Out of the Blue: Before the BSOD To be clear, there was no grand plan behind the Blue Screen of Death. Its origin story is a patchwork of coincidences and iteration. Even the term itself likely ...

Microsoft is transitioning to a Black Screen of Death instead. This new crash screen will be black, as the name suggests, and there will be no cutesy frowny face and QR code.

Microsoft allegedly developed a new system crash screen back during the initial development of Windows 11, but apparently discarded those changes—or at least postponed them for a later release.

The new black screen will roll out this summer with Windows 11 version 24H2. According to Microsoft, these updates are designed to make recovery from system crashes faster and easier.

After taking a brief detour to show a black screen for Windows 11 a few years ago, Microsoft reverted the BSOD to Blue. But once again the company is looking to update the crash screen. Not only ...