Microsoft veteran on how to blue screen your way to better testing

[Kent Sharkey]

The Register[^]:

Developers seeking a way of crashing Windows on demand for testing purposes have received a reminder from Microsoft veteran Raymond Chen: NotMyFault is your friend.

In case you actually *want* to bluescreen your machine

[Nelek]

Raymond Chen wrote:

NotMyFault is your friend.

NotMyJob[^] too :rolleyes: :laugh:

M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.

[obermd]

So this explains the Alt-F4 crash in Windows NT 3.1. Pressing Alt-F4 in Notepad would bluescreen NT 3.1.