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Old 07-14-2007, 02:50 PM
carl feredeck
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Windows Vista can be completely killed by pressing a simple combination of just two keys

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
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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Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
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"carl feredeck" <carlferedeck@wizzmail.com> wrote in message
news:46994456@newsgate.x-privat.org...[color=blue]
> 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.
>
>
>[/color]

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

On Sun, 15 Jul 2007 00:47:15 +0300, carl feredeck wrote:
[color=blue]
> 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!
>
>[/color]
Vista in a nutshell:

1. It's buggy
2. It looks better than anything MS have ever released.
3. It will be better in the future. We're the real beta testers.
4. Vista is not the best OS around, but it's going to be the most used one.

Can we now try to help each other solve problems? Coz there's a lot of them
these days for us the Vista pioneers! :)

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Old 07-14-2007, 03:10 PM
Frank
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Re: Windows Vista can be completely killed by pressing a simple combinationof just two keys

carl feredeck wrote:[color=blue]
> 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!
>
>[/color]
No, but you're for sure just a freakin linux loser troll. And softpedia
is an open sores hangout for linux losers like you.

Want to crush Windows Vista? Nothing could be[color=blue]
> simpler. Just keep the two keys pressed for more than 20 - 30 seconds.
>[/color]

Duhhhh...I can completely crush any linux distro install by holding down
the power key for ONLY 5 SECONDS!!!
That's 4-5 times faster than killing Vista!
WOW!!!
Frank
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Old 07-14-2007, 03:30 PM
KristleBawl
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Re: Windows Vista can be completely killed by pressing a simple combination of just two keys

No, "a vista troll" would be posting pro-Vista slogans in any non-Vista
newsgroup.

You think you won't get replies from people using and enjoying Vista? Then
why did you post a link to some blog with a short story about a Vista glitch
while visiting a Microsoft Vista newsgroup.

Gee, you must be one of the sharpest spoons in the drawer! <g>

KB

"carl feredeck" wrote in message news:46994456@newsgate.x-privat.org...[color=blue]
> 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![/color]


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Old 07-14-2007, 03:50 PM
carl feredeck
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Re: Windows Vista can be completely killed by pressing a simple combination of just two keys

Perhaps you should email them and tell them that their site softpedia is a
linux site.. because most of their software is for windows and apparently
they dont know it.

Good thing there are some bright people like you who know everything.


"Frank" <fb@nospaer.cmn> wrote in message
news:uSOZuImxHHA.404@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
> carl feredeck wrote:[color=green]
>> 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!
>>
>>[/color]
> No, but you're for sure just a freakin linux loser troll. And softpedia is
> an open sores hangout for linux losers like you.
>
> Want to crush Windows Vista? Nothing could be[color=green]
>> simpler. Just keep the two keys pressed for more than 20 - 30 seconds.
>>[/color]
>
> Duhhhh...I can completely crush any linux distro install by holding down
> the power key for ONLY 5 SECONDS!!!
> That's 4-5 times faster than killing Vista!
> WOW!!!
> Frank[/color]


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Old 07-14-2007, 03:50 PM
carl feredeck
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Re: Windows Vista can be completely killed by pressing a simple combination of just two keys

So reporting a glitch is an act of a troll? LOL you are crazy!
NO! wait.. you are a troll!

"KristleBawl" <kristlebawl********.com> wrote in message
news:eN54XVmxHHA.4928@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
> No, "a vista troll" would be posting pro-Vista slogans in any non-Vista
> newsgroup.
>
> You think you won't get replies from people using and enjoying Vista? Then
> why did you post a link to some blog with a short story about a Vista
> glitch while visiting a Microsoft Vista newsgroup.
>
> Gee, you must be one of the sharpest spoons in the drawer! <g>
>
> KB
>
> "carl feredeck" wrote in message news:46994456@newsgate.x-privat.org...[color=green]
>> 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![/color]
>
>[/color]


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Old 07-14-2007, 04:20 PM
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Re: Windows Vista can be completely killed by pressing a simple combination of just two keys

Frank wrote:

[color=blue]
>
> Duhhhh...I can completely crush any linux distro install by holding down
> the power key for ONLY 5 SECONDS!!!
> That's 4-5 times faster than killing Vista!
> WOW!!!
> Frank[/color]

You're a liar! I'm running Gentoo and no such bug exist outside of your
imagination.
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Old 07-14-2007, 04:20 PM
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Re: Windows Vista can be completely killed by pressing a simple combination of just two keys

ceed wrote:
[color=blue]
> On Sun, 15 Jul 2007 00:47:15 +0300, carl feredeck wrote:
>[color=green]
>> 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!
>>
>>[/color]
> Vista in a nutshell:
>
> 1. It's buggy
> 2. It looks better than anything MS have ever released.[/color]

Does it look this good?
[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ImW0-MgR8I[/url]


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Old 07-14-2007, 04:30 PM
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Re: Windows Vista can be completely killed by pressing a simple combination of just two keys

Your very first sentence defines you.

