Re: Narrowed down part of the problem

"dw?c?n" <[email protected]>
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"Charles" <[email protected]> wrote in message 
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> No way it was me! It was Ken <[email protected]>!
>> On Sun, 05 Mar 2006 12:05:39 -0500, dwåcôn wrote:
>>
>>> It seems that launching IE6 starts the six-second screen flashing.  I
>>> ran the latest Microsoft hotfixes but the problem persists.  Will try
>>> installing Firefox to see if it is an IE specific problem.
>>>
>>> Any other tips appreciated.
>>
>> http://www.mepis.org/node/1462
>
> Har-d-har.  Anyway, hey D!  What the heck are you doing running server
> software on your computer?  From the way you talk about your problems, 
> they
> only happen right after a boot.  Well...  Servers should just run.  Yeah, 
> I
> rebooted mine just, um, er.  Well.  Recentlyish.  Within the last month, 
> at
> least.  But a boot and a shutdown take FOREVER.  It's certainly not
> something that I would impose on anyone!


I occasionally test software so a server OS allowed me to run simulations --  
and I'm too lazy to clear off space on the desk for the XP box, so I 
understand that I could just save myself problems by putting the server in 
the closet and wait for the next release of whatever to play around with... 
but just searching for some ideas to minimize the frustration.
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