Windows 8's Blue Screen is now called the Blue Screen of Sadness! :P

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Sep 13 2011, 8:09 pm
View to enjoy :P :

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v458/Bandock/Screenshots/ Windows8DPError1.png

Happened while trying to install the Developer Preview on a Virtual Machine. I assumed this is a new Blue Screen Error. :P
Sep 13 2011, 8:16 pm
'bout time they improved that message. The other one made it so difficult to determine if the computer needed restarting...
Sep 13 2011, 8:18 pm
Yeah, they were more cryptic and in some versions, even hard to catch (due to BSOD sometimes happening very fast).
Sep 13 2011, 9:41 pm
Hell, they even tell you what to Google.
Sep 14 2011, 1:09 am
HAL initialization failed... lol, reminds me of 2001 odysse... maybe we should hope windows 8 won't kill us
Sep 14 2011, 2:21 am
Amsel wrote:
HAL initialization failed... lol, reminds me of 2001 odysse... maybe we should hope windows 8 won't kill us

Sep 14 2011, 3:40 am
That can't be serious xD

That would be funny though, but I'd prefer that to the Super old looking bluescreen.
Sep 14 2011, 8:30 am
It is serious. That's a screenshot taken straight out of Windows 8.
Sep 14 2011, 12:25 pm
Tiberath wrote:
'bout time they improved that message. The other one made it so difficult to determine if the computer needed restarting...

+1
Sep 14 2011, 2:13 pm
Windows 8 sucks, I want my Windows 7 back.
Sep 14 2011, 3:10 pm
UPD4T3 wrote:
Windows 8 sucks, I want my Windows 7 back.

That's what happens when you install a pre-beta OS over your existing and stable OS.

Bandock used VMWare, I'm going to use another HD partition. Only a madman would install over his primary OS. =/
Sep 14 2011, 5:06 pm
Tiberath wrote:
UPD4T3 wrote:
Windows 8 sucks, I want my Windows 7 back.

That's what happens when you install a pre-beta OS over your existing and stable OS.

Bandock used VMWare, I'm going to use another HD partition. Only a madman would install over his primary OS. =/

I am a madman.
Sep 15 2011, 4:53 am (Edited on Sep 15 2011, 6:28 am)
Just to let ya know, Windows 8 Developer Preview Install functions well under VirtualBox. However, it is non-functional on VMware (though it is still useful for creating virtual machines). VMware results in the Blue Screen of Sadness upon install startup while VirtualBox does not.

Edit: Apparently, it's an issue with older versions of VMware Workstation and current VMware player. For now, either use the latest version of Workstation or use Virtualbox (might work on Virtual PC, but have not tested it).
Sep 15 2011, 2:31 pm
It works fine on a partition as well.

We'll have to have a chat about it Bandock, I didn't like much of what I saw.
Sep 15 2011, 6:46 pm
Tiberath wrote:
It works fine on a partition as well.

We'll have to have a chat about it Bandock, I didn't like much of what I saw.

Yeah, I agree. We should discuss about it as there are definitely major differences.
Sep 16 2011, 3:41 pm
One thing I did notice was the sheer size of it.

I put Windows 8 ISO on a 4GB DVD, which it installed with. I didn't download any software other than Firefox and any available Windows Updates for it.

Windows 7 tells me the drive I installed Windows 8 on has 25GB of used space.

What the hell?
Sep 16 2011, 3:43 pm
WAI JEW SO SAD 2DAYS, BLOO SCREEN!?
Sep 16 2011, 4:58 pm
Very interesting. Must take more when trying to upgrade from Windows 7 to Windows 8 since it took about 13-15GB when I simply installed it on a virtual machine through a clean install.

Haven't done any Windows Updates through it yet.
Sep 16 2011, 4:59 pm
Tiberath wrote:
One thing I did notice was the sheer size of it.

I put Windows 8 ISO on a 4GB DVD, which it installed with. I didn't download any software other than Firefox and any available Windows Updates for it.

Windows 7 tells me the drive I installed Windows 8 on has 25GB of used space.

What the hell?

Sep 16 2011, 5:33 pm
Bandock wrote:
Very interesting. Must take more when trying to upgrade from Windows 7 to Windows 8 since it took about 13-15GB when I simply installed it on a virtual machine through a clean install.

Mine was a clean install on a new partition however. And there's no way I could have downloaded that much, I'd have run out of money on the prepaid modem long beforehand.

Certainly odd however. Unless some of the apps are just gigantic.
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