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Microsoft will fix obscure Windows 98 bug

What are the chances of this happening? You use Windows 98 and you leave your computer on for fifty straight days without rebooting. And then it crashes. Well, it might be because of an obscure little bug that causes a Windows 98 system to crash if left on for 49.7 consecutive days. But this is what can only be called a hypothetical situation: I don't think there's anyone on the planet that can reproduce this, but fear not, it's going to get fixed in the upcoming Windows 98 OSR release and via the Windows Update Web site

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