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Remember BSODs? Used to be a regular occurrence, now they're so infrequent they're gone from windows 11

kazinator 1y ago
I remember Linux being remarkable reliable throughout its entire life in spite of being rabidly worked on. Windows is only stabilizing because it's basically dead. All the activity is in the higher layers, where they are racking their brains on how to enshittify the experience, and extract value out of the remaining users.
wlesieutre 1y ago
And the "cooperative multitasking" in old operating systems where one program locking up meant the whole system was locked up
krior 1y ago
Gone? I had two last year, lets not overstate things.
- rkomorn 1y ago
  My anecdata is that my current PC is four years old, with the same OS install, and I can't even recall if I've seen one BSoD.
- dylan604 1y ago
  Daily+ occurrences to two in a year pretty much rounds to zero. Kind of like we said measles were eradicated because there was <X per year cases.
ClimaxGravely 1y ago
Still get them fairly regularly except now they come with a QR code.
dist-epoch 1y ago
Mostly because Microsoft shut down kernel access, wrote it's own generic drivers for "simple" devices (USBs, printers, sound cards, ...) and made "heavy" drivers submit to their WHQL quality control to be signed to run.
Podrod 1y ago
They're definitely not gone.
ponector 1y ago
I guess that is because you run it on old hardware. When I've bought my Asus ROG expensive laptop I had bsod almost daily. A year later with all updates I had bsod once in a month on the same device and windows installation.
- vel0city 1y ago
  If you have faulty hardware no amount of software is going to solve your problems (other than software that just completely deactivates said faulty hardware). The fact you continued to have BSOD issues after a full reinstall is pretty strong evidence you probably had some kind of hardware failure.
  - ponector 1y ago
    But there was no reinstall in my case. Years goes by and further in time there are less and less bsod. My point is if you are using the same "old" modern hardware, bsod is very rare.
    - vel0city 1y ago
      Ah, sorry, I misread your comment. Glad you're getting a better experience with your device over time!
spartanatreyu 1y ago
Depends, if you install games with anti-cheat they can often conflict and cause BSODs. It's why I don't play the new trackmania.
stiglitz 1y ago
As a Windows driver developer: LOL

I remember Linux being remarkable reliable throughout its entire life in spite of being rabidly worked on. Windows is only stabilizing because it's basically dead. All the activity is in the higher layers, where they are racking their brains on how to enshittify the experience, and extract value out of the remaining users.

wlesieutre 1y ago

And the "cooperative multitasking" in old operating systems where one program locking up meant the whole system was locked up

krior 1y ago

Gone? I had two last year, lets not overstate things.

rkomorn 1y ago
My anecdata is that my current PC is four years old, with the same OS install, and I can't even recall if I've seen one BSoD.
dylan604 1y ago
Daily+ occurrences to two in a year pretty much rounds to zero. Kind of like we said measles were eradicated because there was <X per year cases.

ClimaxGravely 1y ago

Still get them fairly regularly except now they come with a QR code.

dist-epoch 1y ago

Mostly because Microsoft shut down kernel access, wrote it's own generic drivers for "simple" devices (USBs, printers, sound cards, ...) and made "heavy" drivers submit to their WHQL quality control to be signed to run.

Podrod 1y ago

They're definitely not gone.

ponector 1y ago

I guess that is because you run it on old hardware. When I've bought my Asus ROG expensive laptop I had bsod almost daily. A year later with all updates I had bsod once in a month on the same device and windows installation.

vel0city 1y ago
If you have faulty hardware no amount of software is going to solve your problems (other than software that just completely deactivates said faulty hardware). The fact you continued to have BSOD issues after a full reinstall is pretty strong evidence you probably had some kind of hardware failure.
- ponector 1y ago
  But there was no reinstall in my case. Years goes by and further in time there are less and less bsod. My point is if you are using the same "old" modern hardware, bsod is very rare.
  - vel0city 1y ago
    Ah, sorry, I misread your comment. Glad you're getting a better experience with your device over time!

spartanatreyu 1y ago

Depends, if you install games with anti-cheat they can often conflict and cause BSODs. It's why I don't play the new trackmania.

stiglitz 1y ago

As a Windows driver developer: LOL