Windows 8 BSODs in a new style

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 09/16/2011 09:15 AM | source: | 0 comment(s)

NetworkWorld reports Windows 8 features a new Blue Screen of Death (BSOD).

After expressing emoticon-style sadness, the new screen reads: Your PC ran into a problem that it couldn't handle, and now it needs to restart.

You can search for the error online: HAL_INITIALIZATION_FAILED One could argue that it is the Microsoft operating system that failed, not your PC, but let's not quibble.

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