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  Copyright © 1997 Mark Russinovich

  Last Updated November 11, 1997

  NTInternals Blue Screen Screen Saver V1.02

          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 the blue screen seen during a system
                       boot, complete with a fake chkdsk of disk drives
                       with errors! It 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!

  Installation and Use There are two versions of Bluescreen: one that
                       generates harmless disk activity during the
                       simulated system boots to add to authenticity, and
                       one that doesn't. If you have concerns about a
                       screen saver exercising your disk, download the
                       non-disk-enabled version, but if you want ultimate
                       realism get the disk-enabled flavor.

                       Simply copy BLUESCRN.SCR to your <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
                       "NT Internals Blue Screen" and apply it as your
                       new screen saver.

      More Information You can find out how real Blue Screen's are
                       generated, 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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