How to get the blue screen?

[Verbeck]

What is the easiest way to get a blue screen crash in vista? (On purpose , on my own system)

[Spice Weasel]

If you want pure dangerous, install a PCI device and yank it out while the PC is turned on.

Kids, don't try this at home.

Otherwise, use IE, no antivirus and watch some porn.

[pwnst*r]

http://www.hacktrix.com/get-windows-xp-and-windows-vista-to-give-you-a-blue-screen-of-death-on-demand

[Legendary_Bibo]

I was curious as to what a Windows7 BSOD looked like, and I'm wondering why it is that MS hasn't tried to make it look nicer in all these years. Kind of like what Mac does when it has a kernel panic. Most Windows users don't even use that debugging info.

[mamamia88]

use windows long enough. honestly i've only had around 3 bsods in the history of using windows. never had one before vista though

[blur xc]

If you have a dell laptop with their docking station- try to undock it while it's turned on, safely, by using the undock start menu option.

Granted- my bsod was in xp, but I don't see why it wouldn't work in vista. Would be fun to try out.

BM

[grahammechanical]

I think that the blue colour is shown when the monitor is not getting a signal. It applies to Cathode Ray Tube monitors (I think). Perhaps modern LCD monitors have a Black Screen of Death. But I will not argue with you about any of this.

regards

[Cam42]

I think that the blue colour is shown when the monitor is not getting a signal. It applies to Cathode Ray Tube monitors (I think). Perhaps modern LCD monitors have a Black Screen of Death. But I will not argue with you about any of this.

regards

No. Blue screen of death is a windows error. Similar to a kernal panic.

[Frogs Hair]

I've never had BSOD , on 98 , XP , or W7 but Microsoft claims it is caused by hardware drivers and has nothing to do with their operating systems. ;)

[MasterNetra]

http://www.hacktrix.com/get-windows-xp-and-windows-vista-to-give-you-a-blue-screen-of-death-on-demand

+1

Safest method too.

[dragos240]

Try a fork bomb or two.

[Random_Dude]

use windows long enough. honestly i've only had around 3 bsods in the history of using windows. never had one before vista though

Really? Wow...

I've had a few, and some on Windows 7 too.

@OP:
If you mind my curiosity, why would you want such a thing?

[CJ Master]

use windows long enough. honestly i've only had around 3 bsods in the history of using windows. never had one before vista though

I've never had a BSOD past '95. The funny thing is, I notice the only people that seem to get BSOD's are people I know pirate software. ;)

[pwnst*r]

I've never had a BSOD past '95. The funny thing is, I notice the only people that seem to get BSOD's are people I know pirate software. ;)

I had one back on XP, but it was after I installed a graphics card to test how well it worked. That was that.

[mamamia88]

the few i've had in windows 7 probably have to do with the fact that i'm using vista drivers since hp doesn't provide 7 drivers for my laptop. i've since decided that windows wasn't worth dualbooting for so i've moved to virtualbox and since i don't have any drivers to install i don't expect any bsods

[CharlesA]

The last BSOD I had was due to crappy video drivers (thanks ATI/Diamond!)

Before that, it was due to overheating (needed to replace the CPU heatsink)

[LinuxFox]

On my computer, just leave it alone doing nothing, and it shows up. Though that's only on my computer.

Also, if I try to run Unreal Tournament in OpenGL mode on Vista, it appears as well. For some reason, my Vista partition hates OpenGL games. :P

[Rasa1111]

only had BSOD once, on an XP machine.
could not recover from it no matter what. lol

stuck an Ubuntu disc in,
rebooted, erased hdd and replaced with Ubuntu.
PC never ran better. lol

[Austin25]

I think I got some back in Windows 98, although maybe it wasn't the real BSOD; it was caused by a scratched disk. (For the record, I was somewhere around 10 years old.)

[blueturtl]

One way to do it is to install drivers intended for an older version of Windows and then plug said device in. I did this with a USB device once because there were no Vista drivers available and I was hopeful. Bang BSOD. Not really surprising though.

[Verbeck]

http://www.hacktrix.com/get-windows-xp-and-windows-vista-to-give-you-a-blue-screen-of-death-on-demand
it worked! thanx O:)

[Random_Dude]

http://www.pinoytux.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/foxtrot-linux-and-windows.gif

[nerdopolis]

Kill the wininit process. I only have like probably 24 hours worth of anything >= NT 6.0 experience total, and I accidentally found that out.

