Microsoft to Wave Goodbye to the Blue Screen of Death After 40 Years, and Welcome the Black Screen of Death
After about 40 years, the American tech maker – Microsoft has confirmed that it will soon be introducing the Black Screen of Death by replacing the Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) error message. The new error screen will be bringing a newer and simpler design too apart from just a color change.
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New Black Screen of Death Coming to Windows?
Early this year itself, in 2025, Microsoft was revealed to be examining and looking into its Blue Screen of Death error message on Windows 11 and now, the brand has confirmed a new design shift. The Blue Screen of Death is soon going to be replaced by the Black Screen of Death, and in addition to dropping the Blue color, a simpler design language will also be brought to the error screen.
Speaking more, it has been reported that the frowning face and the QR code will both be removed in the new design, and the Black Screen of Death will look more like the Windows Update Screen. As indicated, the Black color will replace the traditional Blue color, and the Black Screen of Death will be listing the ‘Stop code’ and ‘What failed’ on it. Also, since the faulty system driver is being identified by Windows itself, users or IT admins won’t have to pull out crash dumps and analyze them in WinDbg and other such tools to find the cause of the error.
This new design for the error screen, as per stated by the Microsoft official – David Weston, is aimed at providing users with clarity and better information, thereby allowing them to find the core issue and solve it quickly, Also, Microsoft has confirmed that the new Black Screen of Death will be brought to Windows later this Summer, in 2025.
