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All Things Microsoft => Microsoft Software => Topic started by: Xeen on 3 July 2004, 02:07

Title: More BSODs
Post by: Xeen on 3 July 2004, 02:07
Today I went to the gym where I work out a few times a week. On the treadmills there they have attached computer-television screens so that you can watch tv while working out. I turned it on to some channel, started running. Less than 5 minutes later suddenly the video freezes and a BSOD comes up.   (http://graemlins/fu.gif)  

Not sure which OS those computers use.
Title: More BSODs
Post by: solarismka on 3 July 2004, 03:33
quote:
Originally posted by xeen:
Today I went to the gym where I work out a few times a week. On the treadmills there they have attached computer-television screens so that you can watch tv while working out. I turned it on to some channel, started running. Less than 5 minutes later suddenly the video freezes and a BSOD comes up.    (http://graemlins/fu.gif)    

Not sure which OS those computers use.


Most likly XP media edition.  I've seen quite a few of them do what you described.

Hehe I thought M$ will bring BSOD to the entertainment world, i'd just didn't know that litteraly!

  :D
Title: More BSODs
Post by: WMD on 3 July 2004, 07:04
*points down* You don't have a pic, do you?  ;)

It's easy to tell what BSOD goes with each OS.  The only hard ones are 95/98 'cause they're the same.  NT4 is the long one with the filenames and hex codes, 2k is the really short one beginning with "STOP:" and XP has a "consumer friendly" one that says something like "An error has occured and Windows needs to shut down to prevent damage to your  computer."
Title: More BSODs
Post by: mobrien_12 on 3 July 2004, 14:22
quote:
Originally posted by WMD:
and XP has a "consumer friendly" one that says something like "An error has occured and Windows needs to shut down to prevent damage to your  computer."


Seriously, that's what it says?
Title: More BSODs
Post by: Commander on 3 July 2004, 21:16
yup.. or something very close to it.
Title: More BSODs
Post by: WMD on 3 July 2004, 21:47
Just checked my archive:
 
quote:
A problem has been detected and Windows has been shut down to prevent damage to your computer.


That's exactly what it says, followed by the error code and some "hints" (like checking your drivers out).
Title: More BSODs
Post by: Refalm on 3 July 2004, 23:32
The reason that you won't see BSOD's on Windows XP that often, is that instead of showing a BSOD, they let your computer reboot. You can turn that option off though.
Title: More BSODs
Post by: mobrien_12 on 4 July 2004, 06:09
Oh man that is just..... bogus.

You can't "damage your computer" by having it's buggy operating system crash!
Title: More BSODs
Post by: Orethrius on 6 July 2004, 06:38
quote:
Originally posted by M. O'Brien:
Oh man that is just..... bogus.

You can't "damage your computer" by having it's buggy operating system crash!


Ever hear of a little thing called "preying on the computer illiterate"?  This is just another instance of Microsoft's predatory behavior.  It's all fine and good that they don't want your OS suffering from some half-assed user decision (most likely caused by their own advice and/or patches), but the OS is hardly the computer.
Title: More BSODs
Post by: Talium on 16 August 2004, 05:50
Well I read today that Windows crashes not because it has bugs but because the user doesn't  know how to use it properly  :eek:
Title: More BSODs
Post by: solarismka on 16 August 2004, 06:40
quote:
Originally posted by Talium:
Well I read today that Windows crashes not because it has bugs but because the user doesn't  know how to use it properly   :eek:  


According to M$ and their fanboys its always

theenduserbadhardwaresoftware's fault.

  :rolleyes:
Title: More BSODs
Post by: hm_murdock on 16 August 2004, 08:31
Actually the wording is just bad...

It means that Windows could be damaged by something, so to prevent that, it hits a STOP error.

Same errors that always kill NT.
Title: More BSODs
Post by: Indecisive_Distro_Chooser on 17 August 2004, 06:21
quote:
Originally posted by kn0wn / BOB:

theenduserbadhardwaresoftware's fault.


I have to say that made me rofl.  (http://tongue.gif)