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Public Blue Screens Of Death

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Public displays and digital infrastructure software failing to do their job because of blue screens, crashes or other problems

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[–] ThePantser@sh.itjust.works 17 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

That's the blue screen of app crash. OS still chugging away.

[–] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 20 points 3 weeks ago

Still fits "Public displays and digital infrastructure software failing to do their job because of blue screens, crashes or other problems"

[–] infeeeee@lemmy.zip 13 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

They seem like XP icons, but this may be windows CE? Rare spot nowadays.

Last version was officially supported until 2023, but via oems until 2028.

This is a photo of an earlier version, it's definitely win ce, same icons:

[–] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 10 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Yep, Windows CE 5.0
Only recently discontinued by Zebra: https://www.zebra.com/us/en/support-downloads/interactive-kiosks/mk500.html

Though FW says March 2018, so I am not sure about software support.

[–] MigratingApe@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 weeks ago

Windows CEMeNT gets me every time

[–] CrayonDevourer@lemmy.world 10 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Legit I miss Windows 7. It did what it was supposed to do, it got out of your way, and it was stable as fuck.

[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 8 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

98SE, XP, and 7. The three best.

The worst is ME. It always will be. I bought a laptop brand new with ME that kept crashing, replaced it with 98SE, ran great after that.

[–] AtariDump@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Ahh yes; Windows Mistake Edition.

Followed up by Vista and 8.

[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

What did 7 do that XP did not?

[–] Laser@feddit.org 13 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Run 64 bit software reliably, among other things. People tend to forget how bad XP was, it was just that it was released before and after even worse versions (ME and Vista if you only look at the consumer line). It was quite bad before SP1. There were also a lot more bluescreens under XP. I guess this was also a result of of the introduction of the Windows Display Driver Model which made graphics much more reliable.

[–] AtariDump@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

You could argue XP wasn’t great until SP2 for a litany of reasons.

[–] Laser@feddit.org 3 points 3 weeks ago

It was at least usable at that point, but it still had significant limitations. I basically migrated from XP to Linux, with getting a Windows 7 partition later. I actually believe 7 was a good system from the very beginning all things considered. Though one might argue that it was just a paid service pack for Vista.

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Windows 3.1 was the shit but the last decent windows was XP.

[–] Lumisal@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Nah it's 7. Even 10 was terrified of it.

Because 7 8 9

[–] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 3 weeks ago

I'll chime in with my unpopular opinion: Windows 8.1

The best experience I had. It was so well optimized it ran faster than Linux Mint. Note however the difference between 8 and 8.1. 8 should have been marketed as a separate product, say "Windows Touch" or something along those lines.

[–] Petter1@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 3 weeks ago

I just re-installed win7 on a PC where the drive failed (used for reading and programming cars from about 2014)

The driver story is such a mess with this version of windows! That is definitely better with win11

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 5 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

So it's some self-reflection? 🤔

[–] princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Are those the ones with cameras on them? I always stick some tape over the camera.

[–] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 3 weeks ago