You've never experienced an explorer.exe crash on a server? You must be very lucky. I work with 2 SA's that are pretty good, and we have some high end hardware. And this still happens. Just yesterday as a matter of fact. Our NetBackup server gave up because explorer crashed. On Fri, 2004-02-13 at 17:18, Paul Drake wrote: > > It's really fun when explorer.exe > > crashes three times during > > the install / DB create, > > no wonder why you think that platform is a piece of > crap. wtf kinda hardware are you running on? > there is no excuse for that occurring. > I have _never_ had explorer.exe crash on a > server-grade win32 box. > Its the hardware and drivers. Its not the kernel. > > great link earlier on B a l l s. > > suffering thru the following out here in Denver: > > Dogfish head 60, 90 min IPA > dogfish head worldwide stoudt > Stone IPA > Stone Porter > Stone Arrogant Bastard > Double Bastard > Ruination IPA > Gulden Draak > Rochefort 8 > Orval > Ayinger Wheat Dopplebock > Terrible triple > > Pd > > --- "Jesse, Rich" <Rich.Jesse@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > I dunno. Today I completed an install of 8.1.7.4 > > (9i not supported yet by > > vendor) on a brand new Windohs 2000 Server, SP4 > > (Tuke3 Server also not yet > > supported). It's really fun when explorer.exe > > crashes three times during > > the install / DB create, not to mention having to > > explode out the entire CD > > to rename symcjit.dll because of a P-IV bug in > > Windohs. Did I mention the > > reboots required to get the Registry crap settled? > > > > Windohs aside, a twin hyperthreaded 3.2Ghz Xeon with > > four RAID-1s and a > > RAID-10 setup is fun to work on... :) > > > > Happy Valentines Day! > > > > Rich > > > > Rich Jesse System/Database > > Administrator > > rich.jesse@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx QuadTech, Sussex, > > WI USA > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Freeman Robert - IL [mailto:FREEMANR@xxxxxxxx] > > Sent: Friday, February 13, 2004 2:26 PM > > To: 'Koivu, Lisa '; 'oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ' > > Subject: RE: Oracle 10g for Windows > > > > > > My 2 cents... > > > > Most of the complaints I see about Oracle on Win > > here are either: > > > > 1. By people doing it for the first time, or who > > rarely do it. > > 2. By people who are doing Oracle for the first > > time, or rarely do it. > > > > I actually like Oracle on Win, and I agree with Tom, > > I've had few problems > > with it. > > > > I agree that installing service packs is maddening, > > but don't most Unix OS > > upgrades of any great import seem to require a > > reboot? > > > > Robert > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: > > http://www.orafaq.com > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe send email to: > > oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. > > -- > > Archives are at > > //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ > > FAQ is at > > //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Finance: Get your refund fast by filing online. > http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. > -- > Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ > FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html > ----------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------