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Microsoft Investigates Windows 7 "Black Screen of Death"
duguk writes "Microsoft has confirmed that it is investigating a problem described as the 'black screen of death,' which affects Windows 7 — and reports suggest it affects Vista and XP, too. The firm said it was looking into reports that suggest its latest security update, released on Tuesday 25 November, caused the problem. The error means that users of Windows 7 and earlier operating systems see a totally black screen after logging on to the system." Update: 12/01 22:35 GMT by KD : Microsoft now says that its November Windows updates are not causing the BlackSOD: "The company has found those reports to be inaccurate and our comprehensive investigation has shown that none of the recently released updates are related to the behavior described in the reports."
Turns out it was just affecting a bunch of old people who kept forgetting to turn their monitors on.
I AM A SEXY SHOELESS GOD OF WAR!!!
I guess they don't have to change the acronym then. Saves on Apple and Microsoft's marketing budgets next year! First Post!
i was getting tired of the blue screen
"You can have any screen of death color you want, as long as it's black"
Table-ized A.I.
What the hell do you do with an unpatched box from 2003?
Play Solitaire?
The headline should read "Microsoft finds way to make an Operating System 100% secure".
Once the Black (screen of) Death Security Pack is installed, the computer locks up after login, meaning the user will not be able to surf to dangerous pages, will not be the victim of even the most clever social engineering hacks, and best of all won't see any spam any more, ever.
Users protected by the BsoDSP can feel free to emerge from their basements and experience RealWorld 1.0. It's like a MMORPG, but with real sex.
"This post contains words, known to the State of California to cause thought. Wash brain thoroughly after reading."
After hundreds of hours of diagnostics I realized that my eyes were closed.
Of course your machine stays up, you have the administrators of at least 3 different botnets making sure of it!
They need to link it to the color picker. Black and Blue really kind of kick you when you're down. Adding bright friendly colors would help soften the experience. If possible adding a splash screen would be nice. "You're Fucked" in big friendly letters would be more helpful than blue or black.
Securing windows is like pushing water uphill with a sharp stick.
So, if I follow what you're saying, securing windows is much easier when it freezes?
Heh, you couldn't be more wrong if you stood on your head & farted to the tune of "When Johnny comes marching home again"
If I had an Ass, I'd call it Fanny Bottom, then I could slap my Ass; Fanny Bottom, on the Arse.
I can't wait to get the red screen of life !
Heh, you couldn't be more wrong if you stood on your head & farted to the tune of "When Johnny comes marching home again"
Hey, don't knock it. That's how I welcomed my family on Thanksgiving.
I removed an expired copy of Kaspersky AV from a Vista laptop yesterday, did a wndows-update and installed free AVG. On rebooting it black-screened.
in that instance another forced reboot brought the system back as normal - I have no explanation
You could have pressed ctrl+alt+f1, login and read ~/.xsession-errors to see what happened. Oh ... wait!
"Couldn't use the card reader after that though"
Have you tried plugging it in?
Lookeee here, guys! Someone who claims to be a senior IT security "technician" who has never heard of defense in depth!
He even thinks server-side virus-scan can catch as much malware as the client-side stuff does. Guess he's never heard of behavior-based virus detection, either? And his grand security architecture posture is simply "don't use much of the internet." There's sophistication for you.
But then, he's extrapolated his advice based on a single poorly-measured datapoint. Who are we to question him?
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