Windows 7 Reintroduces Remote BSoD

David Gerard writes "Remember the good old days of the 1990s, when you could teardrop attack any Windows user who'd annoyed you and bluescreen them? Microsoft reintroduces this popular feature in Windows 7, courtesy the rewritten TCP/IP and SMB2 stacks. Well done, guys! Another one for the Windows 7 Drinking Game."

Comments

Re:I knew Windows 7 was too good to be true

[Anonymous Codger]

Shouldn't be modded Flamebait, humorless moderator.

It may be apocryphal, but I have read that Islamic makers of elaborate rugs always include a flaw somewhere in the design. Supposedly, attempting to create something perfect would be an affront to Allah, who is the only being who is perfect and who can create perfection. Maybe Balmer comes from a long line of Persian rug merchants.

Re:Not consistent

[jedidiah]

So... the native file sharing protocol for Windows is FIREWALLED by default?

That's sure going to be a boon for usability.

Re:"RE"-introducing?

[Bigjeff5]

I think the point is that Vista has been around for a couple of years now, and it's obviously not the "OMGWTFBBQ" issue some anti-Microsoft folks think it is. If it were, there would have been a big stink about all the remote BSODs in Vista.

All I hear are crickets, so perhaps the way Vista and 7 handle this is different than the way 2000 did? Perhaps in a way that makes them less likely to crash? Maybe? Possibly?

Not to say it isn't an issue, it most definitely is, but it's obviously not the big issue people are trying to make it out to be.