The infamous "blue screen of death," which featured a text frown and terrified those who experienced it, no longer exists after Microsoft killed it in favor of a simple black screen and error code.

Kevin Arrows is a highly experienced and knowledgeable technology specialist with over a decade of industry experience. He holds a Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS) certification and ...

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 ...

Microsoft is changing, for the first time in nearly 40 years, the iconic Windows crash screen – the blue is giving way to ...

Microsoft is changing the design of one of its most notorious error messages to make it easier to recover when your computer ...

One of the most iconic things about Windows is its "blue screen of death," which is now retiring after 40 years.

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If your Windows computer is crashing unexpectedly and showing you a blue screen error, there's now a fix for that. As BleepingComputer reports, Windows updates pushed in March and April are ...

Windows 11 users will soon get a new black screen error message whenever their system crashes and without any emoji.

SECURE_KERNEL_ERROR blue screen (BleepingComputer) To address the known issue on Windows enterprise-managed devices, admins must install the Windows 11 24H2 and Windows Server 2025 KB5053656 ...