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Goodbye Windows 11 Black Screen of Death, Hello Again Blue Screen of Death
Microsoft is once again using blue for the BSOD
Nov 17, 2021 18:40 GMT · By Bogdan Popa ·
Microsoft has decided to once again change the color of its infamous BSOD fatal crash, this time switching back to blue as the background of the error.
As you could easily guess by simply reading its name, the Blue Screen of Death originally used a blue background. Microsoft, however, experimented with several other approaches, including green for insiders devices in an attempt to make a better difference between stable and preview builds of Windows.
With the release of Windows 11, Microsoft once again changed this color, with the BSOD acronym still making sense. This is because the Blue Screen of Death has become the Black Screen of Death, simply because it apparently made more sense on Windows 11.
Well, not anymore, as Microsoft is getting ready to go back to blue.
Hello again, old friend
As noticed by Ars, the latest Windows 11 preview build includes a short reference to this change in the release notes.
“We changed the screen color to blue when a device stops working or a stop error occurs as in previous versions of Windows,” Microsoft says.
So in other words, a future Windows 11 update will change the BSOD from black to blue again, though no specifics on timing are available at this point. Again, keep in mind this change is only available in the insider program.
Windows 11 is currently rolling out to users as we speak, and the new BSOD doesn’t come with anything else except for the new color. The same information continues to be displayed on the screen, along with a QR code that makes it possible for users to quickly get information on an error code by scanning it with a mobile device.
At this point, no details have been shared by Microsoft regarding the return of the BSOD.
Goodbye Windows 11 Black Screen of Death, Hello Again Blue Screen of Death
Microsoft is once again using blue for the BSOD
Nov 17, 2021 18:40 GMT · By Bogdan Popa ·
Microsoft has decided to once again change the color of its infamous BSOD fatal crash, this time switching back to blue as the background of the error.
As you could easily guess by simply reading its name, the Blue Screen of Death originally used a blue background. Microsoft, however, experimented with several other approaches, including green for insiders devices in an attempt to make a better difference between stable and preview builds of Windows.
With the release of Windows 11, Microsoft once again changed this color, with the BSOD acronym still making sense. This is because the Blue Screen of Death has become the Black Screen of Death, simply because it apparently made more sense on Windows 11.
Well, not anymore, as Microsoft is getting ready to go back to blue.
Hello again, old friend
As noticed by Ars, the latest Windows 11 preview build includes a short reference to this change in the release notes.
“We changed the screen color to blue when a device stops working or a stop error occurs as in previous versions of Windows,” Microsoft says.
So in other words, a future Windows 11 update will change the BSOD from black to blue again, though no specifics on timing are available at this point. Again, keep in mind this change is only available in the insider program.
Windows 11 is currently rolling out to users as we speak, and the new BSOD doesn’t come with anything else except for the new color. The same information continues to be displayed on the screen, along with a QR code that makes it possible for users to quickly get information on an error code by scanning it with a mobile device.
At this point, no details have been shared by Microsoft regarding the return of the BSOD.