In a change we already knew was in the pipeline, Microsoft has simplified the existing BSoD and removed the frowny face along ...

Microsoft replaces the Blue Screen of Death with a new black version in Windows 11, adding Quick Machine Recovery and ...

Microsoft is replacing the familiar Blue Screen of Death with a new Black Screen of Death in the upcoming Windows 11 update ...

The Black Screen of Death in Windows usually appears due to an issue with a hardware device, its driver, or software.

Microsoft has officially begun phasing out the iconic Blue Screen of Death, a decades-old symbol of system crashes, and is ...

Windows 11's latest update swaps the blue crash screen for a new black version with clearer error info, arriving alongside ...

The new BSOD is rolling out to Windows 11 Release Preview users today, meaning it should appear for all Windows 11 users in a ...

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

The dreaded blue screen of death hasn’t met its maker after all: it’s just changed color and design. But that may bring a ...

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 ...

Like Pudding Pops and Benetton sweaters, another 1980s icon is gone. After 40 years of delivering the tragic news of a PC crash to Windows users, Microsoft's infamous "blue screen of death" is going ...

Now, after 33 years, Microsoft is retiring the Blue Screen of Death, which has become one of its ... the universal symbol of system failure. Windows 8 added a frowning emoji and friendlier text.