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Thread ID: 136554 2014-03-14 19:22:00 For those who use Win 8. Dont think it'll work with 8.1. How to bring the BSOD back Speedy Gonzales (78) PC World Chat
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1370243 2014-03-14 19:22:00 If you want to know why it crashes (and so it brings up a blue screen), you can install this (support.microsoft.com). You have to request it. However, you do have to add something to the registry after. Speedy Gonzales (78)
1370244 2014-03-14 21:40:00 Could be useful. :) wainuitech (129)
1370245 2014-03-15 18:51:00 "This behavior is by design in Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 because it makes the blue screen cleaner. "

Cleaner??? LOL
pctek (84)
1370246 2014-03-15 20:09:00 It internally wipes your screen (not just the data) and re-aligns individual pixels to give an enhanced user experience going forward in line with best practice. Ring NOW! R2x1 (4628)
1370247 2014-03-16 10:41:00 "This behavior is by design in Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 because it makes the blue screen cleaner. "

Cleaner??? LOL

More user-friendly rubbish from Microsoft! Why would you want to know the error message? And I hope they don't say "look in the system log" - many times I've seen Windows crash hard enough that it didn't log a thing.
Agent_24 (57)
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