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  • Microsoft: Don't overclock Windows 8 unless you like our new BSOD

    07/02/2012 11:09:58 AM PDT · by ShadowAce · 22 replies
    The Register ^ | 2 July 2012 | Gavin Clarke
    Microsoft's Blue Screen of Death is the curse of Windows. Not just its appearance, mid way through some serious game play or spreadsheeting, but the messages themselves - digital monologues on the existence of a problem, its possible causes and how you can fix it. Yeah, right. Just shut down and re-start like everybody else.With Windows 8 Microsoft has re-engineered BSOD for the era of Twitter and texting - unhappy smilies and chirpy one-liners. Based on some Microsoft research, though, it seems you could be seeing more of the Windows 8 BSOD if you buy a PC from an OEM...