Microsoft Windows Freeze
Posted by Mathieu Jobin Thu, 25 Oct 2007 22:50:00 GMT
Still today, Microsoft Windows is showing us the most annoying freeze ever. Recently I have been forced to switch to Windows from Linux.
I usually put it on sleep by doing Start => Turn Off => Stand by. Which requires multiple clicks and seconds for the menu to popup. One of my friend which happen to be an expert in Microsoft technologies suggested me to do Win+L for Lock(AFAIK). It worked....
but when I came back later that night, the computer would not wake up as it normally would from a regular Stand by.
I tried everything and I had a lot of time to wait between trials since I was reconfiguring my living room for my new purchase I had just bought at Futureshop.
thank you Microsoft for crashing our computers for now more than 12 years. (3.1 was not crashing that much as far as I can remember).
For those looking for solution, you can try to install either Kubuntu, Ubuntu, OpenSuse or Mandriva on your PC for more stability. Or simply buying a Mac.
aw... yeah MS's ACPI support rly sucks..not that linux is WAY better on that but well...
and indeed, Win+L is a good practice