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Old 07-14-2007, 03:00 PM
Richard Urban
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Re: Windows Vista can be completely killed by pressing a simple combination of just two keys

Vista is not perfect. You are a troll!

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Richard Urban
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"carl feredeck" <carlferedeck@wizzmail.com> wrote in message
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> If you attack me for just posting this, then you are a troll.. a
> vista troll. Learn to accept that vista is not perfect... it is very
> faaaaaaaaaaaaaaar from perfect! Vista is NOT a God to be worshiped!
>
>
> [url]http://news.softpedia.com/news/Perform-a-Windows-Vista-Suicide-Pressing-Just-2-Keys-59886.shtml[/url]
>
> Windows Vista can be completely killed by pressing a simple combination of
> just two keys. All you need to crush Microsoft's latest operating system
> and
> put the much-applauded Wow at an end is two fingers. Thanks to odeeee for
> this news.
>
>
> This issue has been reported independently of Microsoft, and the Redmond
> company has failed to issue any official comment at the time of this
> article. The immediate question which comes to mind is if the problem is a
> security vulnerability or a simple bug.
>
> Either way, you too can watch Windows Vista die in front of your eyes. To
> make matters worse, the key combination is one of the most utilized
> keyboard
> shortcuts in Windows. Pressing the Windows key together with "E" will
> start
> Computer in Windows Vista. Keeping the two keys pressed will open a large
> volume of Computer windows. Want to crush Windows Vista? Nothing could be
> simpler. Just keep the two keys pressed for more than 20 - 30 seconds.
>
> The operating system will begin to behave aberrantly and will continue to
> open Computer instances flooding the desktop. There is no way to restore
> Vista to its normal self, outside of a reboot. With Computer windows
> cascading on your desktop, you will soon find that Task Manager cannot be
> accessed. The same is valid for additional processes. You will have to
> restart the operating system in order to restore Vista.
>
> "It took millions of dollars to make Windows Vista secure and stable.
> While
> I am happy that Windows Vista is so much stable than Windows XP; there is
> a
> bullet proof way to crash WindowsVista. A simple service which loops a
> thousand times while sending Windows Key + E can be written within ten
> minutes. Microsoft may have spent millions of dollars for security and
> stability; it takes two fingers or a simple service to crash Windows Vista
> down. No matter how bullet proof Windows Vista claims to be, two keys to
> crash the operating system is a bullet proof approach as well," revealed
> the
> author of the crash method on TechTicles.
>
> In its present form, the bug seems to create nothing more than a Denial of
> Service condition. It remains to be seen if it can be exploited remotely
> or
> if it permits code execution. Still, I'd put my money on a bug, rather
> than
> on a security vulnerability.
>
>
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Old 07-14-2007, 03:00 PM