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  1. Aug 26th, 2000, 01:03 PM #1
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    Cool

    Can you help:
    There is a problem with the URL file:///c:/con/con
    When anyone clicks on it or opens it etc, it causes the computer to crash.
    WHY?!

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  2. Aug 26th, 2000, 02:05 PM #2
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    its not a problem, it is suppposed to do that, for some odd reason.
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  3. Aug 26th, 2000, 05:04 PM #3
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    Hehehehehe. It's a bug in the Windows 95 kernel. In Windows 98, it just says that it executed an invalid instruction, then kills it quietly. I think W95 dies completely. BTW, NT has never had this problem.
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  4. Aug 27th, 2000, 05:02 AM #4
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    This is too weird.
    You'd think Microsoft would have fixed it in Win98!
    With this, you can crash peoples computers when they visit webpages (using the image tag), e-mails (again, with the image tag) and just plain hyperlinks. Pretty scary stuff if you ask me.
    It's great on some forums though with the [IMG] command enabled - you can really cause damage!
    When you said Windows95 just "dies completely" - what dyou mean?

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  6. Aug 27th, 2000, 06:21 AM #5
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    On my copy of W95 I got a BSOD. And it went downhill rapidly from there.
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  7. Aug 28th, 2000, 11:58 AM #6
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    Well, I have win98 se and the problem is still there, but my little brother has win98 se and on his version it is "fixed" so I think it depends on the version you have...
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    W95 - kills it.
    W98 - kills it after two goes.
    W98se - mentions problem, no effect.
    NT - no effect.
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