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This Windows Hack Changes the Blue Screen of Death to Red
All Windows users know all about the Blue Screen of Death, but did you know it’s possible to change the color to anything you want? All it takes is… well, a lot of hacking.
Over at the blog of Windows expert Mark Russinovich, he’s covered the indepth process of hacking Windows using a debugger and a utility to generate a system crash that shows off the blue screen of death in red or green. It’s probably not something you’d want to attempt on your primary PC, but click through for the full explanation.
A Bluescreen By Any Other Color [Technet]
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- Published 12/15/10
Somebody needs to get out more. :0)
Isn’t it already quite scary, and you want to change it to red?? :D
You know you have reached MS geek nirvana when you do this.
Instead of finding out why there is a bluescreen you change the color. That sure is windows user behavior.
the Red Screen of death !
he he it is quite funny but is it worth all the bother? yes for fun i will do it on my old xp dell machine!!!
It may as well be red. God knows, you SEE red when it happens!
Now it could be called by a more E. A. Poe-ish name “Crash of the Red Death”
Great !!! now when my xbox and computer crash they will both be glowing red !
Red screen of death…….LOL!
Why would anyone want to do that? That is retarded….
@Vince086: +10 !!!!
this one is even more scary!!!
Score board:
Microsoft: 999999
User:0
@Vince086:
+1000!!
it’s just epic to see both of your pc and xbox glowing in red!!!