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Originally posted by Arryn:
What M$ OS are you running now? And if it's XP Pro, what app(s) have you found that can take out the OS when the app crashes? I'm sincerely curious as I've yet to find one.

Well, Visual Studio from the same MS does it just fine. Just try take a breath while debugging some system wide hook. That nasty breakpoint-in-template multiplying bug in VC is also quite efficient. While OS can survive one or 2 deaths of VC, after a dozen or so it apparently runs out of its lives.

Generally, while NT/2000/XP are somewhat more stable (than DOS/Win95+), my development computer can rarely survive for more a week without a reboot. Even without working with system hooks or drivers (not that I actually work on drivers).