The new design has a black background instead of the traditional blue, which has been used since the feature's introduction ...

Windows 11's Blue Screen of Death is now black and more streamlined - but I'm worried the simplification goes too far.

Windows users have all been there— the dreaded error message, otherwise known as the “Blue Screen of Death.” After 40 years, Microsoft is changing the design of the error screen, including the color.

Open source code for BSSP. This is an enhanced blue screen simulator application for Windows. Use Visual Studio to recompile. - MarkusMaal/BlueScreenSimulatorPlus ...

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 ...