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’ 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 ...

No, Windows didn't kill the Blue Screen of Death, it just got a makeover - what's changed The BSOD has gone dark and ditched the frowny face, for starters. Here's what else is new.

It usually happens to your computer right in the middle of something important: The dreaded Microsoft Windows blue error screen. Now Microsoft is retiring the blue ...

The Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) has held strong in Windows for nearly 40 years, but that’s about to change.

And you won’t have to stare at the screen for long. As part of the Windows 11 24H2 release, the downtime of an unexpected restart will be about two seconds for most users, Microsoft promised.

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REDMOND, Wash. — 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 ...

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 the ...