AnIgnorantPerson
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I have been using Win 7 Pro for my home server since I like Win 7 Pro the most but it is so unstable and constantly freezes and I have to reinstall from scratch or reload from an acronis save. Recently, explorer appears to crash. I can't click on anything and all keys are unresponsive and it disappears from network but I still can move the mouse around. It will never completely freeze or crash so I can't get a dump log to see what is crashing. This happens within minutes of starting.
It is completely stable in safe mode with networking though.
I loaded an acronis save from a month ago when it was stable and it runs fine for days from that image. Since that version was stable I ran windows update and bam! It starts the same thing above all over again.
1. What is crashing and why?
2. I have endless stability issues with Win7 Pro which sucks so what OS should I switch to?
I have:
Win 7 Pro
Win8/10 Pro
2-3 different versions of Windows Server. I know I have 2008 R2 and the version after that.
I tried to install Windows Server once but stopped midway through because I was totally lost. It asked me if I wanted to install like 50 different things and most I have never heard of before so I had no idea what I needed so I didn't use it last time.
If I should install Win Server....is there a reasonable guide on what I need so I don't spend 4 days learning how to install it?
Any advice would be very much appreciated.
My server and usage:
It is an Intel Xeon with an LSI HBA IIRC.
I use it for Plex/Snapraid/Acronis at the moment and will probably do other nic-nacs down the road.
I would also like to maintain using Windows obviously.
EDIT:
It is completely stable in safe mode with networking though.
I loaded an acronis save from a month ago when it was stable and it runs fine for days from that image. Since that version was stable I ran windows update and bam! It starts the same thing above all over again.
1. What is crashing and why?
2. I have endless stability issues with Win7 Pro which sucks so what OS should I switch to?
I have:
Win 7 Pro
Win8/10 Pro
2-3 different versions of Windows Server. I know I have 2008 R2 and the version after that.
I tried to install Windows Server once but stopped midway through because I was totally lost. It asked me if I wanted to install like 50 different things and most I have never heard of before so I had no idea what I needed so I didn't use it last time.
If I should install Win Server....is there a reasonable guide on what I need so I don't spend 4 days learning how to install it?
Any advice would be very much appreciated.
My server and usage:
It is an Intel Xeon with an LSI HBA IIRC.
I use it for Plex/Snapraid/Acronis at the moment and will probably do other nic-nacs down the road.
I would also like to maintain using Windows obviously.
EDIT:
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