Perform a Windows Vista Suicide by Pressing Just 2 Keys
section: windows, for your questions: KezNews forum, 14.7.2007
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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Comments(38)
i opened 67 "my computers" in xp with 480 ram and cloesed them all. no need to reboot
try to use in xp, open a lot of windows, and not crush, in me, happen the same shit that
happen in vista.
long live to xp
by now everyone should realize vista is about drm, as we all can see such poor coding
that just two keyboard keys can cause...
6 billion dollars, and something so
easy to cause vista to crash?
that's because vista isn't what it claims to
be all about... more security?
you got to be crazy... to take microsoft's
word for it... ask the hackers that have found the many bugs to exploit... that should be
enough real proof here...
my windows didn't crash but an error came up and not i can't right click on the "105
windows explorer" tab. i guess i have to restart.
it only takes one key to incapacitate a computer, namely "power button". a computer is
only as secure as the user who's using it. you don't even need "a simple service which
loops a thousand times". anyone can write and run a simple batch file that will format
your harddrive in 10 second. if you're that stupid to let someone messing with your
computer, you shouldn't have a computer.
what's next boys?
wowm who would have thought...
i still don't know why anyone would buy vista when the promises for all previous
versions were found wanting. i still have more bugs & crashes with xp sp2 than i did with
w98se.
press atl+ctr+del then select log off and everything just go back to normal again.
i have vista installed but i don't use it cause it always accessing my hard disk with
its prefetch and indexing crap, which is loud and annoying.
dos6.2 - you have crashes with xp-sp2? how? i leave mine up for a month at a time,
minimum, with no problems. maybe you should run a virus scan once in a while.
stay away from a computer, you are dangerous to them, like orenthal simpson said, run a
virus scan... if you know what a virus scanner is...
if you haven't been
randomly downloading .exe's like a noob you are most likely smoking pot.
if your going 2 sit at your computer holding down windows + e... then you dont deserve 2
use it anyway... thats something you do at school to piss of other people, but it isnt
some major security flaw... wtf
odeeee is spreading boring news for a quite long time
dos6.2 [mac-fan]:
you
should not boot ur pc, this will stop your xp from crashing
so, stay away from ur
computer [noob]
have you ever heard about linux? try to install it and every problems end.
tried this many times, but no crash.
maybe he needs a new computer?
i done it holding it for about 40 seconds, just waited 5 mines then clicked close group
from taskbar, big deal!
hahahahaha billy ur funny
dont use vista
if you stay enough time, you can select "close group" from taskbar. the time depend of
how much memory has your computer and how long have you pressed the keys. no bug there.
same in xp, but xp need less memory ressources.
just hold alt + f4 and it gradually closes them all of
kthanxbye
to be honest do you think that the average pc user will know to press those keys at the
same time (there are more average pc users than there are hackers/techies). let alone
hold them down for that long. i do not think it is a bug or a flaw. more or less a way
to utilize all of the machine's memory at once and crash it. i am sure that it is a neat
little trick to use on someone that annoys you or if you just want to have fun with
someone.
you should read more about linux before writing such things, it makes you look more
retarded 'cause what you've said are old news.
linux has matured so much that
in some aspects has beat windows, surely it still needs more of that "user-friendly" and
programs that works on such os like photoshop, 3ds max, some games (majority) and so on...
anyway, i don't want to start a discussion here. everybody is free to use
whatever os they like. i use both of them... windows for playing and linux for working,
both os has their pros and cons.
can i play games on linux without a shitty emulator? hmmm.... doesn't seem old to me...
can i use photoshop cs3 on linux... hmmm... no..
now some points:
linux is not ready for grandma or a gamer, or for anyone other than hackers and
people who like playing with themselves.
all linux users are still virgins.
oh and the bsd license is infinitely superior to the gpl
one more
thing...
$699 is the fee you legally owe sco if you use linux, is $300 more
than the price windows server 2003 web edition, which has more features, greater
stability, and has been shown time and time again to have a higher roi.
a few
more points...
fun things you can do on linux
update your drivers.
brag about your kernels.
say you use linux
uh, well thats pretty much it.
why is linux so shitty?
linus torvalds - unoriginal code thief from
mars
alan cox - the theo de raadt of linux and drunk
hans reiser -
crazy murderer who lived in a cave
opengraphics - professional failure stolen
from someone
slashdot - asperger's syndrome victims
need i say
more...
you just 0wn3d a lot of crapux users lol!!!
kudos dude
grandson put it on our computer after our windows xp home kept getting viruses on
it when we browsed the web. now we use ubuntu and can browse the web and read email. we
can even play card games and pinball if we want. not all of us need those games with all
the detail and blood to play.
grandma and grandpa sux teh mean cox!
that is so true!!!
not a big deal,
reactos free software for life support this and put an end to x up oses for ever...
i opened nearly 300 my computers, and was able to recover. dell inspiron 1501, 32 bit
vista ultimate, 1 gig ram and amd athlon x2 64bit dual core.
i held the two keys for a minute and then just closed the group. yeah, it did lag for
like 5 seconds.
dell xps410, ultimate x64, 4gb ram, core 2 duo 2.4ghz
yes, maybe
that's why
i suppose that you can crach vista if you have a slow computer (processor&ram). i has
also tried to crach vista with these two keys, with no success, and thats was ok for me;=)
i just crashed windows xp with 3 keys:
ctrl + alt + delete (press twice).
it
must be a bug!
oh i just did it again by pressing start then up + enter two
times.
ohh not again, i held down the internet shortcut key on my logitech
keyboard for 5 minutes.
surprisingly it opened alot of internet windows and crashed!
p.s. note the sarcasm morons.
there are plenty of things you can do to fk
up windows.
it's not made for you to pissfuk around and hold down keys.
the key combinations are shortcut to programs and functions. if you decide to repeat that
100x and use up all your system resources it's your own fault!
p.s.p.s. +1 to billy
bob :p
who the fark uses linux other than for servers?
you want linux?
press f8 at windows startup and boot in 'safe mode with command-prompt'.
there
you go, now you can 'customize' everything you want.
sure you can customize
more in linux..
you have to customize everything cos the dev's didn't program it.
so you'll have to write an essay-sized block of code just to play a video. (which
would have to be a low-def video, not hd video, with third-party beta drivers made by some
colledge student - as opposed to a company that spends billions that make good quality
ones).
linux is only for shitkents that don't want to play games (dx9 let
alone dx10 and 10.1), watch movies, or.. anything else you use a computer for.
so fek off with the linux shit. it's getting old.
the hardware and software
companies don't support linux becuase it's shit. so why should we?
windows is easy to pirate.
to get a 'good' linux you have to pay a shitload for a
license because nobody cbf cracking it.
but i suppose you could 'customize'
the cracking experience, cos you'd have to be doing it all by yourself.
why do this ? anyone ? isnt vista screwy enough ? are you actually reporting this probem
? snitches
linux blows , forced to use it at work ........ lame
hey billy bob you got it boy...i have never seen such s**t as linux i have used it b4 and
to get a program installed you just about have to right a fooo*kin bible....give me
windows any day....
i held the two keys for 40 seconds and then just closed the group. i did lag for 15
seconds.
i have a core 2 1.86 ghz 2gb ram and vista ultimate.
i agree with
hugins , core 2 processors makes the diference!
long live intel!
no reboot
By bosse on 15.07.2007 - 01:07