At 09:01 PM 3/10/98 +0100, Rolf Carl wrote: >Hello SgtGeorge > >Being user of Win95 for 2.5 years I do not have the same experience with >lost FAT's and pointers and missing programs - perhaps because I on a >regulary basis run the SCANDISK and the DEFRAG once or twice a month Hello Rolf. I run SCANDISK and DEFRAG "TWICE A WEEK"!!!!! Not everyone and not all systems have the same problems. That in itself is the major problem. There is absolutely nothing consistent in the way Win95 loses files, programs, crashes, corrupts files, etc., etc. It all depends on the bios, maker of the memory chips, maker of the Video board, maker of the sound board, and so on, ad infinitum. Win95 has so many programming glitches one never knows when the "phantom" will strike next. You could go years without a problem. Someone else with an identical system, but with different programs installed may experience problems on a regular basis. I personally could put up with all the nonsense of Win95 IF I could make Win95 keep my settings for the icons on the Desktop!!!!! I open up a group, resize it the way I want it, set it to have the view I want, arrange the icons the way I want them, and sometimes they stay that way for days. Then the next time I reboot, all the settings are back to the original install default. From what I have read in all the FAQ files on many, many web sites, it is a problem that even Microsoft doesn't know how to solve. Now you tell me, if MS can't solve this simple problem, how can they provide an operating system that will work with all computer systems, with all software programs, with all drivers, etc.? Let us pray that Win98 will be as much better than Win95, as DOS 5.0 was better than 4.0. I'll bet there isn't 1% of you users who every used DOS 4.0. Am I correct? If you missed it, consider yourselves lucky. Win95 is just about as stable as DOS 4.0 was. SgtGeorge