Microsoft has confirmed that it is killing off its iconic Blue Screen of Death (BSOD). The screen is something most Windows users (unfortunately) are all too familiar with—the azure shade that appears ...

You’re laughing. Windows killed the Blue Screen of Death and you’re laughing. Yes, the iconic Windows error screen is getting a makeover nearly 40 years after its ...

Microsoft is looking for the reason why some Windows 11 computers are tossing up blue screens of death after installing the recently released update KB5029351. The Redmond software company says it has ...

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 ...

The Microsoft outage caused by a faulty CrowdStrike software update has caused the return of a familiar — and dreaded — screen for many Windows users: what has come to be known informally as the "blue ...

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 ...

The Kernel is the most basic part of an operating system. The kernel controls all other programs on the computer. When there is an issue with the Windows Kernel and Photoshop, it will cause the ...

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Earlier this year it looked like Microsoft would permanently change the colour of its familiar, if dreaded, 'blue screen of death' (BSOD) on Windows machines from blue to black. The BSOD is something ...