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Microsoft Windows Blue Screen Of Death Is Retiring After 40 Years, Here's What Will Replace It

Microsoft Corporation MSFT announced to retire the iconic Blue Screen of Death after nearly 40 years. The tech giant is replacing it with a Black Screen of Death for Windows 11 users. What Happened: ...
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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 ...
Fast Company

Microsoft’s infamous Blue Screen of Death is finally going away for good

Microsoft has confirmed that it is killing off its iconic Blue Screen of Death (BSOD). The screen is something most Windows users (unfortunately) are all too familiar with—the azure shade that appears ...
eTeknix

Windows “Blue Screen of Death” Will Change Color and Design in Microsoft’s Upcoming Plans

The famous Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) in Windows has become a well-known part of the Microsoft operating system, so it’s quite surprising to think that this iconic screen could undergo a major change ...
Forbes

Blue Screen Of Death—Microsoft Says Turn It Off And On Again And Again And Again

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. With the entire world seemingly still trying to deal with what ...
Forbes

Microsoft Didn’t Kill Blue Screen Of Death, But What’s Coming May Be A Problem

You know the drill: out of nowhere you see a screen that tells you your Windows device has hit “a problem and needs to restart.” It’s known as the Blue Screen of Death and recently it was thought that ...
TweakTown

Microsoft is getting rid of the 'Blue Screen of Death' in Windows 11

TL;DR: Microsoft is testing a new error screen for Windows 11, replacing the Blue Screen of Death with a Green or Black Screen of Death. The new design removes the ...
PC World

Microsoft kills the iconic Windows ‘Blue Screen of Death.’ It looks like this now

Almost every Windows user has encountered the legendary “Blue Screen of Death” (or BSOD for short) at least once. More than anything else, the infamous error ...
Lifehacker

The Blue Screen of Death Is Dead

Michelle is Lifehacker's Associate Tech Editor, and has been reviewing games, laptops, phones, and more for over 10 years. She is based in New York City and holds a master's degree from NYU. Microsoft ...
Digital Trends

Blue Screen of Death: What it means and what to do if you get one

The BSOD, or Blue Screen of Death, is an iconic error screen that anyone who’s ever used a Windows PC has liekly come across at one time or another. It’s no fun ...
CNET

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

Alex Valdes from Bellevue, Washington has been pumping content into the Internet river for quite a while, including stints at MSNBC.com, MSN, Bing, MoneyTalksNews, Tipico and more. He admits to being ...