Bluescreen Screen Saver

  Copyright © 1997-2004 Mark Russinovich

  Last Updated March 18, 2002 V3.1
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     Introduction  One of the most feared colors in the NT world is blue.
                   The infamous Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) will pop up
                   on an NT system whenever something has gone terribly
                   wrong. Bluescreen is a screen saver that not only
                   authentically mimics a BSOD, but will simulate startup
                   screens seen during a system boot.

                      * On NT 4.0 installations it simulates chkdsk of
                        disk drives with errors!
                      * On Win2K and Windows 9x it presents the Win2K
                        startup splash screen, complete with rotating
                        progress band and progress control updates!
                      * On Windows XP and Server 2003 it presents the XP
                        or Server 2003 startup splash screen with progress bar!

                   Bluescreen cycles between different Blue Screens and
                   simulated boots every 15 seconds or so. Virtually all
                   the information shown on Bluescreen's BSOD and system
                   start screen is obtained from your system
                   configuration - its accuracy will fool even advanced
                   NT developers. For example, the NT build number,
                   processor revision, loaded drivers and addresses, disk
                   drive characteristics, and memory size are all taken
                   from the system Bluescreen is running on.

                   Use Bluescreen to amaze your friends and scare your
                   enemies!

                   Bluescreen runs on Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, 
                   Windows XP, Windows Server 2003 and Windows 9x.

     Installation  Simply copy SYSINTERNALS BLUESCRN.SCR to your
          and Use  <winnt>\system32 directory. Right click on the desktop
                   to bring up the Display settings dialog and then
                   select the "Screen Saver" tab. Use the pull down list
                   to find "SysInternals Bluescreen" and apply it as your
                   new screen saver. Select the "Settings" button to
                   enable fake disk activity, which adds an extra touch
                   of realism!

             More  You can find out how real Blue Screen's are generated,
      Information  and what the information on the Blue Screen means in
                   my December 1997 Windows NT Magazine NT Internal's
                   column, "Inside the Blue Screen".

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