hullo ppl.. this is not important, but i got this fwd from a friend...

DO u know about this?
>
> Will Windows work continuously for more than 49.7
days?
>
> Here is a bit of information, which may surprise you
all. Windows
> crashes automatically if you don't switch off the
machine
> for 49.7 Days. Microsoft accepts this. Do you know
why? If not read this.
>
> In Windows the Virtual Machine Manager (here after
referred as VMM) is
> responsible for creation, execution, monitoring and
termination
> of virtual machines. This VMM, which is a 32 bit,
protected mode
> operating system entity, provides a number of system
services at
> chip level. One of these services is
"Get_System_Time". This
> particular service loads the EAX register with the
time in
> milliseconds since Windows started on that machine.
This service is
> accurate to 1 ms. EAX is a 32 bit register in Intel
386 Processor
> onwards.
>
> So the maximum number of milliseconds it can hold is
> (232)-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 Timeout of
various
> services they provide. So after 49.7 days the
drivers cannot use the
> get_System_Time function of VMM and they crash
taking the OS along
> with.
>


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