Ginormous 'Blue Screen of Death' Hits Las Vegas

The Raw Feed : The Paris Hotel marqui in Las Vegas suffered a spectacular "Écran Bleu De la Mort" recently, according to pictures snapped by a vacationer. Photos show they finally got the system booted by morning, but that WASN'T VERY PRETTY EITHER. Uh-huh. Let me tell you what I take away from this: Based on the photos , the Paris Hotel is clearly still using Windows 2000, and not a modern Windows version, so maybe they got what they deserved. Something tells me a still-supported version of Windows might have handled things a little better. Just a thought.

Paul Thurrott

February 11, 2008

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The Raw Feed:

The Paris Hotel marqui in Las Vegas suffered a spectacular "Écran Bleu De la Mort" recently, according to pictures snapped by a vacationer. Photos show they finally got the system booted by morning, but that WASN'T VERY PRETTY EITHER.

Uh-huh. Let me tell you what I take away from this: Based on the photos, the Paris Hotel is clearly still using Windows 2000, and not a modern Windows version, so maybe they got what they deserved. Something tells me a still-supported version of Windows might have handled things a little better.

Just a thought.

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Paul Thurrott

Paul Thurrott is senior technical analyst for Windows IT Pro. He writes the SuperSite for Windows, a weekly editorial for Windows IT Pro UPDATE, and a daily Windows news and information newsletter called WinInfo Daily UPDATE.

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