Windows has departed!

Windows has departed! A departures screen in Cork Airport displaying a Windows error message

It is a good thing Windows isn’t used for any mission critical systems, isn’t it?

Spotted in Cork Airport departures lounge yesterday.

8 Responses to “Windows has departed!”


  1. 1 gpshewan

    Hehe, I’ve seen a good few BSoD’s on departure boards at airports over the years. I remember Edinburgh aiport always used to have at least one monitor down with some form of error.

    Always meant to take a snap and post it for the craic, but never got around to it.

  2. 2 Ken McGuire

    Clever…. clever indeed… You think someone would be paying attention to it! Can we blame Microsoft so for future flight delays?

  3. 3 Shel Israel

    This kind if diminishes my confidence in flying there to speak at Cork IT. What would happen if that screen said “a fatal error has occurred…”

  4. 4 Eoghan McCabe

    Haha. I saw an ATM machine in Dublin with a Windows error screen on it!

  5. 5 Dennis Howlett

    I can almost guarantee to find at least one screen at most airports with this - or the blue screen of death - how about a Flickrstream on this? Windows Dead, Dead Windows, Windows Departed (like that!) Departing on a Blue Screen, Blue Screen Airways, BLue Bubble…the mind boggles.

  6. 6 Donal

    Like Eoghan, just yesterday I spotted an ATM that had Windows on it and somehow (!) something went wrong. Apparently, it was “safe to restart your computer”. I tried taking a photo of it but couldn’t get past the reflection of the screen. They’re probably looking at the video footage of me taking photos of the ATM now!

  7. 7 Eoghan McCabe
  8. 8 liven

    but I powerfully make nervous such mistakes ((

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