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Next version of Windows to have customizable "BSOD"
Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2004 1:48 pm
by Top Wop
Source
I believe that this will be a great step forward in the development of Windows! Read on.
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 Linux even has a BSOD, let alone a customizable one."
Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2004 1:51 pm
by Sage
My god. Hahahaha now that's funny.
I want a Descent Screen of Death!
Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2004 2:07 pm
by MD-2389
Pity its a joke...
Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2004 4:15 pm
by suicide eddie
here you go for win95/98/me/nt
http://www.toastytech.com/news/bsod.html
for w2k/xp you make a new key command in the registry, only 16 colours for these thought.
Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2004 4:22 pm
by AceCombat
Toasty Tech.com wrote:Unfortunately this program has no effect on Windows NT 3.x, 4, 2000, or XP.
ehhhh......you sure it works in 2k/Xp/NT
Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2004 4:34 pm
by Sergeant Thorne
Would you really want your company associated with the blue screen of death?
Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2004 4:45 pm
by Nitrofox125
"Need Tech Support? Call 1-800-MICROSOFT-SUCKS and we'll fix the problem for you!"
That's I bet where companies would make $$$$$$$$ on BSOD.
Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2004 5:09 pm
by Beowulf
How bout a BSOD with an XXXscan in it?
Posted: Wed Sep 29, 2004 12:06 am
by Iceman
MD-2389 wrote:Pity its a joke...
I thought it was serious ...
Posted: Wed Sep 29, 2004 12:13 am
by roid
like eddie said.
i used to have a pink BSOD (PSOD?), no kidding.
Posted: Wed Sep 29, 2004 5:59 am
by Sirius
It's also five years old, from the URL... O.o
Posted: Wed Sep 29, 2004 12:52 pm
by Avder
Wahahahahaha
Posted: Wed Sep 29, 2004 1:47 pm
by Top Wop
To all those who thought this was for real:
Hah hah to you! You fell for my trick! Wasn't that "source" link convincing? I wanted to hide the fact that its from a funny website and make it appear like a real article (unless you read the whole thing instead of skimming, in which case you would have figured it out!)
Whos da man?
Posted: Wed Sep 29, 2004 2:24 pm
by MD-2389
Funny, I would've thought that
netfunny.com and
jokes/99/Oct/bsod.html would have been a dead give-a-way. Just goes to show how well people actually pay attention when browsing the web.
Posted: Wed Sep 29, 2004 5:20 pm
by AceCombat
i saw the joke one, but i had to check Eddie on his comment of XP/2k/NT Compatability with his link
Posted: Wed Sep 29, 2004 6:26 pm
by Krom
I thought it was mildly amusing.
Posted: Wed Sep 29, 2004 10:38 pm
by Iceman
I think its a good idea.
Posted: Thu Sep 30, 2004 5:10 am
by Sirius
I actually expected the source to be bbspot after reading a couple of paragraphs, but apparently not.
Posted: Thu Sep 30, 2004 8:29 am
by Darkside Heartless
I'd like to see a second instalation of windoze installed as the BSOD.
Auto re-boot
Posted: Thu Sep 30, 2004 1:56 pm
by Top Wop
MD-2389 wrote:Funny, I would've thought that
netfunny.com and
jokes/99/Oct/bsod.html would have been a dead give-a-way. Just goes to show how well people actually pay attention when browsing the web.
Mayby you, but a few people did'nt.
And you know who you are.