\Windows 7 reintroduces remote BSoD

David Gerard writes: "Remember the good old days of the 1990s, when you could teardrop attack any Windows user who'd annoyed you and bluescreen them? Microsoft reintroduces this popular feature in Windows 7, courtesy the rewritten TCP/IP and SMB2 stacks. Well done, guys! Another one for the Windows 7 Drinking Game."

A bug in a beta release, who'd have thunk it?

[Viol8]

I'm not MS fanboi, but FFS at least wait until the final OS image is released until the sniping starts.

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[Gentlewhisper]

The RTM is already released a month ago.

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[David Gerard]

This is a bug in the RTM gold master, i.e. the actual release.

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[doctor_nation]

What everyone else said, plus if you RTFA you'll see that the vulnerability applies to Vista as well.

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[David Gerard]

ooh, you're right! So I'm being very unfair to Windows 7 - the remote BSoD is actually an exciting new Vista feature.

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[WillHill]

http://slashdot.org/~SockDisclosure/journal/214377 [slashdot.org] The sockdisclosure list also needs the comments you use as AC. These comments use the the secpnd part of your dimwitted sig. "Friends do assist M$ addicted friends in committing suicide"