Nearly every Windows user has had a run-in with the infamous “Blue Screen of Death” at some point in their computing life.

Like Pudding Pops and Benetton sweaters, another 1980s icon is gone. After 40 years of delivering the tragic news of a PC crash to Windows users, Microsoft's infamous "blue screen of death" is going ...

Microsoft is retiring its iconic blue screen of death, the error screen Windows users have dreaded since the early 1990s. The ...

Then, in July 2024, that blue screen was everywhere. A botched update from CrowdStrike security software triggered what TechRepublic calls the “most widespread IT disruptions in recent years.” ...

It usually happens to your computer right in the middle of something important: The dreaded Microsoft Windows blue error ...

The infamous "blue screen of death," which featured a text frown and terrified those who experienced it, no longer exists ...

Microsoft is replacing the BSOD error with a black design in Windows 11 to speed recovery and strengthen resilience after the ...

Microsoft is changing the design of one of its most notorious error messages to make it easier to recover when your computer ...

Microsoft announced in its latest blog post that it will retire the iconic Windows blue error screen (Blue Screen of Death, ...

Microsoft’s famous blue screen of death, instantly recognizable by its distinctive bright blue background and technical error messages, will be replaced by a new black screen interface beginning this ...

After a long and storied history, the BSOD is being replaced. WIRED takes a trip down memory lane to wave goodbye to the ...

What once was blue will now be black, but as well as reassuring the concerned, it'll also provide more information for ...