I still remember the first time my PC died on me. I had pressed on too many program icons too fast on my second-hand PC ...

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 most ...

Following the recent buzz surrounding Windows blue screen of death (BSOD), a Microsoft Windows veteran dev has talked in some detail about its origin going back to Windows 95, NT, and 3.1.

For millennials, blue can be a significant colour. It is associated with clues left by a well-meaning dog in our youth. Songs ...

The changes are part Microsoft's efforts to improve the resiliency of the Windows operating system after last year’s CrowdStrike crashes.

To be clear, there was no grand plan behind the Blue Screen of Death. ... Which also wasn’t blue. Windows 95 moved things on a bit by not kicking you back to DOS when it imploded.

Windows 9x was more prone to blue screens than Windows NT, and the following blue screen was often seen. Chen was responsible for designing the final version of the Windows 95 blue screen.

Windows 8 has just been unveiled by Microsoft at its BUILD conference in Anaheim, California. But the question on all of our lips has been: "What does the new Blue Screen of Death look like?" Well ...

And a similar screen preceded the Windows NT Blue Screen of Death, Plummer said, further adding to the confusion. “There was a blue screen in the Windows of the older days of the ‘80s,” he said.