Hi Pete,<<After much beating of head against wall I discovered that it was Norton Systemworks.>>
You're not the first person to have problems with that utility. Although I didn't have it myself Norton was responsible for wrecking my Registry a while back and I haven't been near it since.
<<No, that was NT4, and not "bloated" but "armour plated" <G>. >>
Same difference then! <g> I quite like the look of XP and have no intention of reverting to the Win98 look (yuck!)
<<But it isn't. That's my point -- you yourself admitted you'd not had any problems with Win98SE, or was that WinMe, so what are you comparing it with? >>
The problems I had with Me was that when a program crashed it would sometimes bring the OS down with it. Although programs still hang in XP they do not affect the OS which remains stable. I hope that clears up why I prefer XP to anything before it.
<<I get more crashes with WinXP using new XP drivers than I do with Win98SE using older well developed and tested drivers.>>
Obviously you know your own system better than anyone else. Just as I know mine better than anyone else. I rarely need to change drivers - maybe if I did I might encounter some of the same problems.
I think I'll not bother to tell our System Admin of your problems with Windows2000. I hope it improves for you otherwise you'll have no time to work on more important things like the next version of FSUIPC being able to assign reverse thrust to an axis please?
Now for something completely different... I'm now 20 in the queue to receive a Aerosoft 747 unit. It will probably ship next week. Just thought you'd like to know.
I've also received my ticket for the FS Show in Brum. I'm bringing another convert with me so we'll have a full car again. Maybe we'll need a second vehicle if Alan still wants a lift.
Regards,
Ray Proudfoot,
Cheshire, England