Windows Replacing the 'Blue Screen of Death'

[Monroe]

Windows is getting rid of the Blue Screen of Death after 40 years.

Microsoft is saying hello to the Black Screen of Death error message instead.

https://www.theverge.com/news/692648/microsoft-bsod-black-screen-of-death-color-change-official

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[Dave-H]

Is nothing sacred?!

[modnar]

11 hours ago, Dave-H said:

Is nothing sacred?!

You know it has to resemble the colour of their souls.

[Karla Sleutel]

On 6/26/2025 at 2:09 PM, Monroe said:

Black Screen of Death error message instead.

But it existed before! It'd be confusing. 

[Tripredacus]

Bring back the Azure Screen of Indifference!

Wasn't there a red screen of death in a Vista beta?

[Karla Sleutel]

22 hours ago, Tripredacus said:

Wasn't there a red screen of death in a Vista beta?

Totally right, interesting observation!

"It was dropped in Beta 1 (Build 5112) of Vista for all errors except boot loader errors. It can also be found (but rarely) in early builds of Windows 98, even when it was known as codename "Memphis", because these early builds have poor/broken ACPI support."
https://www.betaarchive.com/wiki/index.php?title=Windows_crash_screens