In Windows 11, the BSOD will soon become the Black Screen of Death. Instead of the old blue background, sad face icon, and QR code, the new screen will be black and simpler in design.

All of them were blue by coincidence, according to a blog post by Mr. Chen. The change to a black screen comes in the wake of last year’s outage generated by the cybersecurity company CrowdStrike.

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 ...

Earlier this year, we reported that Microsoft is changing the iconic Blue Screen of Death (also known as ‘BSOD’) screen’s color to black on Windows 11.