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0 pointsacqq5y ago0 comments

In fact the "status access violation" message would be much more confusing for the "normal" non-programmer person.

I believe the actual error would be "access violation", status is only the prefix. But I don't think that text would help normal users more.

As in: "Who is that General Protection, what has he done to my computer and why is that his fault"?

"General Protection Fault" were the words actually presented to the "normal" users before. It surely didn't help them to read that.

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aflag5y ago

They could have the error code, name and a small explanation about what the error means. Eg.: The program tried to access an invalid memory address and had to be terminated. That is likely a bug in <program name>

jrumbut5y ago

Your computer has performed an illegal operation.

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