Tag: BLUESCREENOFDEATH

Here's hoping you're still full of BP outrage: Maybe 50 million barrels of crude destroying the ecosystem and the lives of Gulf locals hasn't been enough or the backfired PR photoshoppery and the revelation that the company had known the blowout prevention system was leaking don't sufficiently rouse your ire. Perhaps, then, you'll be moved to know that the emergency alarm system on the Deepwater ...

Share Microsoft has had more than its fair share of problems with Windows updates. All too often, tiny updates and bug fixes result in unintended consequences of near catastrophic proportions. The latest "fix" is bad -- so bad, in fact, it'll make you long for the days when all that Windows updates did was quietly disable your anti-virus software. It seems that one Windows XP update, which ...

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has endured public criticism, and even public attacks (albeit with groceries), but an aspiring portrait artist has decided to honor the beleaguered executive with a mosaic. The only drawback is that the portrait is composed entirely of images that feature the dreaded Blue-Screen-of-Death (BSOD). For non-Windows users, the BSOD refers to the screen which appears on a ...

Update: It appears that we've been had. According to Microsoft, the Black-Screen-of-Death is in no way related to recent patches released. The flaw apparently originates from within the registry and is likely caused by malware. Prevx, the security firm that originally reported the problem, has now begun furiously back-pedaling, and admitted that it did not contact Microsoft before publishing its ...

If you've ever run Windows on a PC then you've certainly encountered the so-called Blue Screen of Death (BSoD), which is pictured above. For Mac fans, this Windows warning is a target of ridicule. For Linux fans, it's proof of their open source operating system's superiority. But for Windows devotees, the BSoD is a source of embarrassment and frustration. Just take a look at the marquee outside ...