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Remember that old BSOD screensaver from back in the day? TIL it's actually published by Microsoft

https://lemmy.fmhy.ml/post/959672

Remember that old BSOD screensaver from back in the day? TIL it's actually published by Microsoft - FMHY

I remember installing this or a similar one on a friend’s laptop, just setting it as the screen saver for later chaos. Must have been around Vista era.

Jul 13, 2023 at 9:01pmWeb
Show threadPawsJul 13, 2023

That brings back memories!

Mark Russinovich has released some awesome Sysinternals tools, as well as hobby projects like this. I still use some of his Sysinternals tools to this day.

It is also common for Microsoft to post errata online. They’ve done this for many years if I recall correctly.

Show threadGgtfmhyJul 14, 2023
The weird part for me isn’t that the corrections are online. It’s that the whole book isn’t a searchable help page with all the errata patched away.
Show threadRaphaelJul 13, 2023
So iconic, you can’t think of Windows without remembering bugs and crashes!
Show threadblakeJul 13, 2023
All of those Sysinternals projects are absolute must haves if you want to add much more power-user functionality into Windows for easy troubleshooting.
Show threadGgtfmhyJul 14, 2023

I actually found this because I was following a guide that needed Process Explorer to find out which damn program was catching my controller before DS4Windows was.

It was Firefox, specifically the Stable Diffusion WebUI for some reason.

Show threaddeegeeseJul 13, 2023
Pretty sure they were copying the earlier Xscreensaver module. I was using an ironic BSOD screensaver on Irix in the late 90’s.
Show threaddackJul 14, 2023
Also, sysinternals wasn’t owned by Microsoft originally.
Show threadxylogxJul 14, 2023
One if my coworkers installed this on his computer one morning before I got into the office. When I arrived I saw it in a boot loop, so I helpfully put in a network boot floppy and re-imaged the hard drive. Good times.