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Microsoft's 'Blue Screen of Death' Dies After 40 Years: Meet Its Replacement

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 ...

‘Terrible’—Microsoft’s Black Screen Of Death Strikes Down Windows

Neowin also notes another dark side to this latest issue. “Interestingly, Microsoft came up with a technical solution for ...
al.com

Microsoft’s dreaded ‘Blue Screen of Death’ is going away: Here’s what’s replacing it

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 ...
Yardbarker

Windows Says Goodbye To Blue Screen Of Death

Farewell, BSOD! We knew you well. What Windows user hasn’t seen the infamous Blue Screen of Death? Its appearance has always been accompanied by groans and frequently by curses. But soon, like it or ...
Liliputing

Lilbits: Microsoft is replacing the Blue Screen of Death with a Black one, extensions are coming to Chrome for Android (kind of), and an NES emulator that lets you play classic ...

Most Windows computers aren’t nearly as crash-prone today as they were a few decades ago. But crashes to happen, and for the past forty years Microsoft has shown some form of a “Blue Screen of Death” ...
The Times Leader

Windows’ infamous ‘blue screen of death’ will soon turn black

A Microsoft logo is seen on a screen as people listen at an event at Microsoft headquarters, May 20, 2024, in Redmond, Wash. Nearly every Windows user has had a run-in with the infamous “Blue Screen ...
PC World

Linux founder Linus Torvalds defends Windows’ Blue Screens of Death

Linux creator Linus Torvalds has unexpectedly come to Microsoft’s defense regarding the jokes about the Windows operating system’s infamous blue screen of death. The whole thing was first noticed by ...