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Offline Clive

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Microsoft found a way to forever eliminate the Blue Screen of Death.
« on: April 25, 2011, 07:42 »
 It will now be the Black Screen of Death.

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Re: Microsoft found a way to forever eliminate the Blue Screen of Death.
« Reply #1 on: April 25, 2011, 09:29 »
It's a pity they're not focussing their attention on preventing any Screen of Death appearing instead of tinkering with colours.  Who are Microsoft employing nowadays - software engineers or graphics designers?
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Re: Microsoft found a way to forever eliminate the Blue Screen of Death.
« Reply #2 on: April 25, 2011, 11:52 »
I thought BSODs had been virtually eliminated with Windows 7.  :dunno:
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Re: Microsoft found a way to forever eliminate the Blue Screen of Death.
« Reply #3 on: April 25, 2011, 13:18 »
Hell no, it's a regular occurrence on Mrs Clive's laptop.  Usually at startup but a reboot usually fixes it. 
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Re: Microsoft found a way to forever eliminate the Blue Screen of Death.
« Reply #4 on: April 25, 2011, 13:30 »
seems strange. I mean, yes, linux/macs crash, but if they do they either properly hang (once in a year from my experience) or they give you a nice useful error message.
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Re: Microsoft found a way to forever eliminate the Blue Screen of Death.
« Reply #5 on: April 25, 2011, 13:46 »
Yes, 'nice useful error messages' don't come into Microsoft's vocabulary.   :laugh:
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Re: Microsoft found a way to forever eliminate the Blue Screen of Death.
« Reply #6 on: April 25, 2011, 15:37 »
Hers does a full memory dump. 
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Re: Microsoft found a way to forever eliminate the Blue Screen of Death.
« Reply #7 on: April 25, 2011, 16:55 »
That's the problem then, Clive, screw the cover down and it can't fall out.  :o:
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Re: Microsoft found a way to forever eliminate the Blue Screen of Death.
« Reply #8 on: April 25, 2011, 21:17 »
I'll have to drill a few holes in it.   :laugh:
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Re: Microsoft found a way to forever eliminate the Blue Screen of Death.
« Reply #9 on: April 26, 2011, 00:49 »
run memtest!
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Re: Microsoft found a way to forever eliminate the Blue Screen of Death.
« Reply #10 on: April 26, 2011, 08:48 »
It does that automatically.   :dunno:
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Re: Microsoft found a way to forever eliminate the Blue Screen of Death.
« Reply #11 on: April 26, 2011, 13:31 »
no.
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Re: Microsoft found a way to forever eliminate the Blue Screen of Death.
« Reply #12 on: April 26, 2011, 14:42 »
If memtest is the same as "Checking physical memory" then that's what it does.  Then it's happy again...  at least for a while.   :D
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Re: Microsoft found a way to forever eliminate the Blue Screen of Death.
« Reply #13 on: April 26, 2011, 14:45 »
well not to worry then...

but its not the same thing - but probably does a similar thing. Memtest probably gives more detailed results.
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Re: Microsoft found a way to forever eliminate the Blue Screen of Death.
« Reply #14 on: April 26, 2011, 16:02 »
Memtest is third party software, isn't it?  Wouldn't have thought it to be bundled in with Windows. 
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