Re: Re: Mathematica 5 and Windows XP
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- Subject: [mg54676] Re: [mg54608] Re: [mg54563] Mathematica 5 and Windows XP
- From: DrBob <drbob at bigfoot.com>
- Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 01:20:02 -0500 (EST)
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Amen. On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 03:21:12 -0500 (EST), David Annetts <davidannetts at aapt.net.au> wrote: > Hi Skirmantas, >> >> I suspect Mathematica 5 was the culprit of two nasty Windows >> XP crashes I have experienced during the past four months. In >> the second one, Internet Explorer (which was running when >> Mathematica's kernel >> crashed) got hopelessly corrupted. I'm not 100% sure it's >> Mathematica, but it is my prime suspect. Even if it is >> Mathematica, I'm ready to forgive it because it is such a >> great piece of software otherwise. >> However, it would it interesting to know when Mathematica is >> known to crash and what can be done to avoid destabilizing >> Windows (which is NOT a great piece of software). After the >> second crash, my rule is >> this: don't run anything else when Mathematica is working. > > This is totally contrary to my experience since Mathematica 3 & Windows 3.1. > Especially, it is contrary to my current Mathematica 5 & XP Pro setup. > > I would suggest a thorough hardware check. > > Dave. > > > -- DrBob at bigfoot.com www.eclecticdreams.net
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- Re: Mathematica 5 and Windows XP
- From: "David Annetts" <davidannetts@aapt.net.au>
- Re: Mathematica 5 and Windows XP