In honor of me blowing up my own computer* just now, I'm happy to link this tech support stories site:

Cut from our email support log:

This morning I tried to sign on and for a purple screen. After several tried with different browsers then I got the message you were down. I tried to exit. It went to a background with huge pixels and stuck. I mean no amount of rebooting would get rid of it. Finally I had to reset my wallpaper.

Oldies (lots of DOS and Win 95 references), but still eye-roll worthy. Do a search on our site for "Welcome to My World" and you'll see these are not unique incidents.

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* Yes, I know what I did wrong. Yes, it was really stupid. No, you can't help.