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

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Frank wrote:

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

You're a liar! I'm running Gentoo and no such bug exist outside of your
imagination.
 
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!


http://news.softpedia.com/news/Perform-a-Windows-Vista-Suicide-Pressing-Just-2-Keys-59886.shtml

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.
 
Vista is not perfect. You are a troll!

--


Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)
 
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!
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! :)
 
carl said:
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!
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
simpler. Just keep the two keys pressed for more than 20 - 30 seconds.

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
 
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:[email protected]...
 
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.
 
So reporting a glitch is an act of a troll? LOL you are crazy!
NO! wait.. you are a troll!
 
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.
 
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! :)

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>
 
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.
 
carl said:
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.

Who said anything about software?
Too bad you can't yet comprehend what you're trying to read.
Linux loser troll.
Frank
 
Test said:
Frank wrote:





You're a liar! I'm running Gentoo and no such bug exist outside of your
imagination.

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

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


Typical Frankie the village idiot logic. Somebody gives a method to
crash Vista, little Frankie screams he can crash Linux in less time I
guess in Frankie's twisted world that means it is ok for Vista to
crash as long as he can claim he can make Linux crash faster.

Frankie, somewhere there a village that's damn glad you left.

Is it just me or is "Frankie" acting and sounding and posting just
like Justin used to and odd, Frankie showed up on the scene about the
same time Justin disappeared. Justin used to get hammered by Alias all
the time with Justin screaming bloody murder. Frankie gets slaughtered
by Alias. Justin would bitch and moan and call Linux supporters all
kinds of foul names. Justin loved to act like a somebody and pretend
he was a computer "expert". Justin would also defend Microsoft and
loved to be an apologist for them. Most of all Justin would go out of
his way to try to pick a fight with me... just like Frankie does.

Very interesting. ;-)
 
carl feredeck said:
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!

I did what the article said with the keys, held them down for about a minute
or so and the screen went off with popping multiple screens, and it was
still going off well after I released the keys.

Eventually, Explore crashed and restarted, all the jobs in the job tray were
knocked out, but the system never crashed.

I just clicked on the X to close out the screens, which really were not that
many of them with all the jiration that was going on, and logged off and
logged back on. The system never crashed and was good to go.

I am not saying that it's not a problem, but it never crashed the system.

You use that word troll like you know what the word means and who is a
troll. I don't think you do. However, you have some trolls running around in
this NG.

http://www.hyphenologist.co.uk/killfile/anti_troll_faq.htm
 
KristleBawl said:
Yes! <g>

in message
Why should we get a rebate now when we didn't get one for RC1, 2, and all
the supposedly "horrid" real betas?
 
However nothing was ever promised or even implied as a reward for
members of the Tech Beta or participants of the Customer Preview
Program.
Everyone was promised nothing and they all got at least that.
 
Well? Troll, ignorant or illiterate?

You are all of the above plus a foul smelling harpy!
 

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