Agree.

> From: "Robert Comer" 
> It's not a good idea to leave Win95 and Win98's running for days without at
> least rebooting anyway, they get flakier and flakier and that something they
> do at bootup is probably pulling down patches and updates.
> - Bob Comer
> "Ellen K"  wrote in message
> news:9096c0.c2a4f3{at}harborwebs.com...
>> No idea, but probably yes, because I think we do something to them every
> time
>> they boot, IOW we probably TELL them to shut them down every night.
>> 
>> > From: "Glenn Meadows" 
>> > Umm, do the people turn OFF their machines at night, and then on again
> in
>> > the AM?  A simple test if the problem persists, is leave ALL the
> computers
>> > on for several days, and see if the problem goes away.
>> > --
>> > Glenn M.
>> > "Ellen K"  wrote in message
>> > news:6096a8.c1b1f6{at}harborwebs.com...
>> >> I know we have a lot of Win98's (that's what the folks using the
> Clipper
>> > apps
>> >> use), dunno about Win95's.
>> >>
>> >> What is SAP advertising?
>> >>
>> >> > From: "Geo." 
>> >> > "Ellen K."
 wrote in message
>> >> > news:dkvob0503g6coma1ppqap9v8fmkpuqphgj{at}4ax.com...
>> >> >> Well, we ARE running tcp and IPX at the same
time, all those folks
>> >> >> logging on need both and I guess will continue
to do so as long as
> any
>> >> >> pieces of the old Clipper apps are still in use.
  So if we can't
>> > remove
>> >> >> the IPX, is there anything else that could
ameliorate this?
>> >> > Sure, there are lots of other ways to fix it but it
depends on the
>> > cause. For
>> >> > example if you have a bunch of win95 machines you
can disable SAP
>> > advertising
>> >> > on them (I don't remember how you do that but I know
that's one
>> > solution). In
>> >> > NT you can set the registry entry
>> >>
>> >>
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Browser\Parameters\Mai
>> > nta
>> >> > nServerList
>> >> > to "No".
>> >> >There are probably some other tricks I've forgotten
but tell network
> guy
>> > to do
>> >> > a search at www.jsifaq.com and they'll turn up.
>> >> > Geo.

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