Got the Windows blue screen of death? Here's what the BSOD is and what to do if you've got it.

Microsoft did briefly turn the BSOD to a black screen in test builds of Windows 11 in 2021, but the company then reverted back to the blue screen it had been using since Windows 8.

Microsoft is radically changing the Blue Screen of Death, and it could confuse longtime Windows users.

Why change the blue screen to black now? Did the viral images of Times Square rendered useless by the BSOD cause that much reputational harm?

The thing is, this new Blue Screen of Death isn't even blue. During testing, it appears green, but the screen will eventually be black when it rolls out to the public.

The notorious Blue Screen of Death, well-known by many Windows users, is getting a makeover. Windows has killed the Blue Screen of Death (BSOD), replacing it with the Black Screen of Death (also ...