Text 13982, 64 rader
Skriven 2006-11-13 17:04:30 av mike (1:379/45)
  Kommentar till text 13942 av Bob.Ackley (1:2905/3)
Ärende: Re: Sysinternals new web site
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From: mike <mike@barkto.com>

On 12 Nov 2006 12:35:00 GMT,
"Bob.Ackley".<Bob.Ackley@p0.f3.n2905.z1.Fidonet.org> wrote:

>Replying to a message of Rich Gauszka to Frank Haber:
>
> >> The GUI utils I just downloaded are double or triple the size of the
> >> versions I had on my disk from late '06 and early '06.  It's either
> >> EXE compression foregone, or something more nefarious, and I'm not
> >> qualified to judge.  But that doesn't keep me from starting a rumor.
>
> RG> <g>
>
> RG> And they actually added the BSOD screensaver
>
> RG> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/Miscellaneous/BlueScreen
> RG> .mspx
>
> RG> One of the most feared colors in the NT world is blue. The infamous
> RG> Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) will pop up on an NT system whenever
> RG> something has gone terribly wrong. Bluescreen is a screen saver that
> RG> not only authentically mimics a BSOD, but will simulate startup
> RG> screens seen during a system boot.
>
> RG>       • On NT 4.0 installations it simulates chkdsk of disk drives
> RG> with errors!
>
> RG>       • On Win2K and Windows 9x it presents the Win2K startup splash
> RG> screen, complete with rotating progress band and progress control
> RG> updates!
>
> RG>       • On Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 it present the XP/Server
> RG> 2003 startup splash screen with progress bar!
>
>
> RG> Bluescreen cycles between different Blue Screens and simulated boots
> RG> every 15 seconds or so. Virtually all the information shown on
> RG> Bluescreen's BSOD and system start screen is obtained from your
> RG> system configuration - its accuracy will fool even advanced NT
> RG> developers. For example, the NT build number, processor revision,
> RG> loaded drivers and addresses, disk drive characteristics, and memory
> RG> size are all taken from the system Bluescreen is running on.
>
> RG> Use Bluescreen to amaze your friends and scare your enemies!
>
> RG> Bluescreen runs on Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows
> RG> Server 2003 and Windows 9x (it requires DirectX).
>
>There's a similar screensaver for Linux that displays the BSOD, the Linux
>kernel
>panic screen, the OS/2 error trap crash and a crash screen from Solaris.
>

Among my favorite Linux (actually KDE) screen savers is the analog clock. 
Indeed, I have given more than just a passing thought to installing Linux and
KDE on an old laptop, syncing up the time with NTP, and using the notebook as a
highly accurate clock.  I even thought of putting the laptop display in a nice
wooden clock case, with the electronics hidden in the base....

 /m

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