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Nah, Win98 (I think), and definetely Win95 keel over after 50 or so days, because it uses a 32 bit number to store uptime, and keeled over if it somehow managed to stay up that long.
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Originally posted by port22:
Nah, Win98 (I think), and definetely Win95 keel over after 50 or so days, because it uses a 32 bit number to store uptime, and keeled over if it somehow managed to stay up that long.
I wasnt even aware that win98 kept track of how long it was up. Kind pointless isnt it? Best i ever did with 98 was 7 days uptime, and i havent gotten close to that ever again. ;-)
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Originally posted by port22:
Nah, Win98 (I think), and definetely Win95 keel over after 50 or so days, because it uses a 32 bit number to store uptime, and keeled over if it somehow managed to stay up that long.
Yeah, even so, you'd have to patch your system because there's a problem with one of the files that'll BSOD if the uptime gets to be 42.7 (?) days. I think this affects win98 as well.
When I did have windows installed, I never patched it cause its not like I came close to having that long of an uptime anyway. I think I managed to keep it up for over a week and ended up rebooting cause the machine went into suspend mode and wouldn't wake up. OH well, windows seems like its built to be rebooted so often. I have to say, though, that win2000 is much better and I have left it up for the better part of a month before it needed rebooting.
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Originally posted by sourdaisy:
Yeah, even so, you'd have to patch your system because there's a problem with one of the files that'll BSOD if the uptime gets to be 42.7 (?) days. I think this affects win98 as well.
We could be talking about the same thing...
2^32 = 4294967296
4294967296 ms = 49.7 days
Maybe... Either way, keeping up a leaky OS for that long is bad.
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Anime Lovin' Girl Mod
Originally posted by port22:
We could be talking about the same thing...
2^32 = 4294967296
4294967296 ms = 49.7 days
Maybe... Either way, keeping up a leaky OS for that long is bad.
Yup, sure sounds like we are talking about the same thing. I just couldn't remember the exact time before it BSODs. But you are absolutely right, even IF you could get it to run that long, it wouldn't be a great idea.
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