Meet the new bummer-screen boss: The black screen of death, minus the blue screen's frowny face. Microsoft's 'Blue Screen of Death' Dies After 40 Years: Meet Its Replacement - CNET X ...

We're all familiar with the Windows BSOD, but Microsoft is now making it simpler in appearance—and getting rid of the iconic blue color in the process.

Windows is getting rid of the Blue Screen of Death after 40 years. ... The new design drops the traditional blue color, frowning face, and QR code in favor of a simplified black screen.

The blue screen that stressed computer users for more than three decades is giving way to a black one. By Sopan Deb For millennials, blue can be a significant color. It is associated with clues ...

The BSOD screen will still exist on Windows going forward—just with a new color. After an update to the Windows operating system later this summer, the Blue Screen of Death will become, well ...

For decades, the Blue Screen of Death, or BSOD to its friends, has instilled a mix of panic, dread, ... By contrast, black is the absence of color. Cold. Ominous. The void.

(AP) - 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 ...

Microsoft says the new black screen of death, which it calls a "simplified UI for unexpected restarts," will appear in its place starting later this summer on all Windows 11, version 24H2 devices.