Barry Smith at SourceLink wrote: > > Stop spreading FUD. There is no way a userland app like "run.exe" can > "cause" > > a blue screen. Only something running in kernel space -- like windows core > code, > > or certain device drivers -- can ever do that. > > Then I guess you don't read the cygwin archives, because that's where I read > the > entire thread while I was researching RUN/START execution under cygwin.
That doesn't mean that 'run' was at fault. If a user-mode program results in a BSOD that means it exercised a bug in a kernel-mode driver, such as a faulty virus scanner or other "security" type crapware. There is simply no way that a user-mode program can cause a BSOD on its own. Brian -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
