggest otherwise because businesses connect with other
> businsses... the macro level).
Nothing you said there makes any sense whatsoever.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Roy
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