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Oxford Street display boards show raw system errors

1d agoVia The RegisterWritten for Lucame clients

Digital signage on Oxford Street briefly displayed what appeared to be underlying system or software errors, visible to shoppers and tourists passing by. It's a reminder that public-facing screens running embedded Windows or similar platforms can expose internal faults when something goes wrong.

What this means for your business

If your business uses any kind of public display — a reception screen, a digital noticeboard, or a window display — it's worth checking what those screens show when they crash or restart. A bit of basic configuration, like setting a safe fallback image and hiding the taskbar and system notifications, can stop an embarrassing moment in front of clients or customers.

Reported by The Register. Original headline: Chocolate Caterpillar or Chocolate Teapot? Top up the disk space for Windows 10 to find out. Read the source at theregister.com. This write-up is ours, not theirs.

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