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[–] 45 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

Windows error reporting tool code leaked:

showDialog("Your program stopped working. Windows is diagnosing the issue...")

sendInformation(yourData, toMicrosoft)

sleep(10)

showDialog("Windows couldn't find a solution to your problem.")

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  • [–] 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

    It actually checks against the hardcoded list of hashes of programs that have patches and/or quirks in compatibility mode so that it may tell you to enable compatibility mode (plus also sends a report to some ms server which will never answer in a useful manner).

    The network diagnostic tool instead checks if there are any network devices disabled via device manager, and if wifi is on or not. It's meant for people with dementia I am guessing.

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