"No, we're not sure we'd want to touch the screen either. The rusty surrounds speak more of Granja station's coastal location than anything else. But despite the area's beauty, this delightful station puts to shame the glorified bus shelter frequented by this hack - and Windows 2000 is not happy. Having glimpsed inside one of these machines in an earlier installment of bork, we can confidently state that Windows 2000 is running behind the scenes."
"A Windows service has strayed somewhere it shouldn't and encountered an error. Our reader mused that the issue "may be why card payments are flagged as being out of service." We're not sure what would happen if the OK button were jabbed, and we're not sure we're brave enough to do so. See our earlier comment about the state of the screen."
"There's no Blue Screen of Death - yet. The issue is probably some badly behaved software rather than anything hardware-related, despite the hard life this terminal has clearly lived. The history of Portugal's railways will be depressingly familiar to many train fans: expansion followed by a contraction as passengers (and bean counters) discovered the joy of travel by road. A recent analysis suggested express bus services in the country were often a better bet than letting the train take the strain."
A touchscreen ticket terminal at Granja station runs Windows 2000 and has stopped functioning after a Windows service accessed memory it should not have, causing a halt. The machine's rusty, weathered condition reflects coastal exposure and heavy use, but the fault appears to be software-related rather than hardware failure. Card payments may be flagged as out of service as a consequence, and the result of pressing the OK button is unknown. There is no Blue Screen of Death visible. Portugal's railways have contracted and express buses are often a better option. Windows 2000 is long past its prime while Windows 11 has yet to fully dominate the market.
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