I saw wininit running in the task manager, and I wanted to know what it did so I tried to find out the geeky way by killing it. Killing wininit.exe gave me a bluescreen (It was on one of those Microsoft Virtual Labs too)

I think killing csrss.exe, and winlogon.exe should cause a blue screen as well...

[Dustin2128]

I was curious as to what a Windows7 BSOD looked like, and I'm wondering why it is that MS hasn't tried to make it look nicer in all these years. Kind of like what Mac does when it has a kernel panic. Most Windows users don't even use that debugging info.
Microsoft Announces New, Configurable Blue Screen of Death!

In a surprise announcement today, Microsoft President Steve Ballmer revealed that the Redmond-based company will allow computer resellers and end-users to customize the appearance of the Blue Screen of Death (BSOD), the screen that displays when the Windows operating system crashes. The move comes as the result of numerous focus groups and customer surveys done by Microsoft. Thousands of Microsoft customers were asked, "What do you spend the most time doing on your computer?"
A surprising number of respondents said, "Staring at a Blue Screen of Death." At 54 percent, it was the top answer, beating the second place answer "Downloading XXXScans" by an easy 12 points.
"We immediately recognized this as a great opportunity for ourselves, our channel partners, and especially our customers," explained the excited Ballmer to a room full of reporters.
Immense video displays were used to show images of the new customizable BSOD screen side-by-side with the older static version. Users can select from a collection of "BSOD Themes," allowing them to instead have a Mauve Screen of Death or even a Paisley Screen of Death. Graphics and multimedia content can now be incorporated into the screen, making the BSOD the perfect conduit for delivering product information and entertainment to Windows users.
The BSOD is by far the most recognized feature of the Windows operating system, and as a result, Microsoft has historically insisted on total control over its look and feel. This recent
departure from that policy reflects Microsoft's recognition of the Windows desktop itself as the "ultimate information portal." By default, the new BSOD will be configured to show a random selection of Microsoft product information whenever the system crashes. Microsoft channel partners can negotiate with Microsoft for the right to customize the BSOD on systems they ship.
Major computer resellers such as Compaq, Gateway, and Dell are already lining up for premier placement on the new and improved BSOD.
Ballmer concluded by getting a dig in against the Open Source community. "This just goes to show that Microsoft continues to innovate at a much faster pace than open source. I have yet to see any evidence that GNU/Linux even has a BSOD, let alone a customizable one."

[Legendary_Bibo]

Microsoft Announces New, Configurable Blue Screen of Death!

In a surprise announcement today, Microsoft President Steve Ballmer revealed that the Redmond-based company will allow computer resellers and end-users to customize the appearance of the Blue Screen of Death (BSOD), the screen that displays when the Windows operating system crashes. The move comes as the result of numerous focus groups and customer surveys done by Microsoft. Thousands of Microsoft customers were asked, "What do you spend the most time doing on your computer?"
A surprising number of respondents said, "Staring at a Blue Screen of Death." At 54 percent, it was the top answer, beating the second place answer "Downloading XXXScans" by an easy 12 points.
"We immediately recognized this as a great opportunity for ourselves, our channel partners, and especially our customers," explained the excited Ballmer to a room full of reporters.
Immense video displays were used to show images of the new customizable BSOD screen side-by-side with the older static version. Users can select from a collection of "BSOD Themes," allowing them to instead have a Mauve Screen of Death or even a Paisley Screen of Death. Graphics and multimedia content can now be incorporated into the screen, making the BSOD the perfect conduit for delivering product information and entertainment to Windows users.
The BSOD is by far the most recognized feature of the Windows operating system, and as a result, Microsoft has historically insisted on total control over its look and feel. This recent
departure from that policy reflects Microsoft's recognition of the Windows desktop itself as the "ultimate information portal." By default, the new BSOD will be configured to show a random selection of Microsoft product information whenever the system crashes. Microsoft channel partners can negotiate with Microsoft for the right to customize the BSOD on systems they ship.
Major computer resellers such as Compaq, Gateway, and Dell are already lining up for premier placement on the new and improved BSOD.
Ballmer concluded by getting a dig in against the Open Source community. "This just goes to show that Microsoft continues to innovate at a much faster pace than open source. I have yet to see any evidence that GNU/Linux even has a BSOD, let alone a customizable one."

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