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Shino
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PostPosted: Wed May 11, 2005 10:44 am    Post subject: Windows ~RED~ screen of death??

That's right, Longhorn will have a new Red screen of death that will appearently display a more serious error than the normal Blue Screen would.

http://news.com.com/2061-10805_3-5703006.html?part=rss&tag=5703006&subj=news

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May 11, 2005, 6:22 AM PDT
Red screen of death?

Microsoft has come up with a unique solution to the legendary 'blue screen of death' in the next version of its Windows operating system. With the release of Longhorn, the Redmond behemoth has added a red screen to face users when their system crashes.

According to Microsoft techie and blogger Michael Kaplan, who has been experimenting with a Longhorn beta, as well as being confronted with the blue screen of death, now users will also see red.

The red screen of death appears to be the bigger, badder cousin to the traditional blue screen and is designed to let users know that a more serious error has occurred, Kaplan said.

It's unlikely that the problem will affect many users of the next generation operating system. Kaplin, Microsoft's technical lead for globalisation infrastructure, fonts and tools, said that he had only achieved the red screen of death by making a "small set-up change" and altering the registry.

This "somewhat destructive act", said Kaplin, provoked a red screen of death after he rebooted Longhorn's virtual image, where previous versions of Windows returned a black screen with a different error message following the same treatment.

"I am not sure I would class the change as an improvement," Kaplin said.

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PostPosted: Wed May 11, 2005 11:13 pm    Post subject:

There's a shitload of flaws in their thinking:

FIRST: All Microsoft Windows errors are serious, no matter their form.
SECOND: The proper term is Red Seizure of Death. The last thing I want to see when it's midnight and dimmed lights, watching a black mIRC on a black wallpaper, is for the screen to FLASH RED!
THIRD: MS should work on fixing problems instead of categorizing them by color. Be useful suckers and fix the thing that makes my SVChost crash on startup.
FOURTH: I have a tendency to format my computer before I even think of touching the realms of what would qualify as a red screen.

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PostPosted: Thu May 12, 2005 8:24 am    Post subject:

Shurikane wrote:
Be useful suckers and fix the thing that makes my SVChost crash on startup.


How about making it so Windows can use ONE instance of SVChost instead of the 6 instances that are running right now on my laptop.

My process list doens't need to be crowded with the same process over and over!

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PostPosted: Thu May 12, 2005 9:36 am    Post subject:

You too?! JESUS! Rolling Eyes What's that thing for anyway!

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PostPosted: Thu May 12, 2005 9:52 am    Post subject:

Description:
svchost.exe is a system process belonging to the Microsoft Windows Operating System which handles processes executed from DLLs. This program is important for the stable and secure running of your computer and should not be terminated. Note: svchost.exe is a process which is registered as the W32.Welchia.Worm. It takes advantage of the Windows LSASS vulnerability, which creates a buffer overflow and instigates your computer to shut down. To see more information about this vulnerability please look at the following Microsoft bulletin: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms04-011.mspx This is a registered security risk and should be removed immediately. Please see additional details regarding this process

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PostPosted: Thu Jun 02, 2005 1:15 am    Post subject:

I remember when I changed the color of the screen of death to red(then black). That was into total customization. Now I just use it until I have problems then upgrade the HD and reload.

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PostPosted: Thu Jun 02, 2005 9:23 pm    Post subject:

Shino wrote:
Description:
svchost.exe is a system process belonging to the Microsoft Windows Operating System which handles processes executed from DLLs. This program is important for the stable and secure running of your computer and should not be terminated. Note: svchost.exe is a process which is registered as the W32.Welchia.Worm. It takes advantage of the Windows LSASS vulnerability, which creates a buffer overflow and instigates your computer to shut down. To see more information about this vulnerability please look at the following Microsoft bulletin: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms04-011.mspx This is a registered security risk and should be removed immediately. Please see additional details regarding this process


OMG Shino you rule!!!

Kiyo and I were trying to figure that out for a while now....

stupid weird named programs

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