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6/12/2025, 11:52:18 PM
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Windows 9x let every piece of hardware do basically whatever the fuck it wanted to. This meant that when something went wrong, the entire system went down.
Plugged in an USB mouse the wrong way? BSOD. Printed at just the wrong moment so the print queue overflowed? BSOD. An application tried to access hardware accelerated sound when something else was already doing the same? BSOD.
But with the Windows NT kernel you could now have applications crash by themself instead of taking down the entire system, not only saving valuable time and potential file corruption but also making it more clear than before what the fuck went wrong.
It wasn't perfect as XP still BSOD'd a lot but it was a hell of a lot better than 9x could ever be, and MS kept reducing the amount of potential BSODs with later versions of Windows by moving as many things as possible toward userland.
Pic related.
Windows 9x let every piece of hardware do basically whatever the fuck it wanted to. This meant that when something went wrong, the entire system went down.
Plugged in an USB mouse the wrong way? BSOD. Printed at just the wrong moment so the print queue overflowed? BSOD. An application tried to access hardware accelerated sound when something else was already doing the same? BSOD.
But with the Windows NT kernel you could now have applications crash by themself instead of taking down the entire system, not only saving valuable time and potential file corruption but also making it more clear than before what the fuck went wrong.
It wasn't perfect as XP still BSOD'd a lot but it was a hell of a lot better than 9x could ever be, and MS kept reducing the amount of potential BSODs with later versions of Windows by moving as many things as possible toward userland.
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