Best way to avoid Windows crashes: Quit using your personal computer

For some time, I’ve been telling people that my Microsoft Windows computer crashes about 10 times a day. Well, one afternoon recently, while waiting for my computer to reboot, I wondered if that was really correct.

It certainly seems to crash a lot, especially if I’m working a long day. I decided to keep a record and see. That was at 4:02 last Monday afternoon.

Monday, 4:25 p.m.: Computer crashed. I rebooted and went back to work. My records show that the computer didn’t crash again until 11:41, later that evening. Not bad. Of course, I wasn’t using my computer between…