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 ...

Back in Black: Why Microsoft Is Ditching the Blue In 2024, a botched CrowdStrike update rendered countless PCs unusable, taking down airlines, railways, banks, TV stations, and more.

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 ...

As part of the WRI, Microsoft is replacing the decades-old Blue Screen of Death with a simplified black interface to reduce downtime and speed up recovery during system failures.