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[gsrdemon]

One of my friend has sent me this info

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Windows crashes automatically if you don't switch off the machine for
49.7 days.This is accepted by Microsoft.

Do you know why?

In windows the Virtual Machine Manager(VMM) is responsible for
creation, execution, monitoring and termination of virtual machines. This VMM is a
32 bit protected mode operating system, provides a number of system
service at chip level of programming.

One of these services is "Get_System_Time". This particular service
loads the EAX register with the time in milliseconds since Windows
started.This service is accurate to 1ms.

EAX is a 32 bit register. So the maximum number of milliseconds it can
hold is:

(2^32) - 1 = 4294967295 milliseconds
= 4294967.295 seconds
= 71582.79 minutes
= 1193 hours
= 49.7 days

So after 49.7 days the EAX resets to zero.Most of the Drivers use this
Time Service to keep track of the time out of various services they
provide. So after 49.7 days the drives cannot use the Get_System_Time
funtion of VMM and they crash.

"SO DO NOT KEEP YOUR MACHINE ON FOR MORE THAN 49.7 DAYS. IT WILL NOT
ONLY CRASH BUT MAKE A BIG HOLE IN THE POCKET(THE ELECTRIICTY BILL)"
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Information source

[tinkupuri]

thanks for informative post....

nice i like the way of copy and past....(Jokin)

[Bourne]

Thanks for the info

[Integrated System]

DO NOT KEEP YOUR MACHINE ON FOR MORE THAN 49.7 DAYS

I restart my computer after every 5 or 6 hours

[Siraka_Serion_Semi]

Interesting fact

[elositocandela]

lol i only had keep my computer one for 8 hours maximum

[cmkumar2k]

O ho...... mmmm.... thanks for the information dude.

[gsrdemon]

how are the win servers running for months & years continuously without a failure ?

[Bourne]

how are the win servers running for months & years continuously without a failure ?

Maybe there made to run for longer periods of time

Or you can just use Linux, Unix or a Mac

[gsrdemon]

how are the win servers running for months & years continuously without a failure ?

Maybe there made to run for longer periods of time

Or you can just use Linux, Unix or a Mac

bourne.. I need a clarification
Does anyone know why??????

[AppleXY]

i'm running a mac, (under UNIX), UNIX is an advanced operating system like LINUX as you hav might have heard, they can run a long long time w/o crashing! Thats I use a mac!

[Flash848]

how are the win servers running for months & years continuously without a failure ?

May be they do a reboot after every month

[gsrdemon]

May be they do a reboot after every month

May be.... !

[ReynoldsM]

To avoid this automatic shutdown, technicians are required to restart the system manually every 30 day.
More on Bink's website

Read it on Cnet also:
Windows may crash after 49.7 days
Readers react to 49.7-day Windows glitch

[Liquid Snake]

Thanks for the information. I didn't know about it

[r22pl]

Yeah thanks, i didnt know either

[ubergeek]

does this apply if i hibernate? the computer is powered off, but all memory is saved and restored when the computer is powered back on again. so when i cumulatively have had the computer on (and when off, hibernating) for 49.7 days, will it still crash?

[Sushee XP]

does this apply if i hibernate?

I regularly use the hibernate feature, didn't think about it

[Flightlessfalcon_no_limits]

WoW that's interesting, shows how crap windows is compared to other OS's

[Aqua Structure]

I highly doubt that I would be leaving my computer on for 49.7 days anyway... I generally restart at least once every two days.