What is now known as the Blue Screen of Death debuted in Windows 1.0 in 1985, and since then, it has appeared on millions of screens—maybe billions around the world.

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 Blue Screen of Death we know today, fit with its frowning emoticon, is a relatively new development in the history of Windows.

Though many trace the BSOD’s origins to Windows 1.0’s rudimentary crash traps in 1985, it wasn’t until Windows NT 3.1 in 1993 that Microsoft formalized its full-blown “STOP error” screen.

Microsoft “re-released” Windows 1.0 this week as part of a partnership with that Stranger Things show I have yet to binge on Netflix. While it’s fre ...

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 ...

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?

Windows' Blue Screen of Death Is Going Away The Blue Screen of Death has been part of the Windows experience for 40 years, having debuted on Windows 1.0 in 1985.

A black screen of death will be replacing it, albeit without the sad face. The blue screen of death has been around since Windows 1.0 came out in 1985.

Though many trace the BSOD’s origins to Windows 1.0’s rudimentary crash traps in 1985, it wasn’t until Windows NT 3.1 in 1993 that Microsoft formalized its full-blown “STOP error” screen.

There's already a way to enable the black screen of death right now if you're running Windows 11, but if we're honest, we'd all rather we never see the dreaded screen flash up in the first place.

The developer build of Windows 8 shows that Microsoft's next major operating system will have a new, and somewhat sad, blue screen of death.