You can try to fix a Blue Screen of Death on your Windows computer with a number of troubleshooting methods; below are some ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

TL;DR: Microsoft is retiring the iconic Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) after 40 years, replacing it with a new Black Screen of Death featuring a simplified UI and ...

CHANG: This thing that pops up when your computer suddenly restarts? I hate that thing. SHAPIRO: Yeah, well, RIP because Microsoft announced this week that the dreaded BSOD is no more. CHANG: Yeah, ...

NEW YORK — The dreaded "blue screen of death" that has tormented millions of Windows users for decades is being put to rest. Microsoft is ditching the notorious feature that appears on Windows ...

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 ...

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 ...

The times, they are a-changing—at least over at Microsoft, that is. The universally shared Windows user experience of the “blue screen of death” will soon be a thing of the past. For many Microsoft ...

Apple today shared a new "Blue Screen of Death" ad that appears to mock a major Windows computer outage that occurred last year, following ...

Microsoft is ditching the notorious feature that appears on Windows computers in the coming months, "streamlining the unexpected restart experience" with a new black-colored screen, the company ...