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How to crash your computer

How to crash your computer
Very Simple . . .
 
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Step 1Just go to notepad

Just go to notepad
Just go to notepad (start>all programs>accessories>notepad) and type exactly this script btween the lines:
___________________________________________________________________@echo off:crashstartgoto crash___________________________________________________________________
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39 comments
Jan 8, 2009. 6:13 AMjgserd says:
I am very offended at this, because you recommended doing this on a school computer. I work in a public school as an IT tech, and would appreciate it if you would edit or remove said comment.
Nov 3, 2011. 10:52 PMkazenteshi says:
Lmao your such a noob dont allow access to the startup and make long passwords i hacked my schools admin password via ophcrack then bruteforcing the hash with ighashgpu, then to make matters worse for them all i gave everyone in the school the admin password needless to say they got owned all the stupid it guys there :]
Sep 16, 2011. 9:24 AMkishok says:
for alternative we can type
START CRASH.BAT
CRASH.BAT
and save as crash.bat.
Jun 2, 2008. 6:32 PMdsman195276 says:
cool. it's sad that i don't even need to do this to make my computer crash. it does that on it's own...
Jun 10, 2008. 4:34 AMekulmeekul says:
Is it a Mac by any chance
Jun 8, 2011. 3:33 PMbzorn says:
No, macs don't crash
Jun 10, 2008. 8:41 AMdsman195276 says:
nope, HP. it's really old.
Jun 10, 2008. 2:05 PMknexsuperbuilderfreak says:
nope thats vista
Jun 14, 2008. 7:06 PMn8man says:
obviously (circular start button)
Nov 29, 2008. 11:05 AMcormac3050 says:
What does half the world have against Vista??
Feb 27, 2009. 12:43 PMknil92 says:
most of the people that had issues with vista were either gamers or hackers, cus half the great classic games like quake or doom dont work and the hackers a peeved off cus all the path ways are all different and it doesnt come with command prompt as standard
Oct 8, 2009. 1:54 PMgreenbean says:
My vista came with CMD enabled and ready to roll. You can also freeze up multiple computers in a way similar to this. Check this out: www.instructables.com/id/Freezing-lots-of-Computers-at-Once/
Jul 2, 2009. 5:31 PMdeathzone says:
and dont forget that hackers and gamers are the only ones who TRUELY know what a computer is capable of and know how to push its potential so their opinions should be weighed more than the adverage person's. well thats my opinion anyway.
Dec 1, 2008. 12:39 AMekulmeekul says:
just the fact that it will fill up at least 20GB of space once all the updates are completed and the major problem that it is a system resource hog and it is prone to crashing at slight problems like some sort of auxillary program running on it that isn't specifically designed for windows vista, and i forgot to mention the compatibility issues that come along with it. Other than all of that it's just another os that does a few fancy visual effects.
Dec 27, 2008. 12:25 PMfwjs28 says:
well summed up...oh and UAC....
Dec 2, 2008. 10:40 AMcormac3050 says:
I don't actually find it to be that much of a resource hog, I don't even have a dual-core computer and it runs fine, even with all the graphic effects on!!
Nov 29, 2008. 11:11 AMn8man says:
What the apple ads say about it. I have vista too. I think it is the bandwagon effect or something else.
May 7, 2011. 12:46 PMericnguyen says:
LOL
Apr 20, 2011. 8:24 AMsystemfailure says:
hey do u know how i can make all the computers in my school shutdown or crash? some of the kids want me to prove to them i can hack
Mar 8, 2011. 6:21 AMWaterLemon7 says:
that is not crashing the computer it is simply opening up command prompt with notepad many times.
Jan 2, 2009. 1:33 PMToshinden12345 says:
or if you have a fast computer go into task manager and quickly click on all the command prompts that open and click end task or delete, and it should work
Jan 24, 2010. 1:50 AMvorlock says:
or you can click on the processes tab, right click one of cmd processes and select:

end process tree

that will close all the command prompt windows at once.
Sep 15, 2008. 4:43 AMiceangelfire17 says:
watch this

this can crash your computer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goFpgrJxs9Q
Oct 8, 2009. 1:58 PMgreenbean says:
So can this: www.instructables.com/id/Freezing-lots-of-Computers-at-Once/
it will freeze up lots of computers at once! How much cooler is that!??
Jan 2, 2009. 1:09 PMToshinden12345 says:
no, its actually shutdown -s -f -t 300 -c "HACKED or whatever you want to say" it will do a force shutdown of the computer and it will say whatever is in the quotes
Apr 16, 2009. 8:45 AMalpernebbi says:
I can avoid force shutdowns.... shutdown -a This code cancels timed shutdowns.... Of course while the countdown...
Mar 14, 2009. 5:51 PMgrampafish says:
put it in startup it really messes with the computer
Jan 2, 2009. 1:31 PMToshinden12345 says:
these are also known as fork bombs :D
Jul 19, 2008. 12:03 AMToshinden12345 says:
theres an easier way, its a special code, i know it xD
Jan 2, 2009. 11:34 AMcomputer_guy says:
what is it?
Sep 21, 2008. 6:38 AMDerin says:
shutdown -s -f -c "HACKED" by any chance?
Dec 4, 2008. 2:17 PMschmitty says:
XP is much more stable than Vista!!!
Dec 27, 2008. 12:24 PMfwjs28 says:
thats not the point...this is forkbomb.....it would still crash a supercomputer given enough time.....
Dec 8, 2008. 4:03 AMDr_Boom says:
For Laptops Go to start and click shutdown . Also rumour has it you can stop it by clicking the start/pause button near to print screen button and then alt - f4 ;-)
Jun 8, 2008. 3:39 PMDecepticon says:
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Sep 9, 2008. 5:51 PMhoWmAnyTiMeS says:
oh god. dude, you need to get laid.
Sep 10, 2008. 12:07 PMDecepticon says:
Your comment alone proves the audience for this 'hack' is about 12 years old.
Jun 3, 2008. 11:42 AMiraqniphobia says:
You can just hold down the power button. Really no need to pull the cord. and couldn't you just hit ctrl+c to stop the batch file whenever?
Aug 16, 2008. 2:36 PMdavidprosser says:
Bear in mind that by the time you think to do that there are already tens upon tens of that batch file running so to press ctrl+c on all of them quicker than they are opening would be a challenge!

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