The 'Blue Screen of Death' is no more, in its place Windows 11 users will get either be a 'Green Screen of Death' or 'Black Screen of Death.' ...

With a new update for Windows 11 24H2 devices rolling out later this summer, Microsoft is replacing the BSOD with a "Black Screen of Death." ...

Microsoft is officially retiring the Blue Screen of Death (BSOD), a decades-old Windows crash screen. Starting with the Windows 11 24H2 update, users will now see a black reboot screen instead.

The black screen of death. In Windows 11 24H2, the iconic frowning emoji is gone, replaced with a much more straightforward screen: a black background with the words, “Your device ran into a ...

Windows shared the new Black Screen of Death in a blog post, yet failed to even acknowledge the cosmic shift it has triggered. It simply calls this a “simplified UI,” because a blue background ...

An Nvidia staff member confirmed the company is still investigating RTX 50 series crashes and black screens. The staff member clarified fixes might come in the form of driver updates or VBIOS updates.

The current Windows 11 release has a more streamlined user interface and is the most reliable yet, Microsoft says.

Some malware can cause blue screen errors. Try the Get Help app: Windows 11 has a built-in troubleshooting tool called Get Help.

Instead of a blue backdrop, the BSOD will instead have a black background. At least calling it the Black Screen of Death means we don't need to change the acronym.

As for the BSOD, you may be surprised to know that the black BSOD that the tech giant temporarily tested on Windows 11 was originally there in Windows 3.1 as well, though it did not really say much.

A Blue Screen on Windows can occur for various reasons, such as a faulty driver, memory corruption, or system instability. It can also occur after installing the Display driver.