Windows 10’s BSODs now feature a QR code to provide additional info about crashes

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#1

We’ve just posted the following news: Windows 10’s BSODs now feature a QR code to provide additional info about crashes[newsimage]http://www.myce.com/wp-content/images_posts/2016/04/microsoft-bsod-qr-code-95x75.png[/newsimage]

The latest Windows 10 Technical Preview shows a QR code on the Blue Screen of Death (BSOD). By scanning the code users should get more information about the reason their system crashed.

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#2

Oh, that’s good we can all use 10 without worrying now. :bigsmile:

#3

No doubt that code will lead you to a site with a wealth of valuable information, specific to your crash, and everything you could possibly need to fix it.

Not.

#4

[QUOTE=CDan;2772148]No doubt that code will lead you to a site with a wealth of valuable information, specific to your crash, and everything you could possibly need to fix it.

Not.[/QUOTE] The QR code in the blue screen in the article points to a generic page “Troubleshoot blue screen errors”, not a page related to a specific problem. (I used a QR scanner on my phone).

http://windows.com/stopcode

So yeah, probably not.

#5

^ In other words, that QR code is generic and the same for all BSOD possibilities?

Now how helpful isn’t that! No I didn’t write down the error code as I got something better for you, a generic QR code… You know, if that holds true… It would actually be nice if they did not deliberately work against us. :frowning:

#6

I remember once upon a time when Microsoft promised us that BSODs were a thing of the past. When was that, Windows 7, Vista? :rolleyes:

#7

[QUOTE=CDan;2772164]I remember once upon a time when Microsoft promised us that BSODs were a thing of the past. When was that, Windows 7, Vista? :rolleyes:[/QUOTE]
Man, my stomach muscles hurt. Sure it was not 1st of April once upon a time.

#8

I guess I have a completely different way of thinking than Microsoft, since I would do something stupid, like… give the users an error code, or show some kind of debugging text that the users can Google. That’s why Microsoft makes the big bucks: instead of giving you information you can work with, they give you a bunch of one-size-fits-all crap. Isn’t that smart of them?

PS: Didn’t Alan Turing prove a century ago that one set of instructions can’t be applied to every problem?