Remote BSOD Invocator

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Description

The Remote BSOD Invocator is a great office gag to invoke fake BSOD's remotely with optional funny haiku errors. Great for office gags or to drive Dilbert boss types crazy.

Usage - Server

The server is available as svchost.exe. This name is the same name as a Windows service that Windows already runs several copies of. This effectively hides it from the user when they look in the task list as it appears the same as the Windows one. To install the server on a machine, simply copy svchost somewhere and run it. You can use the registry to cause it to run each time the machine is started, or simply put it in the users start up group. If you do not put it in the registry or startup group, it will disappear on the next reboot.

Usage - Client

To trigger the fake BSOD simply run the client (rbsod.exe) and use the following steps:

1. Enter the IP address or host name of the target machine (or a broadcast IP).
2. Select the message you want to appear. You can choose a realistic message, or a BSOD haiku:
   • A fatal exception OE has occurred at 0028:C0011E36 in VXD VMM(01)00010E36. The current application will be terminated.
   • A file that big? It might be very useful.But now it is gone.
   • The Web site you seek Can not be located but Countless more exist.
   • Chaos reigns within. Reflect, repent, and reboot. Order shall return.
   • Serious error. All shortcuts have disappeared. Screen. Mind. Both are blank.
   • Windows crashed again. I am the Blue Screen of Death. No one hears your screams.
   • Yesterday it worked. Today it is not working. Windows is like that.
   • Stay the patient course. Of little worth is your ire. The network is down.
   • A crash reduces Your expensive computer To a simple stone.
   • Three things are certain: Death, taxes, and lost data. Guess which has occurred.
   • You step in the stream, But the water has moved on. This page is not here.
   • Out of memory. We wish to hold the whole sky, But we never will.
   • Having been erased, The document you're seeking Must now be retyped
   • First snow, then silence. This thousand dollar screen dies So beautifully.
   • The Tao that is seen Is not the true Tao, until You bring fresh toner
   • With searching comes loss And the presence of absence: "My Novel" not found.
   • ABORTED effort: Close all that you have worked on. You ask way too much. 
3. Click the BSOD button. You can also remotely clear the message if needed by using the Clear BSOD button.

BorCon Note

This version has been slightly modified from the version demoed at BorCon. A bug has been fixed in the key handling, and the "Made with Indy" logo which was added to assure people knew it was a practical joke, has been removed. No other changes have been made.

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• Binary Distribution
• Source Distribution - Delphi source, requires Indy