>IMO, though, Win3.11 for Workgroups was as stable, if not more so, than W2K.
>JLK

Jerry,

With all due respect, that is a S-T-R-E-T-C-H! <g>

General protection faults were a regular occurance (sometimes many times a day) in WFW.

Each generation has been an improvement. And since I moved from Win98 to W2K, forced reboots have been rare. I can't help be think your current situation with W2K is not the norm...unfortunally a total reinstall is the only way to fix these problems (I know. It's a beating).

And though I probably never brought the Linux kernal to its knees, I certainly have brought the GUI (GNOME, or whatever) to its knees...and had to kill it and restart the GUI environment.

I guess my Linux experience hasn't been as rosy as yours. BTW, my experience is with RedHat...I don't think that should be terribly relevant, except for differences in the installation process.

What Office suite do you use? I tried Star Office, and found it to be quirky and unpredictable at best.