Microsoft Replaces Blue Screen of Death with Black Screen in Windows 11

Microsoft says goodbye to the legendary Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) after almost 40 years. The well -known blue error screen is replaced by a black variant. The rollout for Windows 11 is already starting with many users today.

The end of an era begins

Microsoft says goodbye to the legendary Blue Screen of Death and replaces it in Windows 11 with a black variant. The notorious blue error screen, which has shown critical system errors in Windows since the early 1990s, will be replaced by a black screen in the future. The change is now being rolled out with Patch KB5062660 for Windows 11 release preview users (Build 26100.4762) and should be available for all Windows 11 users in a few weeks, so The verge.

Modernized optics for better diagnosis

As is already known, not only the well-known blue, but also the smiley icon and the QR code disappear. Instead, a tidy black screen will be displayed in the future, which clearly reads the stop code and the responsible driver.

The new, simplified representation is very similar to the black screen, which users usually see during a Windows update. IT administrators should be able to analyze crashes more easily in the future without having to manually evaluate the so-called crash dumps with the debugger program (WindbG).

This is really an attempt to clarify and provide better information, which enables us and customers to really get to the core of the problem so that we can fix it faster. David Weston, Vice President of Corporate and Operating System Security at Microsoft

The new black screen is unofficially referred to as “Black Screen of Death”, but keeps the well -known abbreviation BSOD because both “Blue” and “Black” begin with the letter “B”. One of the most famous trigger words of the Windows community is only changed marginally.