I think my favorite part of the article is the error code in the screenshot. . .
"If you call a support person, give them this info: Stop code: MANUALLY_INITIATED_CRASH"
I'd actually like to hear that call to tech support :)
"If you call a support person, give them this info: Stop code: MANUALLY_INITIATED_CRASH"
I'd actually like to hear that call to tech support :)
The BSOD contained zero information about what caused it and said it was an intentionally initiated crash. Figuring out that it was this DRM garbage took quite an effort.
This is roughly the 2000 or early XP era.
I assume you REALLY needed that piece of software to put up with that.
Sad part? Yes.
I cannot for the life of me remember what the software did, but it had a physical dongle on the serial port (not USB, serial), I think it may have been related to HVAC control but don't quote me on that.
Ultimately when I left they were still using the software on its own dedicated machine. Even then it was total junk, but it "worked," so cannot mess with that!