Quote Originally Posted by BDC
XP. Only version I haven't had to completely butcher every few weeks to get it to run.
I know what you mean. 2K is pretty much just as stable In my opinion, but XP actually supercedes it in every respect, so there's not much point running 2K over XP except for servers.

9x tends to require frequent reinstalls, if you don't know how to treat it. Generally a new install needs to be right the first time, with drivers installed in the correct order and a BIOS properly configured (as many onboard devices as possible disabled and the APIC disabled (baldy implimented in 9x)). The install command line should be standard in most cases, but on some (older) systems needs to be: setup /p i disable the plug and play (ACPI) bios, otherwise it will be highly unstable. using the /p i switch forces the old APM BIOS which can be more stable on older systems (not always). With this and other tweaks I've had 98SE running for two years pretty stable without needing a reinstall.