AAAACCCCHHHH! The BLUE SCREEN OF DEATH!!..........
Posted on 12/01/2009 10:31:15 AM PST by FromLori
Microsoft has confirmed that it is investigating a problem described as the "black screen of death", which affects its latest operating system.
The error means that users of Windows 7 see a totally black screen after logging on to the system.
The firm said it was looking into reports that suggest its latest security update, issued on 10 November, was the cause the problem.
Reports suggest the flaw also affects Vista, XP and other systems.
Software firm Prevx, which has issued a fix for the problem, says "millions" of people may be affected. "Users have resorted to reloading Windows as a last ditch effort to fix the problem," the firm's David Kennerley wrote in a blog post.
"We hope we can help a good many of you avoid the need to reload." Unknown problem
(Excerpt) Read more at news.bbc.co.uk ...
AAAACCCCHHHH! The BLUE SCREEN OF DEATH!!..........
Windows NT crashed.
I am the Blue Screen of Death
No one hears your screams.
I have vista but have had no problems but then again I don’t use Windows as my browser maybe thats why.
Black screen? Sounds racist...
Well, at least MS improves on the colors though from blue to black. Maybe Windows 8 will have the red screen of death..
Black is the new blue.
Erg. Seven came on my new computer. Please, God, spare me this—I’ve had SO many other computer problems in the pas several months and I desperately need a functional machine so I can look for work!
I have a collection of those...they are a howl.
Then why wasn't it reported years ago? Something smells fishy. I'm emailing Whitehouse.gov.
Hmmm. Upgraded to Win 7 Ultimate on my Latitude E6400 last week - have downloaded all updates - no problems thus far. In fact I love it, Win 7 is MUCH cleaner than Vista.
“totally black”...
Isn’t that racist???
You know everyone keeps talking about vista which I have came with mine but I have not had any problems however I use google chrome as my browser so you might want to try that.
They could do a commercial where the screen goes black, and then the Apple guy could have a flashlight.
Most likely malware they installed in the first place.
A patch problem. Iow, take your chances with your video card, RAM shadowing, etc. and see if you get the problem. Since it’s video I suspect a Safe Mode boot + updating/changing the video driver would resolve it.
Most likely there will be a big uproar since even losing money is racist now.
They should at least sell ad’s on the blue screen of death. it could be quite a revenue stream
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