Microsoft revealed earlier this year that it was overhauling its BSOD error message in Windows 11, and the company has now confirmed that it will soon be known as the Black Screen of Death. Microsoft says it will roll out this new BSOD design in an update to Windows 11 “later this summer,” alongside its new Quick Machine Recovery feature, which is designed to quickly restore machines that can’t boot. The changes to the BSOD are part of a broader effort by Microsoft to improve the resiliency of Windows in the wake of last year’s CrowdStrike incident, which left millions of Windows machines booting to a BSOD. “This is really an attempt on clarity and providing better information and allowing us and customers to really get to what the core of the issue is so we can fix it faster,” says David Weston, vice president of enterprise and OS security at Microsoft, in an interview with The Verge. Microsoft is saying hello to the Black Screen of Death error message instead. Microsoft is saying hello to the Black Screen of Death error message instead. The simplified BSOD looks a lot more like the black screen you’d see during a Windows update. The Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) has held strong in Windows for nearly 40 years, but that’s about to change. The new design drops the traditional blue color, frowning face, and QR code in favor of a simplified black screen.
This Cyber News was published on www.theverge.com. Publication date: Fri, 27 Jun 2025 00:59:03 +0000