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Public Blue Screens Of Death

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Public displays and digital infrastructure software failing to do their job because of blue screens, crashes or other problems

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[–] infeeeee@lemmy.zip 13 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

They seem like XP icons, but this may be windows CE? Rare spot nowadays.

Last version was officially supported until 2023, but via oems until 2028.

This is a photo of an earlier version, it's definitely win ce, same icons:

[–] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 10 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Yep, Windows CE 5.0
Only recently discontinued by Zebra: https://www.zebra.com/us/en/support-downloads/interactive-kiosks/mk500.html

Though FW says March 2018, so I am not sure about software support.

[–] MigratingApe@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 days ago

Windows CEMeNT gets me every time

[–] ThePantser@sh.itjust.works 15 points 3 days ago (1 children)

That's the blue screen of app crash. OS still chugging away.

[–] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 18 points 3 days ago

Still fits "Public displays and digital infrastructure software failing to do their job because of blue screens, crashes or other problems"

[–] CrayonDevourer@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Legit I miss Windows 7. It did what it was supposed to do, it got out of your way, and it was stable as fuck.

[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 8 points 3 days ago (2 children)

98SE, XP, and 7. The three best.

The worst is ME. It always will be. I bought a laptop brand new with ME that kept crashing, replaced it with 98SE, ran great after that.

[–] AtariDump@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Ahh yes; Windows Mistake Edition.

Followed up by Vista and 8.

[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

What did 7 do that XP did not?

[–] Laser@feddit.org 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Run 64 bit software reliably, among other things. People tend to forget how bad XP was, it was just that it was released before and after even worse versions (ME and Vista if you only look at the consumer line). It was quite bad before SP1. There were also a lot more bluescreens under XP. I guess this was also a result of of the introduction of the Windows Display Driver Model which made graphics much more reliable.

[–] AtariDump@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You could argue XP wasn’t great until SP2 for a litany of reasons.

[–] Laser@feddit.org 3 points 2 days ago

It was at least usable at that point, but it still had significant limitations. I basically migrated from XP to Linux, with getting a Windows 7 partition later. I actually believe 7 was a good system from the very beginning all things considered. Though one might argue that it was just a paid service pack for Vista.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 5 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

So it's some self-reflection? 🤔

[–] princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Are those the ones with cameras on them? I always stick some tape over the camera.