Windows is too stable these days

NathanE · 9 Jan 2012 at 12:02

252 days of uptime on a heavy-load workstation is just mental.

bledd · 9 Jan 2012 at 12:04

good going, windows update must hate you

NathanE · 9 Jan 2012 at 12:10

That's one advantage of web browsing with Chrome. You can keep it up to date without ever worrying about it wanting you to reboot. 99% of my attack surface area is therefore still fully protected.

vintage-x · 9 Jan 2012 at 12:26

If it hadnt have been for the fan on my HTPC giving out then my uptime would be over a year. Its uptime was something like 300 days then the fan started grinding so had to take it apart to replace the fan

Memphis · 9 Jan 2012 at 15:54

NathanE said:
That's one advantage of web browsing with Chrome. You can keep it up to date without ever worrying about it wanting you to reboot. 99% of my attack surface area is therefore still fully protected.

Surely Windows Updates require rebooting?

yashiro · 9 Jan 2012 at 15:57

Skipping updates on a networked PC isn't usually the best idea, even if it hurts your uptime numbers.

Glaucus · 9 Jan 2012 at 16:10

Memphis said:
Surely Windows Updates require rebooting?

Not many, most install without A reboot. There's one or two which need a reboot though.

Deception · 9 Jan 2012 at 16:13

I wonder if the PC decided to BSOD after the first post

J.B · 9 Jan 2012 at 16:19

Glaucus said:
Not many, most install without A reboot. There's one or two which need a reboot though.

Indeed, seems more and more common for updates to just install without needing a restart now a days, which is certainly a good thing!

Cosimo · 9 Jan 2012 at 16:36

Deception said:
I wonder if the PC decided to BSOD after the first post

Probably being rebuilt as we speak.

Edward78 · 9 Jan 2012 at 16:45

Windows stable, LoL. I would say their was a base with little grey men on the moon more before believing that.

PiKe · 9 Jan 2012 at 16:47

Edward78 said:
Windows stable, LoL. I would say their was a base with little grey men on the moon more before believing that.

Windows is stable, its the hardware that causes most problems.

To say otherwise is just ignorant.

marc2003 · 9 Jan 2012 at 16:58

Edward78 said:
Windows stable, LoL. I would say their was a base with little grey men on the moon more before believing that.

that's such a poor attempt at trolling i can only assume you're an idiot.

ian54 · 9 Jan 2012 at 18:05

You may have a virus that is preventing Windows Update from working

PhillyDee · 9 Jan 2012 at 18:21

PiKe said:
Windows is stable, its the hardware that causes most problems.

To say otherwise is just ignorant.

Im with the op. Windows is incredibly stable these days. Only time I ever get BSOD is when an overclock fails, or there is a hardware error.

I remember the 95/98/me/xp days!

lrlcr · 9 Jan 2012 at 18:26

Our server has had 100% uptime since we installed the UPS

Deception · 9 Jan 2012 at 18:37

PhillyDee said:
Im with the op. Windows is incredibly stable these days. Only time I ever get BSOD is when an overclock fails, or there is a hardware error.

I remember the 95/98/me/xp days!

Good 'ol Windows 98.. You clicked anything and it wanted to restart :rolleyes:

spenncerr · 9 Jan 2012 at 19:18

marc2003 said:
that's such a poor attempt at trolling i can only assume you're an idiot.

3dcandy · 9 Jan 2012 at 19:35

aye, windows is very good these days....I turn my system off just because i don't require it on 24/7 but crashes and reboots are so and far between it's mental compared to the old days...

mrk · 9 Jan 2012 at 19:47

NathanE said:
252 days of uptime on a heavy-load workstation is just mental.

That does not say 252 days of uptime? Just that the system last booted up on the 5th of Jan? My COmpaq "brick" laptop running XP acting as a print server has been on for a shade over 100 days up until recently when I took it off the network

Current Win7 was installed when it came out in 2009 though, upgraded to SP1 via the installer, cloned it to a faster SATA HDD then only recenlty cloned it to an SSD and not a single sweat was broken!