Nowadays, the "blue screen" or "black screen of death" is so fashionable because made their appearance a few weeks ago, perhaps we should handle the joke that we will suggest you play at this time with a little care.
This is a trick that relies on certain libraries that you will have to install on the computer, which can be yours or that of some friend you want to play a joke on, place where this "blue screen" will appear, simulating in such a way that the operating system has failed and therefore, it will restart in a short time.
Previously, we must suggest that you should be next to the computer where you are going to develop this joke, this because the nervousness of its users could cause them to try to shut down the computer unexpectedly and therefore, can seriously damage it. What we will mention to you in this article are three alternatives that you could be using to obtain this "blue screen", having to adopt certain measures so that your operating system does not present any type of problems later.
Recommended minimum requirements to use this trick
Obviously the first thing that we are going to need is a computer with Windows operating system, this because the libraries that we will offer for now, will have to be installed in the place in where the "screensavers" are housed.
The second condition that we must not fail to mention is the compatibility; the developer of each of these alternatives has mentioned that they can be used up to Windows 7, Leaving aside Windows 8 and therefore its most recent update.
The third condition speaks instead of the resolution of the screen; we have tested each of these libraries and it has been presented a small problem on full HD screens, that is, 1980 × 1200 px. In this regard, a good resolution compatible with these tricks should not exceed 1200 px in the horizontal direction.
If we have taken these aspects into account then we should not have any problems when developing the little trick.
1.SysInternals BlueScreen
The first library that we will try to use is precisely this one, which you can use download from the following link. The file weighs only 64 kB and it is in Zip format.
We will only have to decompress its content to any place on the computer's hard drive; the file that we will extract will have a .scr format, which is typical of screensavers. To be able to execute or install it, we only have to click it with the right mouse button, and then choose «to install»From the contextual options shown there. Then we should go to the native Windows function to be able to activate the screensaver and perform a preview.
2.Bluescreen Screensaver
Blue screen screensaver It is another excellent alternative, which is very similar to the one we suggested above; For this we should only go to the download website, choosing the server that we deem most convenient. We will also obtain a compressed file in Zip format, andn whose interior is the library in .scr format, to which we can install it following the same method that we suggested above.
Once the Bluescreen Screensaver library is installed, we will be able to carry out a small test with the tool that will activate the screensaver in Windows.
3.BSOD screensaver
The options mentioned above are basic, since the "blue screen" that we will get will have the design of the error that is generally displayed when Windows fails. In addition to this, the previous alternatives they could fail depending on the type of Windows we have, that is, if we are going to run them on Windows 7 ultimate or Enterprice, perhaps there may be a few display problems when running.
This third alternative that we are suggesting for the moment is one of the most reliable and complete that could exist; to download you must go to the link of the BSOD screensaver official website, proceeding as suggested in the previous methods. The difference is framed in the execution, because this alternative already has a classic installer.
After the installation of the BSOD screensaver is finished, we can go to the respective function in Windows to activate it. So you can see this screensaver in full operation we recommend activating the «preview», which will cause the whole screen to turn a shade of blue and the respective error messages that generally appear with the "blue screen".
The difference is marked in the supposed running of a Linux installer and later, the restoration of Windows XP, all of them very entertaining images and animations that give the appearance of a failure in the computer.
We recommend that you use these tools with great care, as a clueless user (who you have not warned that it is a joke) it could suddenly shut down the computer, format it and later reinstall absolutely all the programs with which it works daily.