[plug] [OT] What is a Windows Freeze?

[Chris Caston]

On Sat, 2002-12-07 at 22:25, Leon Brooks wrote:
> On Saturday 07 December 2002 01:22 pm, I am the LinuxAlien wrote:
> > I was wondering what exactly happens when windows freezes.
> 
> Its spirit has gone to the Great Motherboard In The Sky, to contemplate the 
> mantra `If Microsoft made something that didn't suck, it would be a vacuum 
> cleaner'.

Bwahaahhahahahha!

 On a serious note, it's probably in a neverending loop with 
> interrupts disabled.
> 
> > So... What is the CPU doing, what is the OS doing?
> 
> Spinning or halted, and sucking, respectively. (-:
> 
> Cheers; Leon
> 
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