Janet Jackson’s ‘Rhythm Nation’ crashed some Windows laptops for years

Playing the song from or near certain laptops made around 2005 and later screwed with their hard drives.

Playing the song from or near certain laptops made around 2005 and later screwed with their hard drives.

Wes Davis is a weekend editor who covers the latest in tech and entertainment. He has written news, reviews, and more as a tech journalist since 2020.

Longtime Verge readers might recall the unusual story of how the music video for a Janet Jackson song, “Rhythm Nation,” could cause certain Windows laptops to crash just by being around when it’s playing. Now, in a blog post spotted by PCWorld, Microsoft employee Raymond Chen has revealed that

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