Funny (but massive) Vista beta 2 Bug/Crash

Posted By: gaelhatchue | Jun 26th, 2006 @ 7:41 AM
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#Jun 26th, 2006 @ 7:41 AM
gaelhatchue
gaelhatchue
Save all your documents before doing this, if you want to try it; otherwise, it's notnna look so funny.

Assuming that you have Windows Powershell installed, do the following:

; change to the windows root drive
cd c:/

; Boooommm
more BOOTSECT.BAK

Your machine will immediately shutdown/turn off (less than 0.1 sec).
My dell laptop even makes a weird sound after turning off.

I don't know if this is a powershell bug or a Vista bug. Doing the same thing using the old cmd.exe doesnt crash the system.
#Jun 26th, 2006 @ 7:44 AM
Manip
Manip
Does it work as a non-admin?
#Jun 26th, 2006 @ 7:48 AM
gaelhatchue
gaelhatchue

I guess if your non-admin user account can open up a powershell console, then it will most likely work.

#Jun 26th, 2006 @ 9:19 AM
keeron
keeron
Obsessive Geek

You should report this to the powershell team (easiest way: their blog - http://blogs.msdn.com/powershell/)

#Jun 26th, 2006 @ 3:31 PM
gaelhatchue
gaelhatchue
keeron wrote:


You should report this to the powershell team (easiest way: their blog - http://blogs.msdn.com/powershell/)



Thanks keeron. I didn't know where to report it.

That bug sure scares the hell out of me. Does the PowerShell has kernel components to crash the system like that? I think it doesn't, which means that Windows Vista has got some serious issues.

By the way, I did some more investigations, and the crash occurs when trying to see the content of some binary files, even non critical binary files such as some .link files in the C:/Users/????/Links directory.


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