{"id":48784,"date":"2014-07-15T14:56:05","date_gmt":"2014-07-15T14:56:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?p=48784"},"modified":"2014-07-15T14:56:05","modified_gmt":"2014-07-15T14:56:05","slug":"fewer-bsods-windows-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/fewer-bsods-windows-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Fewer BSODs with Windows 8?"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/p>\n

Windows MVP John D. Carrona discusses the improved stability offered with Windows 8\/8.1.
–PC Pitstop.<\/i><\/font><\/p>\n

Fewer BSODs with Windows 8?<\/h4>\n

By Windows Talk<\/p>\n

This content was provided by Windows MVP John D. Carrona whom I recently interview here. One of the questions I originally asked him was: Are there fewer BSODs (Blue Screen of Death) with Windows 8 compared to previous versions? It required a longer response, so John has kindly allowed me to publish this article.<\/em><\/p>\n


\nAre there fewer BSODs with Windows 8?<\/strong><\/p>\n

A difficult question, as the BSOD\u2019s ebb and flow as time goes on. In general, I find fewer BSOD\u2019s in Win8\/8.1 systems than I did in Win7 systems. But there\u2019s some additional considerations here.
\nThere\u2019s the difference between a developer analyzing a BSOD in order to fix a driver that they\u2019ve written and a user trying to fix a BSOD on their own system. When a developer analyzes a crash dump, they usually look at the individual instructions in order to see where the error occurred \u2013 whereas a user doesn\u2019t need to look at the instructions (and even if they did, they would have no use for this information as they cannot rebuild the driver).<\/p>\n

What can cause a BSOD?<\/strong><\/p>\n

BSOD\u2019s are caused by problems with the operating system in the kernel space. They occur when the kernel or a driver running in kernel mode encounters an error from which it cannot recover. When this happens the system is designed to \u201cfail fast\u201d so that there isn\u2019t any damage to the system. This may result in data loss as the system reboots before the user has a chance to save anything that is being worked on. According to the documentation, a user mode function cannot directly cause a BSOD \u2013 it must use accepted routines to perform actions in the kernel space \u2013 and the kernel space is where the errors occur that generate BSOD\u2019s.<\/p>\n

Article continued here<\/a><\/p>\n

Shared with permission from Windows Talk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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