J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
In message , Paul
writes:
JJ wrote:
On Sat, 6 Apr 2019 12:39:13 -0700 (PDT), AK wrote:
Does anyone use a anti blue screen protector?

They are rather expensive.

Thanks,
Andy
Not worth it, IMO. Because it doesn't solve the problem which causes
the
BSOD in the first place. It's like ignoring a court order that'll
always end up in a bad way.

There's two ways to do what I think he is referring to.
[learned discourse on backlights deleted!]

My first thought was that this was an April Fool thread, but the initial
post appears to be dated the 6th.

But I read it as referring to some piece of software that prevents BSODs
- *or claims to*. I've never heard of such, but I can just about believe
it as possible. It would have to be a very complex piece of software,
though - it would more or less have to sandbox or VM your entire system.
At the very least, I imagine it would have a significant effect on
performance.

That's the way I read it too! If such a thing existed, it would have to
operate at a very low level, and run all the time in the background,
monitoring everything. But I doubt it does exist - at least for
intercepting blue screens. I seem to vaguely recall some utility program
that could run in the background and intercept some stuff that went astray
at the higher levels, however, but can't recall the program name now