Don't know about more stable, but it does allow windows to more fully
utilize the hardware's capabilities.
Even in the later 9x series, the Hal file could be different from one
machine to another, and, unless it was the basic version, might not work on
another hardware configuration.
Stability might be improved when the win hardware drivers more closely match
such things as processors and MBD chipsets.
Emulation modes are seldom as good as native modes. Also, even with Win 7,
it can be adviseable to load OEM MBD drivers, rather than the drivers
delivered with Win 7.


"J. P. Gilliver (John)" wrote in message
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In message , Bruce Chambers
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style foundation. It just isn't going to fit.) WinXP, like Win2K before
it, is not nearly as "promiscuous" as Win9x when it comes to accepting any
old hardware configuration you throw at it. On installation it "tailors"
itself to the specific hardware found. This is one of the reasons that
the entire WinNT/2K/XP OS family is so much more stable than the Win9x
group.
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Why exactly does that make it more stable? (I'm not saying it doesn't, I
just don't see why.)
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