The new design has a black background instead of the traditional blue, which has been used since the feature's introduction ...

Beyond the now-black background, Windows' new "screen of death" has a slightly shorter message. It's also no longer accompanied by a frowning face — and instead shows a percentage completed for ...

Nearly every Windows user has had a run-in with the infamous “Blue Screen of Death” at some point in their computing life. Now, after more than 40 years of being set against a very recognizable blue, ...

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

Nearly every Windows user has had a run-in with the infamous “Blue Screen of Death” at some point in their computing life. Now, after more than 40 years of being set against a very ...

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

The blue screen that stressed computer users for more than three decades is giving way to a black one.

Nearly every Windows user has had a run in with the infamous “Blue Screen of Death” at some point in their computing life. Now, after more than 40-years of being ...

Windows’ infamous ‘blue screen of death’ will soon turn black Microsoft says this “simplified” user interface for unexpected restarts will be available later this summer on all of its ...

Why change the blue screen to black now? Did the viral images of Times Square rendered useless by the BSOD cause that much reputational harm?