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01:39 AM
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You say that a work order (Even one created through someone in another country) can take weeks to materialize. Say, how many weeks have passed since Vista came out?
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"The Blue Screen of Death (also known as a stop error, BSoD, bluescreen, or Blue Screen of Doom) is a colloquialism used for the error screen displayed by some operating systems, most notably Microsoft Windows, after encountering a critical system error that can cause the system to shut down to prevent irreversible damage to the system's integrity. It serves to present information for diagnostic purposes that was collected as the operating system issued a bug check."
Enlighten yourself:
[en.wikipedia.org]
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I've gotten a few rare BSOD's on my multiple display Vista box, and I only recall seeing the BSOD on the primary monitor. My XP multiple display system only shows the BSOD on one monitor.
Is one one his co-workers pranking him with a Bluescreen Screensaver? [lifehacker.com]
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Good luck guy.
*grimace*
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That said, I'm amazed that this sort of thing was allowed to happen in the first place. I did some work with a government contractor back in 2005 during their migration to Windows XP. "But wait," you say, "XP was released in 2001!" Yes, it was, they spent FOUR YEARS doing compatibility testing to make sure that A) Sh*t like this wouldn't happen, and B) All of their specialized and in-house deved apps would work properly.
These machines should have been tested for stability, including driver load, before they ever even thought about deploying them. The fact that whoever's supplying these machines to the USAF (I'm guessing Dell or HP) isn't even doing the sort of basic testing on these machines set for Military service that I do on ones destined to sit on a store counter is disgraceful.
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The balance of freedom is at stake when he decides whether or not to save the latest changes.
Very scary.
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Jet Pilot "Rodger that"
*BSOD Occurs*
Central Control: "Go into.....uhh"
Pilot He is gaining on me, I need coordinates, stat!"
Central Control: Umm... *punches digits into calculator while rolling dice DOD style"
Central Control: "Here you go, (9,5)
Pilot: "Ok, thanks"
KABOOM!!
*Plane blows up due to the coordinates being his own plane
Afterthought:
"Should've upgraded our systems to windows 7".
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But yet, the drivers are still causing BSODs somehow. Yes, ATI wrote the drivers, but they wrote them to Microsoft's (very late to be finalized) specs that said things would be better. And they weren't. So both companies share blame here.
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Bottom line: Microsoft gets a TON of blame when there is a fault, often the blame should be on the hardware manufacturer, or the writer of a piece of software. Shoddy hardware and drivers is a HUGE problem with base model PCs.
But I kinda like your rules. My C6280 All-in-one does not work properly in Snow Leopard, worked fine in Leopard - DAMN YOU APPLE!