Can a badly coded software cause computer problems?


  1. Posts : 297
    Windows 7 Professional 64-bit (6.1, Build 7601)
       #1

    Can a badly coded software cause computer problems?


    I'm just asking, because when I was playing "Battlefield Play4Free" (if you know the game or even play it, the software it self is bugged, it may gives you a freeze crash where you need to reset your computer since the game froze the entire computer), I tried to exit the match, the game froze and it gave me a BSOD (only once because of the game), and like the title says, will it cause problems?
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  2. Posts : 25,847
    Windows 10 Pro. 64/ version 1709 Windows 7 Pro/64
       #2

    Any program you use on your computer that is not made correctly (properly coded) will cause problems.
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  3. Posts : 2,497
    Windows 7 Pro 64 bit
       #3

    Certainly possible. An application fault will normally not cause a BSOD as the OS was specifically designed to make sure an application failure effected no others. But it can still happen.
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  4. Posts : 297
    Windows 7 Professional 64-bit (6.1, Build 7601)
    Thread Starter
       #4

    Just came in my head, can anyone give me examples of the problems that will happen to your PC?
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  5. Posts : 2,497
    Windows 7 Pro 64 bit
       #5

    The thing is that buggy applications do not follow some set of rules as to what problems they can cause. The nature and severity of the problems are unpredictable.

    Edit: Software developers are very ingenious. They are always finding new ways for their software to misbehave, inadvertently of course.
    Last edited by LMiller7; 27 May 2013 at 10:43.
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  6. Posts : 25,847
    Windows 10 Pro. 64/ version 1709 Windows 7 Pro/64
       #6

    The list of things that bad coding can cause would be and is endless. One never knows.
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