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:O I know, it's probably crazy. But, I got my first ever BSoD.

Now, I know you're going to say it's because I'm running Vista Home Premium 64-Bit. But, it's not :)

And to calm the haters, Vista is much nicer and easier to use that Linux.

But anyways, I got it because I tried to use the RSBot RuneScape as my SCAR client. Wow. That was a rush.

From: TViYH
And to calm the haters, Vista is much nicer and easier to use that Linux.

LIEZ. They both fail.

Win7/Kubuntu all the way :)

Vista is crappp. Win7 is faster than Vista. That should say something :p

Ok, so it's faster…Are there any bugs?

EDIT: Bullzeye, what do you use?

Surprisingly few. No BSoD yet, and it's been compatible with nearly everything I've needed.

True test will come in the next few days when I put CS4 on it.

I have W7 on Laptop Vista on Desktop, W7 is only in testing, i have yet to find any bugs major or minor bugs in it.

Does it have a 64-bit version?

Yup. With Win7, the 64 bit version is the version. A 32 bit version exists, but it is depreciated by microsoft.

So is Win7 alot of money?

Should I wait for my desktop when I buy one to just get win7, or get vista??

I hate microsoft sometimes when they have so many versions of everything…:duh:

Def don't pay for vista. Win7 is currently in Beta, was free from microsoft, but that's over now. You can find it on TPB if you want it.

I would definitely pay money for Win7 though.

You got defenestrated.

From: TViYH
EDIT: Bullzeye, what do you use?

XP

@smartzkid, how is win7's speed compared to XP?

@ejjman, I'm pretty sure MS is giving free upgrades to win7 if you have vista. I'd have to check on that though.

I guess this is now a win7 thread?

I'm running it 64 bit, 5 gigs ram = awesomeness

They stopped giving out the beta? :o

it's pretty cool, only bug I got is my stupid ipod keeps ejecting when syncing :(

I think I'm going to dualboot Win7 with Vista.

Any tips?

I love my Linux….

From: TViYH
I think I'm going to dualboot Win7 with Vista.

Any tips?

Win7 beta only lasts till like august(?), then the activations get canceled or something, not really a tip, just a "look out"

Call me a dummie, but whats a BSoD?

Hmm, nice. I've got 2 BSoD's with Vista just in the time I used it at school (not even many hours total). And no way it's easier to use than for example ubuntu which is a "noob linux", if you're used to windows of haven't even tried any other OSes you think it's easier.. And I've used XP for ages and I recall a total of 1 BSoD.

From: Niixu
Call me a dummie, but whats a BSoD?

Black screen of death

From: Hermpie
Black screen of death

That would be

Blue Screen of Death.

From: Buckleyindahouse
That would be

Blue Screen of Death.

It can be Blue or Black depends on some variables.

From: Hermpie
It can be Blue or Black depends on some variables.

Never heard of a Black Screen of Death, "Fatheadz".

From: Hermpie
It can be Blue or Black depends on some variables.

Result 1

Result 2

Sorry, No such thing as a black screen of death, thats called cutting the power from your computer.

Windows XP displays a black screen with white arrow if lsass.exe is missing or corrupted.

On Windows Vista, some boot errors are shown on a black screen. These generally occur when winload.exe is missing or corrupted.

I can same from my own experience that they mean Blue screen of death.

Congrats with your first BSoD's, that many may follow :-). I truly love my BSoDs, tbh.

From: Smartzkid
Surprisingly few. No BSoD yet, and it's been compatible with nearly everything I've needed.

True test will come in the next few days when I put CS4 on it.

Turn on SCAR code hints on win7 -> Enjoy your BSoD

I got one BSoD, on a 6 year old Windows XP.

i never got a BSoD

O_o

and ive been using windows XP, Vista, and an old ME

I've gotten a few when trying to reformate my computer, I needed sp2 for the hardware in my pc. So I slipstreamed it.

From: Mylesmadness
I've gotten a few when trying to reformate my computer, I needed sp2 for the hardware in my pc. So I slipstreamed it.

Yeah, I only got a BSoD when I was installing XP onto a PC setup to use SATA mode hard drives, and XP doesn't have SATA drivers by default. I just turned off SATA and it worked.

what is a Bsod is it only happen with Vista?

nvm

it = Blue screenOfDeath :D

Play some kids game in fullscreen mode in windows 95, click outside the game area => BSoD (actually my first BSoD('s) ever).

i guess that means hermpie never had a bsod lol. also, it sucks :( i am using on screen keyboard.

I havent gotten a BSOD on my Vista computer but I remember getting it on my 98

From: Hy71194 aka Harry
Turn on SCAR code hints on win7 -> Enjoy your BSoD

…

Well in fact you've got different sorts(correct me if i'm wrong):
you've got Black Screen of Death for the older versions of Windows, Blue Screen of Death for XP(but prob. also for newer versions), and a special Red Screen of Death for Vista. The way i tell it may let it look that Screens of Death are version-based, but in fact they are just based on the error that your system has encountered. The Wikepedia definition:

The Blue Screen of Death (also known as a stop error, BSoD, bluescreen, or Blue Screen of Doom) is a humorous term used for the error screen displayed by some operating systems, most notably Microsoft Windows, after encountering a critical system error which can cause the system to shut down to prevent damage.

But prob. the best way too describe a BSoD is like a Red Ring of Death for the 360.

From: Smartzkid

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Hmm, the guy who told me it does fails then. Or I fail for trusting him.

From: impiwimpi
Well in fact you've got different sorts(correct me if i'm wrong):
you've got Black Screen of Death for the older versions of Windows, Blue Screen of Death for XP(but prob. also for newer versions), and a special Red Screen of Death for Vista. The way i tell it may let it look that Screens of Death are version-based, but in fact they are just based on the error that your system has encountered. The Wikepedia definition:

But prob. the best way too describe a BSoD is like a Red Ring of Death for the 360.

No, a computer can recover from a BSoD. A 360 can't recover from a ring of death. Well when I had it at least, i couldn't.

yeah.. I used windows 7 and with code hints on I got blue screen.. win32k.sys was the problem.. and I got blue screen doing like anything :\

don't think it was my comp..

2.1GHz processor
4GB RAM
nVidia GeForce 8600 gfx card

:\ windows 7 just hates me :p

From: Buckleyindahouse
Result 1

Result 2

Sorry, No such thing as a black screen of death, thats called cutting the power from your computer.

It is actually Black Screen Of Death on Linux. But you must be very lucky to find one…
Kernel Panic is often more fun…

From: Hy71194 aka Harry
Hmm, the guy who told me it does fails then. Or I fail for trusting him.

Nah, you fail for not trying win7 yourself :p

@99_: 32 or 64 bit version?

From: Smartzkid
Nah, you fail for not trying win7 yourself :p

@99_: x32 or x64 version?

x86 or x64* :)

From: TViYH
x86 or x64* :)

umm i got windows 7 x32.

I assume you're meaning 32-bit?

From: NiCbaZ
umm i got windows 7 x86.

Fixt.

Yeah, 32-bit != x32…32-bit = x86, 64-bit = x64.

That might be it. I'm running x64.

it was 32bit..