Microsoft announces massive change to iconic Windows BSOD error
Microsoft is changing the design of one of its most notorious error messages to make it easier to recover when your computer crashes.
If your Windows computer suffered a crash at some point in the last 40 years, you’ve seen the infamous “Blue Screen of Death.”
The blue screen would appear and give users an error code to use that would help diagnose the issue, and with Windows 8, they spruced it up to include a frowny face.
Now, Windows 11 is removing the blue screen entirely as Microsoft wants to improve the operating system.
Windows 11 update gets rid of Blue Screen of Death
The change was done as part of Microsoft’s “Windows Resiliency Initiative” to help improve the operating system after 2024’smassive CrowdStrike updatethat crashed millions of computers worldwide.
“Now it’s easier than ever to navigate unexpected restarts and recover faster,” they said in the post.
Now, once Microsoft rolls out the Windows 11 Version 24H2 update later in the summer, users will receive a black screen with a simple message in the middle.
“Your device ran into a problem and needs to restart,” it says. At the bottom of the screen, users will see the same stop code that’s always been available to help people diagnose the computer’s issue.
And, Microsoft says a potential crash will take less of your time as the update includes improvements to “crash dump collection,” which shortens the time it takes to identify the issue and restart your computer.
This isn’t the first time they’ve changed a legacy design inside of Windows, either. Back in August 2024, plans todepreciate the control center in favor of the settings appwere revealed.
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