Date: Sun, 16 Apr 2000 10:06:52 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To: salvador <salvador AT inti DOT gov DOT ar>
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Subject: Re: RHIDE/change gfx mode troble
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On Fri, 14 Apr 2000, salvador wrote:

> Damian Yerrick wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, 13 Apr 2000 16:42:52 -0300, salvador <salvador AT inti DOT gov DOT ar>
> > wrote:
> >
> > >some packages (Netscape and Office are good examples)
> > >upgrades a lot of things, including Windows kernel.
> >
> > /me shrieks.
> > So that's why Windows is so buggy.  Think of what it would be like
> > if the Netscape installer for e.g. Linux went and "upgraded" the
> > kernel.
> 
> Yeap, that's one of the reasons. I saw it when Eli suggested to check the
> version of the DLL that handles DOS virtual consoles (also virtual memory and
> other kernel level stuff) [It was to try to find a correlation with a problem in
> dpmi_yield]. I found 5 different versions in 6 machines I had with Windows 95!
> The difference? different software loaded ...

See section 8.15 of the FAQ for more insight on the reasons for
Windows instability.