Re: Clueless newbie to firewalls (sygate) seeks info

From: Mike (honey_at_michaelmoyse.co.uk)
Date: 04/28/05 

Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2005 18:23:31 +0100

Leythos wrote:
> On Thu, 28 Apr 2005 12:18:30 +0100, Mike wrote:
>
>>Spack wrote:
>>
>>>Jason wrote on Thu, 28 Apr 2005 11:19:57 +0100:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>However you may not notice this since your lease time is 6 days and
>>>>Windows 98 can't stay up for half that long.
>>>
>>>
>>>I assume that was an attempt at humour.
>>>
>>>I've got Win95 machines and Win98 machines here that stay up for weeks on
>>>end. Win95 has a 47 day issue with it's screensaver timer, but Win98 does
>>>not have that problem.
>>
>>I agree, Windows 98 will stay up for far longer than any other operating
>>system. Its only when you start to use it for any productivity that it
>>satrts to fall over.
>
>
> I have Windows XP Prof and 2000 Server and 2003 server that are used
> daily with more than 4 months uptime on them, servers with over a year
> uptime - only rebooted for service packs.
>

Irony really does get lost on the other side of the pond ;-)

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