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Ammon
5 hours ago
- Ammon
Windows is getting rid of the Blue Screen of Death after 40 years
Ammon News - The Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) has held strong in Windows for nearly 40 years, but that's about to change. 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. The new design drops the traditional blue color, frowning face, and QR code in favor of a simplified black screen. The simplified BSOD looks a lot more like the black screen you'd see during a Windows update. But it will list the stop code and faulty system driver that you wouldn't always see during a crash dump. IT admins shouldn't need to pull crash dumps off PCs and analyze them with tools like WinDbg just to find out what could be causing issues. '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. 'Part of it just cleaner information on what exactly went wrong, where it's Windows versus a component.' 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. The Verge
Irish Independent
9 hours ago
- Irish Independent
Microsoft says farewell to the ‘blue screen of death'
Most Windows users will have encountered the screen and its 'Recovery' message most likely at an inconvenient moment. The software company announced on Thursday that it was rolling out a simplified user interface in its place – a black screen of death. The rollout also comes almost a year on from a major global outage following a faulty update from cybersecurity company CrowdStrike. Airlines, hospitals, emergency services and banks around the world that use Windows were affected and millions of Microsoft users were taken offline. It caused approximately 8.5 million Windows systems to crash and companies lost billions of dollars due to lost productivity, among other issues. As a result, Microsoft vowed to strengthen its cyber resilience. 'We are streamlining the unexpected restart experience,' said David Weston, Microsoft's vice-president of enterprise and OS security. 'We are also adding quick machine recovery, a recovery mechanism for PCs that cannot restart successfully. This change is part of a larger continued effort to reduce disruption.' The new recovery system would launch later this summer on Windows 11 devices, the company said. The rollout will reduce the wait time during restarts to two seconds for most users, according to Microsoft. '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,' Mr Weston added in an interview with The Verge. 'Part of it [is] just cleaner information on what exactly went wrong, where it's Windows versus a component.'
Scottish Sun
a day ago
- Scottish Sun
Iconic blue screen of death is killed off after 40 YEARS – Microsoft reveals new sign your computer is broken
Replacement will start to appear later this summer OUT OF THE BLUE OUT OF THE BLUE Iconic blue screen of death is killed off after 40 YEARS – Microsoft reveals new sign your computer is broken THE blue screen of death is disappearing from computer screens after 40 years of filling people with dread. Microsoft is set to replace the iconic slate that no one wants to see later this summer. Advertisement 2 Microsoft is making the changes later this summer Credit: AP 2 Instead users will see a simple black screen Credit: Microsoft In a bittersweet announcement, the tech giant said it is "streamlining the unexpected restart experience". "This change is part of a larger continued effort to reduce disruption in the event of an unexpected restart," David Weston, Microsoft's Vice President of Enterprise and OS Security revealed. A part of that is slashing the downtime during the worrying unexpected restart to about two seconds for most people. The blue screen of death will be replaced by a simpler black screen of death instead. Advertisement Read more about Microsoft PASS PANIC Billions of Microsoft passwords to be deleted in WEEKS blocking log-ins There's also no longer a frowning face or a QR code. It'll start to appear on Windows 11 machines running version 24H2. Despite being a symbol of doom, users on social media said the change marks the "end of an era". "The Blue Screen of Death is dying for one last time and Windows crashes just won't be the same ever again!" one person wrote on X. Advertisement "One of the most unnecessary changes ever – and that says a lot when it's Windows 11 we're talking about," another commented. "But… I was literally just getting used to it," a third joked. Microsoft outage cancels flights, forces jets to stay airborne, crashes banks and sees Sky News off air The overhaul comes amid a slew of improvements to deal with technical crashes following the crippling global IT meltdown last year. Organisations across the globe were severely affected by a botched up security update from IT firm CrowdStrike which caused havoc for banks, hospitals and airlines.
The Sun
a day ago
- The Sun
Iconic blue screen of death is killed off after 40 YEARS – Microsoft reveals new sign your computer is broken
THE blue screen of death is disappearing from computer screens after 40 years of filling people with dread. Microsoft is set to replace the iconic slate that no one wants to see later this summer. 2 2 In a bittersweet announcement, the tech giant said it is "streamlining the unexpected restart experience". "This change is part of a larger continued effort to reduce disruption in the event of an unexpected restart," David Weston, Microsoft's Vice President of Enterprise and OS Security revealed. A part of that is slashing the downtime during the worrying unexpected restart to about two seconds for most people. The blue screen of death will be replaced by a simpler black screen of death instead. There's also no longer a frowning face or a QR code. It'll start to appear on Windows 11 machines running version 24H2. Despite being a symbol of doom, users on social media said the change marks the "end of an era". "The Blue Screen of Death is dying for one last time and Windows crashes just won't be the same ever again!" one person wrote on X. "One of the most unnecessary changes ever – and that says a lot when it's Windows 11 we're talking about," another commented. "But… I was literally just getting used to it," a third joked. The overhaul comes amid a slew of improvements to deal with technical crashes following the crippling global IT meltdown last year. Organisations across the globe were severely affected by a botched up security update from IT firm CrowdStrike which caused havoc for banks, hospitals and airlines.
The Irish Sun
a day ago
- The Irish Sun
Iconic blue screen of death is killed off after 40 YEARS – Microsoft reveals new sign your computer is broken
THE blue screen of death is disappearing from computer screens after 40 years of filling people with dread. Microsoft is set to replace the iconic slate that no one wants to see later this summer. 2 Microsoft is making the changes later this summer Credit: AP 2 Instead users will see a simple black screen Credit: Microsoft In a bittersweet announcement, the tech giant said it is "streamlining the unexpected restart experience". "This change is part of a larger continued effort to reduce disruption in the event of an unexpected restart," David Weston, Microsoft's Vice President of Enterprise and OS Security revealed. A part of that is slashing the downtime during the worrying unexpected restart to about two seconds for most people. The blue screen of death will be replaced by a simpler black screen of death instead. Read more about Microsoft There's also no longer a frowning face or a It'll start to appear on Windows 11 machines running version 24H2. Despite being a symbol of doom, users on social media said the change marks the "end of an era". "The Blue Screen of Death is dying for one last time and Windows crashes just won't be the same ever again!" one person wrote on X. Most read in Tech "One of the most unnecessary changes ever – and that says a lot when it's Windows 11 we're talking about," another commented. "But… I was literally just getting used to it," a third joked. Microsoft outage cancels flights, forces jets to stay airborne, crashes banks and sees Sky News off air The overhaul comes amid a slew of improvements to deal with technical crashes following the crippling Organisations across the globe were severely affected by a botched up security update from IT firm
