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ReactOS Lands Improvements For Its USB Stack - Fixing Various Blue Screens of Death

Written by Michael Larabel in Operating Systems on 3 December 2025 at 08:31 PM EST. 14 Comments
ReactOS as the open-source operating system aiming to be an "open-source Windows" by striving for binary compatibility with Windows programs and device drivers is now slightly better with its USB support.

ReactOS developers shared news today that a number of bug fixes for USB drivers have been merged. In particular, it should fix various Blue Screen of Death (BSoD) issues reported when running ReactOS on real hardware with USB. They remarked, "USB stack is now reported to be a bit more stable ;)"

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The pull request opened last month and merged today have various USB stack stability improvements. It should fix reported bugs around USB port assertions when some USB devices are connected and also a USB issue reported for Intel Haswell hardware. It's likely these USB patches should fix some other possible issues as well encountered on this longtime open-source OS.

ReactOS continues striving for its lofty but respected goals as we roll toward 2026.

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