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so my friend made me use that powershell command for a prank,
We don't know which command you me (because you didn't mentioned it in your post), but your friend; ask him/her.
my friend made me use the 'powershell winnit' command
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daniel meyling
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so my friend made me use that powershell winnit command for a prank, and it gave me the crash screen, now i'm a bit scared if it could've damaged my computer
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Olaf Helper 47,441 Reputation points2024-10-12T07:08:16.41+00:00 -
daniel meyling 0 Reputation points
2024-10-12T11:26:39.3133333+00:00 it says in the title
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Castorix31 90,686 Reputation points2024-10-12T12:53:19.8+00:00 A BSOD won't damage the computer
It's like killing a System process with Process Explorer or other.
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Anonymous2024-10-14T01:46:15.5366667+00:00 Hi daniel meyling,
The wininit.exe is a legitimate system process in Microsoft Windows operating systems. It stands for Windows Initialization and is responsible for initializing some of the core components of the system. If you run it manually, it will reboot Windows, but it won't damage your computer.
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Ian Xue
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