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End of an Era: Microsoft Replaces Its Iconic Blue Screen of Death
Microsoft is replacing the BSOD error with a black design in Windows 11 to speed recovery and strengthen resilience after the 2024 CrowdStrike outage.
Windows’ infamous Blue Screen of Death is gone: What’s changing and why you’ll (hopefully) never see its replacement
Microsoft is replacing the iconic Blue Screen of Death with a new Black Screen of Death in Windows 11. The update brings a cleaner look, faster restart times, and aims to make crashes rarer - so most users will never see it.
Microsoft's 'Blue Screen of Death' Dies After 40 Years of Memes, Jokes, T-Shirts
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 away. A black screen of death will be replacing it, albeit without the sad face.
Windows killed the Blue Screen of Death
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?
Microsoft kills the Blue Screen of Death error that shut down 8 million Windows devices last year, here’s what replaces it
Microsoft is retiring the iconic Blue Screen of Death (BSoD), replacing it with a black screen as part of the 'Windows Resiliency
Microsoft axes Windows ‘blue screen of death’
Known as the “blue screen of death,” the error message would appear when Windows had to unexpectedly restart, CNBC reported. But the tech giant announced this week that it is “streamlining the unexpected restart experience.” The change comes as part of Microsoft’s Windows Resiliency Initiative or WRI.
Microsoft's ‘blue screen of death’ has died at 40
The infamous "blue screen of death," which featured a text frown and terrified those who experienced it, no longer exists after Microsoft killed it in favor of a simple black screen and error code.
Microsoft Retires Legendary 'Blue Screen of Death' After 40 Years of Frowny Faces
After 40 years of delivering the tragic news of a PC crash to Windows users, Microsoft's infamous "blue screen of death" will be going away. But not to worry -- a black screen of death will be replacing it,
Microsoft retires Blue Screen of Death with new Black Screen in Windows 11
Starting later this summer, Windows 11 will feature a new Black Screen of Death as part of a system update. Early this year, the company started previewing a revamped error screen as part of a broader effort to refine Windows for a cleaner,
Windows' infamous 'blue screen of death' will soon turn black
Nearly every Windows user has had a run in with the infamous "Blue Screen of Death" at some point in their computing life
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Microsoft Windows Security, Resiliency Updates: 5 Things To Know
Microsoft is using its Microsoft Virus Initiative to improve competitor deployment practices, bringing a Windows endpoint ...
Microsoft rolls out Windows security changes to prevent another CrowdStrike meltdown
It's been almost a year since CrowdStrike crashed Windows PCs and disrupted businesses worldwide. New changes to the Windows ...
Microsoft Takes Action To Avoid Another CrowdStrike Crisis And End Windows BSODs
If you follow Microsoft news, you may have heard about the Windows Resiliency Initiative that started last year. While at ...
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Microsoft OS Security Exec Is Working With Competitors To Improve Deployment Practices. Here’s Why.
A year after the faulty CrowdStrike update that downed millions of Windows machines, Microsoft CVP Dave Weston works with ...
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Microsoft Readies Multiple Security Updates in Name of Windows 'Resiliency'
Seven months after unveiling its Windows Resiliency Initiative (WRI), Microsoft on Thursday announced a raft of new and ...
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After 33 Years, Microsoft Just Made a Bittersweet Announcement About 1 of Its Most Iconic ‘Features’
This isn’t just a cosmetic fanfare—it’s part of the Windows Resiliency Initiative, aimed at making crashes faster to recover from and less disruptive. David Weston, Microsoft’s VP of Enterprise and ...
Resilient Windows: Antivirus software flies out of the kernel
Microsoft does not want to have a CrowdStrike experience again. This is why antivirus software is now being removed from the ...
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Windows is Getting Rid of a 30-Year-Old Feature
An upcoming Windows 11 update will do away with an infamous but longstanding feature of the highly-prevalent operating system ...