Windows 10: windows 10 has 'crashed' 3 times in three months WHY??

Why has Windows 10 crashed three times in three months?
Because Windows has improved immensely over the years! That's why.
A crash per day used to be quite common. (I'm thinking about the days of Windows 95.)

 

Yes, indeed, the 'good ole days'!!!!! Windows 3.1/3.11/WfW wasn't bad but then they weren't the Operating System.

 

True but Xp/Vista were not much better, and even Window 7 crashes often enough.

In the end, crashing three times in three months is hardly excessive and is probably a consequence of driver updates which often need a reboot or two to sort out.

If it was my PC, I would not waste any more time and effort trying to find a definitive answer that is probably nearly impossible to find anyway.

 

Personal experiences with an OS mean absolutely nothing, I ran Windows XP on a laptop and a desktop PC for over 10 years (Run one or the other every day for several hours), never had a crash on either machine of any sort! The same is true of Windows 7 (four years usage).
My Windows 10 desktop on the other hand, freezes and the only option is a re-start, this has happened 3 or 4 times since installation well over a year ago! ..... Such is life!

 

Hi there

I'm actually surprised with these reports of Windows crashing -- I'm a big Linux user - but also use Windows -- been using Windows since these days (Windows 3.11 for workgroups).





I have to say (probably get flamed here) that W10 is IMO the most stable and reliable Windows yet -- the only gripe I have is that (but as always) Windows Networking is still a dogs dinner of a mess -- it's like playing the lottery --hit or miss as to whether it works correctly. !!!

The only Windows system that was more stable and even "reliable" was actually a server version - Windows 2003 server -- XP was built on parts of that system but W2K3 server really did work properly -- but not really a desktop OS.

Windows 7 was good but so irritating when so many times you either had to wait while booting or logging off it would do lengthy spells of "configuration" or "updates" - probably several times a week !! on company laptops.

Windows Vista - much maligned -- if it ran on decent hardware it was fine --still love the glass Aero screen -- runs fine as a VM -- the problem was that the design was too advanced for the actual hardware available to most people at the time. Run it now as a VM and it can run like "Greased lightning" instead of "Glacial Speed".

If your Windows 10 system crashes etc you've either got some really peculiar hardware or are doing things totally wrong with installing all sorts of problem apps etc etc.

Can I really be praising Ms !!!!!!. In this case I have to say yes.

My Linux systems though almost never fail -- and if they do it's usually because a piece of hardware malfunctions --and these systems are up 24/7 for months if not years at a time. However that's what servers are designed to do.

Cheers
jimbo

 

Not sure if this has been mentioned yet or not, but once it crashes, start the computer back up, and look at the Event Viewer. There should be something in there that states what made your computer crash.

 

Still waiting to hear what kind of crash it was, pretty pointless without that explanation.

 

Some people do seem to have bad luck, and just don't know how to get their computer stable. However, I have anecdotal proof that you're wrong. Exhibit one, my current MacPro (not MacBook,) a full sized tower from the old days:
Code: ~ $ uptime 13:49 up 384 days, 9:44, 2 users, load averages: 1.37 1.23 1.16[/quote] Next, the Linux box we use to monitor our various cloud servers:
Code: $ uptime 20:56:12 up 447 days, 13:04, 1 user, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00[/quote] In fact, I haven't had a blue screen or crash on my Windows 10 machines (laptop and desktop) in the last year. Including Windows XP I haven't seen more than 6 blue screen crashes altogether over the past 16 years. Those are gaming and work systems that see heavy use every day. They get rebooted when Microsoft requires a reboot for an Update/Patch.
If I see an OS crash it brings on a lengthy root cause analysis by me, as it is just something that should not happen.

 

You must have had (or still have) appalling luck with hardware then. *Eek

I can't remember any of my PCs crashing that often (W98SE, XP, W7 & even W10).

However PCs used by multiple people (e.g. at job centres or training organisations) did tend to crash when it was most inconvenient.

Note:
Currently my W7 occasionally BSODs due to some Nielsen software I installed at the end of last year.
Since I'm getting paid $20/month to run it, 1 or 2 BSODs/month is an acceptable (if annoying) price to pay.

Why would you get flamed here?
This forum is full of Nadella acolytes.

If you want to get flamed, post that on SevenForums. *Wink

W10 isn't too bad, as long as Windows Update, or even worse, Windows Upgrade aren't running.

My W10 problems happen when I turn the network on and let it try to Update/Upgrade.
Currently both my W10 installs (Home, Pro VM) are stuck in infinite "Upgrade to 1709" loops. *Sad