Windows 7 RTM has "critical" bug
From
DailyTech.com:
Microsoft is now in code-red panic mode as a major bug has been found in Windows 7's RTM build, one which threatens to kill the OS's release party. The RTM build -- 7600.16385 -- thus far only received by a handful, features a reportedly massive memory leak in the unassuming, but frequently used program chkdsk.exe.
When scanning a second hard disk (a non-boot partition or second physical drive) using the "/r" (read and verify all file data) parameter the utility starts to leak memory like its a monsoon and quickly runs up a high enough memory debt that it blue screens and crashes the system, according to some (others merely report a memory usage of around 98 percent within seconds, but without the legendary "blue screen of death").
The bug has been confirmed on many different hardware setups --it's been verified to occur on everything from a Intel Atom-based netbook running the 32-bit version, to a Intel Core 2 Duo notebook running the 64-bit version, and a VMware Workstation 6.5.2 virtual machine running the 32-bit version.
Explorer.exe, which runs the utility does not release the excessively large amounts of memory it gobbles up, compounding the problem.
From DailyTech.com:
CHKDSK with /r is a recovery command.
ReplyDeleteThe release date isn't in peril.
There are no BSOD reports that are credible.
If you run checkdisk in that fashion - expect it to use all but 50MB of your memory lol - there aren't any systems that can function with 50MB these days...
I wouldn't put much stock into the internet chatter about Windows 7 being off target just yet.
Let's all start talking shit about Apple ... if you really want to make a contribution to humankind, kill someone who owns a ^%##!@%#ing MAC.