[Rusky]

A lot of people are seeing this as useless- one commenter called it "function follows form."

I actually think this one's better- with "You can search for the error online: SOME_ERROR_CODE_HERE" it will overwhelm less people and get more people to a place they can find help.

[gospelwut]

Insofar as the dump file still gets stored somewhere, I don't see why this is bad either. Most of the time, in modern versions, BSODs are hardware/driver related and require somebody half-competent to diagnose it.

[hamidpalo]

Problem with that is that it would lead to a SEO battle of "pay to remove your viruses from your rams and boost your registries" sites.

[TeMPOraL]

There's ton of crap in search results for STOP codes already.

[Rusky]

That's Google's problem. If Microsoft can give people exactly enough information about the problem that, for example, their knowledge base site can give them some options, I don't see why that's a bad thing.

[uvTwitch]

It is Microsoft's problem if Noober McGreenerson searches for that error code and downloads the "fix" that ends up infesting their computer. Most people are more than happy to blame Michaelsoft for their computer shitting the bed after they've installed crapware on it.

[Rusky]

No, it's Noober McGreenerson's fault for downloading crap from a suspicious site without doing any research. It doesn't matter who Noober is happy to blame, it's still his fault.

Yes, it's nice when end users don't have to think, but no, it's not realistic. Microsoft has no direct control over Google- why should they be responsible for what people find there?

Should they just leave every piece of useful information off the blue screen so nobody will search? That's what would really be "function follows form."