Be fair, win98 was never desinged to run 24/7, if you are looking for
something that must run 24/7, either looking for Linux or at least win2k.  I
won't recommend XP at the moment, since it's not released long enough to
prove itself.  at work, we use win2k on workstations, and we don't need
reboot for months, even we do need to reboot, usually we were doing upgarde
(software) that requires to do so.  my workstation might have been rebooted
most of time - about once a month, that's because my workstation also serves
as a very special "server", and it is really hard for my poor machine (only
128M RAM, I sometimes reboot it to clean memory in case we experience
problems on its special tasks).

There is one thing you should pay attation if you choose win2k - the
hardware drivers installed can cause a lot of troubles if their quality
ain't good.

Before you change another OS, you need to get rid of any hardware problems.
You may do some tests on current PC, I recommend:
1) run Prime95 for at least 24 hours, that will test both CPU and RAM
2) run 3Dmark for at least 24 hours, if you need to test AGP bus/video card
3) download and run HDD diag (for your brand of drive) if you need to test
the hard drive
4) try a new power supply, if you still experience shut down problem after
all tests were passed.
*Test 1 and 2 will also pick up most of mobo problem if there is any*

Jun Qian

----- Original Message -----
From: "Frederick Navarro/asi" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, August 08, 2002 12:53 PM
Subject: [PCSOFT] OS Suggestions


> Hi, could anybody suggest to me which OS is best for small medium scale
> operations?  Medium scale I mean is, it is being used 24 (hrs) x 7 (days)
> but it is not used for a big company, a simple 24 hour convenience store.
> Currently, we are using Windows 98 SE, but sad to say, we experienced so
> many problems.  Problems like, it will simply shut down itself, and after
> restarting it, we'll do some maintenance jobs like Scandisk and Defrag.
> But weeks after, it will come back again, then more than twice it happened
> to us, that it will restart itself up, but no operation is being done,
then
> it will just hang up on the next boot up.  The only solution left for us
> was to reformat the drive.  I exposed to Windows 98 SE and a bit of
Windows
> 2000, could anyone help me make a feasibility study which OS should I use.
> My major factors are durability (data integrity) and cost efficiency.
> Could it be possible with the hardware?  I tried to replace it twice with
a
> new board but still the same.  Other factors?  Thanks.

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