Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Path: not-for-mail From: "George Hester" Newsgroups: gmane.os.cygwin Subject: Re: I am not going to let cygwin BSOD my Windows 2000 Server Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2002 03:56:47 -0400 Lines: 42 Message-ID: References: <20020420070212 DOT GA3256 AT redhat DOT com> <20020420163557 DOT GB3256 AT redhat DOT com> <20020420223827 DOT GA9745 AT redhat DOT com> <008a01c1e8bf$bd036b40$0101a8c0 AT albion> NNTP-Posting-Host: alb-24-58-149-69.nycap.rr.com X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1019375811 7196 24.58.149.69 (21 Apr 2002 07:56:51 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet AT main DOT gmane DOT org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2002 07:56:51 +0000 (UTC) X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4807.1700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4807.1700 It wasn't setup that BSOD'd the op sys it was rebooting after the setup. Jeeze! And please if you want to give me the old "screw you" that doesn't help any. You may think my op sys is hanging on by it's IDE cable and if so that's your call. I cannot believe you suggested installing a Norton product. OMYGOD! Next thing you'll be praising the likes of WinOnCD for Windows 2000 or a McAfee product. -- George Hester _________________________________ "Cliff Hones" wrote in message news:008a01c1e8bf$bd036b40$0101a8c0 AT albion... > Christopher Faylor wrote on Saturday, April 20, 2002 11:38 PM: > > ... You might also want to invest in > > something like Norton Systemworks which has diagnostic tools that may > > help narrow down what's wrong with your system. > > Hmm. Recently we had an NT system which was frequently BSOD'ing > (not Cygwin-related). It had Norton Systemworks installed. > When this was uninstalled, the problem went away. I suspect > the file deletion recovery extensions were to blame. > > If you are having stability problems with any Windows product, > it is adviasable to (a) (as Chris suggested) ensure you have > the latest service packs/hotfixes/security upgrades and > (b) remove or disable any 3rd party software which runs > in the background (eg Antivirus, filestore extensions, > system monitoring etc.). > > -- Cliff > > > > -- > Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html > Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html > FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ > > -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/