In April 2025, Microsoft announced that the Blue Screen of Death would become the Black Screen of Death. At least the abbreviation (BSOD) still fits. Microsoft said this change would be introduced in ...

Microsoft says it’s “streamlining” what users experience when encountering “unexpected restarts” that cause disruptions.

Microsoft is replacing its iconic blue screen of death with a simpler black screen that displays the stop code and faulty ...

The company will change the iconic blue error screen for a simplified black one, and ensure third-party security software ...

But now the Blue Screen Of Death will turn Black as Microsoft is preparing Windows 11 for its next major update (version 24H2). With this update, the company will be replacing the BSOD with a ...

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 ...

Nearly every Windows user has encountered the notorious ‘Blue Screen of Death’ at some point in their computing journey. Reports indicated that after over 40 years of being associated with a ...

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. Now, after more than 40 years of being set against a very ...

It started with the “blue screen of unhappiness” in Windows 3.1 when the control-alt-delete shortcut was added to exit an unresponsive program, along with dialogue written by former Microsoft ...