Well, even though there will be service packs (it's Microsoft...service packs are 
a given) along the way, I don't think they'll really fix your problem.  When your 
computer just up and reboots, do you get a blue screen really quick that displays 
an error?  99.9% of the errors I have in XP are because of really poorly coded drivers 
from the manufacturer, not Microsoft.  

Most of the errors I receive are from my Video card (nVidia GF3) and my Sound Card 
(SBLIVE).  I updated the drivers, and *voila* my problems disappeared.  So, if I 
were you, I would get all the drivers for your video card, sound card, motherboard, 
modem, etc...ESPECIALLY if you upgraded from, say, 9x/Me.  

Hope this helps!





On Tuesday, November 20, 2001 at 6:23 pm, R Montalbon wrote:
>I have a question about How 
>do I skip the Product Activation in Windows XP?:

>
>I have been running XP pro for a couple weeks now and have had more crashes (er, 
>rather XP initiated "restarts") and hang ups than i ever had in win2000.  Im sure 
>there must be service packs on the way (hopefully), BUT i have opted to keep this 
>machine off the net (modems are painfully slow).  I have tried to use windowsupdates.com 
>to "lookfor" packs, but this damn thing is "automatic" (according to MS, windows 
>users are not only thieves, but they are also total idiots).  Is there any where 
>i can find or get packs for an XP machine that is not on the net?  
>
>
>BTW, I emailed MS with the same query a week ago and have heard NOTHING from them--add 
>worthless to the list of idiots and thieves.

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