>If you read my previous email, you should infer that there ARE serious >problems with all versions of Win95, depending on the OTHER software >that is on the system. You DON'T have to be running the other software >for problems to crop up in CFT or other programs. It has to do with the >files that have been loaded when Win95 starts, files that cause major >conflicts within Win95 itself. > >So, IMHO, 99.9999% of the problems that users have with CFT, are >system-related. It would indeed be nice if Ira could write a program >that would never "crash" in Win95 or '98; however, in order to do that, >Ira would have to go through the entire code for Win95 and then go >through the code for ALL other programs that cause conflicts in Win95, >in order to produce a "perfect" CFT. That is just NOT going to happen >since it would take years and years. CFT is one of the best "behaved" >programs that a Win95 or Win95 user can expect. Heck, I've been >doing this "computer" thing from way back when Ira made his DOS >version 1.0 available to the general public. I'll bet I have logged more >hours on my system than anyone subscribed to this List. If you >don't believe me, just ask my wife! (GRIN) > >Greg, let's face it, Win95 was, and is, so full of bugs it is a wonder >that any of us can successfully use it today. I love it, recommend >it, and support it -- BUT, that does not mean that it is flawless, nor >that I will say so. Ninety-nine percent of the problems experienced >with CFT (excluding those that Ira specifically acknowledges) are >caused by some conflict or another in the Win95 operating environ- >ment. > >SgtGeorge > I'll agree with George on most of the things he said about Win95. I started using the DOS version of CFT about 6 or so years ago, and have never had any major problems with it on DOS, Windows 3.1, WFW 3.11, Win95 and Win98 which I'm now using. I have had many problems with Win95 (A and B). Settings kept getting changed by Win95 as it thought that it was the proper to do. Lock ups and GPF's were frequent and caused loss of data. Calls to the hard drive mfgr, the maker of my SCSI card, the computer mfgr, the BIOS maker, and hours with Microsoft could not resolve the problem. The consensus was that I should change to Win98 (and while it could not cure all my problems) because at least it would be easier to fix the problem. I changed to Win98 upgrade and things got a little better, but I found out that the upgrade just added more fluff on top of the Win95 problems which were still on my PC. It was suggested that I clean EVERYTHING off my hard drive, run fdisk, and then format my harddrive. I did this and made what they call a CLEAN installation of Win98. Things are now a whole lot better. Have had no more crashes but have had two freeze ups during one month. When the freeze up occurred, I just hit the reset key and it restarts. Win98 automatically runs Scandisk which corrects everything and my system is fine again. I do not own any MS stock, but offer the above info in hopes that it will help our CFT friends. Vic.