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Key: Fresh Win2K installation - no update of Win98, etc.
Result: no problems in over 18 months.
Caveat: power outages, spikes, etc. that occur in real-time......then MAJOR
PROBLEMS.
Solution: Back-up \Server directory each night after Global Server is
shutdown.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gary Fritz [mailto:fritz@xxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Saturday, March 23, 2002 11:27 AM
> To: omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: Re[2]: Windows 2000 v's NT4.0 SP 5 for 2000i
>
>
> > I recently started using TS2k after a 3 year hiatus because I
> > finally got Win2k installed on my machine. After two weeks it
> > seems to be fine. Never reboot, no crashes, no gremlins. I track
> > approx 100 symbols rt.
>
> > Actually, it is more like a nightmare. I run TS2k on NT and it
> > crashes all the time - and this is OFF-LINE operation. If I go 2 or
> > 3 days without a crash, I consider myself lucky. I still consider
> > it dangerous for RT operation. TS4 is much more reliable.
>
> TS2k must be really sensitive to something. I know several people
> who use it constantly, in hard use for realtime trading, and they
> have absolutely no problems. Other people experience crashes, bugs,
> weird behavior, and other glitches. The people with good experiences
> say they installed it on a fresh Win2k or sometimes even on Win98 and
> everything is fine. The people with problems usually say they've
> installed it on a fresh Win2k too.
>
> Those of you who have solid TS2k's, any idea HOW you did it? I'm
> sure there are a lot of people who'd love to know.
>
> Gary
>
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