The new design has a black background instead of the traditional blue, which has been used since the feature's introduction in Windows 3.0 in 1990.

Microsoft is replacing the BSOD error with a black design in Windows 11 to speed recovery and strengthen resilience after the 2024 CrowdStrike outage.

In Windows 11, the BSOD will soon become the Black Screen of Death. Instead of the old blue background, sad face icon, and QR code, the new screen will be black and simpler in design.

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 ...

Microsoft is now starting to change its Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) to a newly designed black version. It’s the first major change to the BSOD since Microsoft added a sad face to the screen in ...

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 ...

A few years later, I look at the Blue Screen of Death more fondly. Yes, it's annoying to see one, but it's also part of the Windows identity. People instantly know what a BSOD is.

Microsoft's iconic Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) is dead after 40 years. RIP to the most panic-inducing screen a Windows user can encounter. Now, get ready to fear the Black Screen of Death.

The Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) has held strong in Windows for nearly 40 years, but that’s about to change.

Update: According to The Verge, Microsoft will finalize the transition to the new Black Screen of Death for current Windows 11 users “later this summer.” ...

The new BSOD recalls the black screen shown during a Windows update, but it will list the stop code and system driver that contributed to the crash. This should make life easier for IT admins.