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The red screen of death (RSoD) is a variation of the familiar Blue Screen of Death which exists in the prerelease versions of Microsoft's upcoming operating system, Windows Vista (previously codenamed Longhorn). Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Red screen of death. ... Image File history File links Longhorn_RSoD.png Licensing File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Longhorn_RSoD.png Licensing File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Red screen of death. ... Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT, HKEx: 4338) is the worlds largest software company, with 2005 global annual sales of 40 billion US dollars and more than 55,000 employees in 85 countries and regions. ... In computing, an operating system (OS) is the system software responsible for the direct control and management of hardware and basic system operations. ... Windows Vista is the next version of Microsofts Windows operating system, superseding Windows XP. It was previously known by its codename Longhorn, after the Longhorn Saloon, a popular bar in Whistler, British Columbia (see the other Microsoft codenames). ...

The red screen of death is said to differ from its blue counterpart, by being shown as a result of a boot loader error. The 'red screen of death' also sometimes refers to fatal errors in recent versions of Lotus Notes. These errors are not full-screen like the Microsoft red/blue screens of death, but rather are bright red boxes with black borders. Red is a color at the lowest frequencies of light discernible by the human eye. ... For other uses, see Blue (disambiguation) Blue is one of the three primary additive colors; blue light has the shortest wavelength range (about 420–490 nanometers) of the three additive primary colors. ... In computing, booting is a bootstrapping process that starts operating systems when the user turns on a computer system. ... IBM Lotus Notes 6. ... Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT, HKEx: 4338) is the worlds largest software company, with 2005 global annual sales of 40 billion US dollars and more than 55,000 employees in 85 countries and regions. ...

The RSoD uses 80×25 text mode. The screen resolution is 640×400. The font is similar to Fixedsys. It was dropped in Build 5112 of Windows Vista. Fixedsys is a non-proportional Windows font. ...

See also

• Blue Screen of Death

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External links

• Original report of RSoD from a Microsoft employee
• BSoD upgrades to RSoD in Longhorn from Joi Ito