You made an assumption that anyone who replied to your post would be a
"vista troll", which means either (a) you are a troll deliberately trying to
start arguments, (b) you don't even know what a *troll* is, or (c) you're
lost and didn't notice the Vista sign on the door.

Well? Troll, ignorant or illiterate?

Then you made another assumption that I somehow suggested you acted in a
troll-like manner based on the fact that you posted a link.

Again, you were mistaken, suggesting you're either a troll, ignorant or
illiterate.

"carl feredeck" wrote in message news:46995189$1@newsgate.x-privat.org...[color=blue]
> So reporting a glitch is an act of a troll? LOL you are crazy!
> NO! wait.. you are a troll!
>
> "KristleBawl" wrote in message...[color=green]
>> No, "a vista troll" would be posting pro-Vista slogans in any non-Vista
>> newsgroup.
>>
>> You think you won't get replies from people using and enjoying Vista?
>> Then why did you post a link to some blog with a short story about a
>> Vista glitch while visiting a Microsoft Vista newsgroup.
>>
>> Gee, you must be one of the sharpest spoons in the drawer! <g>
>>
>> "carl feredeck" wrote in message news:46994456@newsgate.x-privat.org...[color=darkred]
>>> 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![/color][/color][/color]


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Old 07-14-2007, 04:30 PM
Adam Albright
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Re: Windows Vista can be completely killed by pressing a simple combination of just two keys

On Sat, 14 Jul 2007 16:58:12 -0500, ceed <ceed.spameater@dysthe.net>
wrote:
[color=blue]
>On Sun, 15 Jul 2007 00:47:15 +0300, carl feredeck wrote:
>[color=green]
>> 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!
>>
>>[/color]
>Vista in a nutshell:
>
>1. It's buggy
>2. It looks better than anything MS have ever released.
>3. It will be better in the future. We're the real beta testers.
>4. Vista is not the best OS around, but it's going to be the most used one.
>
>Can we now try to help each other solve problems? Coz there's a lot of them
>these days for us the Vista pioneers! :)[/color]

Anybody that bought either a upgrade or full version of Vista before
SP1 comes out should get a $50 rebate for being one of the beta
testers. <wink>

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Re: Windows Vista can be completely killed by pressing a simple combination of just two keys

Yes! <g>

"Adam Albright" wrote in message
news:ufmi93546o3uu3tfjn3phm8du7b0um8dfu@4ax.com...[color=blue]
> Anybody that bought either a upgrade or full version of Vista before
> SP1 comes out should get a $50 rebate for being one of the beta
> testers. <wink>[/color]


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Old 07-14-2007, 04:50 PM
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Re: Windows Vista can be completely killed by pressing a simple combination of just two keys

I am not sure it is a "security vulnerability or a simple bug".
Generally if an action causes undesired results, the solution is
simple.
Do not do it.
While it may be an issue for some, the obvious solution resolves it
before it starts

A few seconds is not an issue since the boxes can be easily closed.
While the key combination may be common, holding them down for more
than a few seconds is not.

Even if this can be done remotely does not necessarily make this an
issue.
However the attack vector would probably be an issue.
I am more concerned with keeping something off the computer rather
than what it can do once it is inside.
Once something undesirable is inside any computer with any operating
system, most of the battle is already lost.

--
Jupiter Jones [MVP]
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[url]http://www.dts-l.org[/url]


"carl feredeck" <carlferedeck@wizzmail.com> wrote in message
news:46994456@newsgate.x-privat.org...[color=blue]
> 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.
>
>
>[/color]

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Old 07-14-2007, 05:00 PM
Frank
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Re: Windows Vista can be completely killed by pressing a simple combinationof just two keys

carl feredeck wrote:[color=blue]
> Perhaps you should email them and tell them that their site softpedia is a
> linux site.. because most of their software is for windows and apparently
> they dont know it.
>
> Good thing there are some bright people like you who know everything.[/color]

Who said anything about software?
Too bad you can't yet comprehend what you're trying to read.
Linux loser troll.
Frank
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Test User wrote:
[color=blue]
> Frank wrote:
>
>
>[color=green]
>>Duhhhh...I can completely crush any linux distro install by holding down
>>the power key for ONLY 5 SECONDS!!!
>>That's 4-5 times faster than killing Vista!
>>WOW!!!
>>Frank[/color]
>
>
> You're a liar! I'm running Gentoo and no such bug exist outside of your
> imagination.[/color]

Then you need to see a repair man right away!
Frank
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