fri the 13th

[hotwine]

I also have an HP, running Windows ME. It sometimes locks up (keyboard goes dead while mouse can still be moved, yet will not launch any hot link clicked on). Sometimes, a 3-fingered salute will allow it to be cleared (CNTL-ALT-DEL, done once), while on other occasions a reboot is required (CNTL-ALT-DEL, done twice). And on still other occasions, even a reboot is impossible. When that happens, the power switch on the CPU is also inactive, and I've got to crawl under the desk and kill the power strip. I don't think it's HP - I blame Bill Gates and his Windows monstrosity. From what I've heard, Windows XP has fewer of those faults. But Linux has even fewer, as does the Mac OS. I really think the best solution is to get rid of Windows. It will be traumatic to do that, but I'm sick of serving in the Gates Beta population, in which his customers are expected to trobleshoot his products.