then i would consider you one of the lucky ones then snake   well, when my desktop died in may it was well my fault because i was looking at some naughty material and well lets just say that i got what was coming to me   the main things i moan and groan about with xp is how it always loves to lock up and stuff forcing me to open the task manager and end whatever task that i was running, and some other general stuff like that.  now for me i've never seen an OS which has suffered as many and as often "brainfarts" as xp so yeah i get plenty of headaches with it   well vista comes out next year, and maybe i'll put it on my laptop and it won't be as stressful as xp.  i really hate its "simpler/more confusing look"  now i'm fairly literate with computers, but not as literate as you are snake, and i'm willing to admit that i'm not a very patient man (one of my many mental problems) and i tend to get carried away, but i never had these issues as often with 98/2000.  the only other operating system that gave me as much trouble was windows ME.

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