Windows is Getting Rid of the Blue Screen of Death After 40 Years (theverge.com) 33
The Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) has held strong in Windows for nearly 40 years, but that's about to change. From a report: 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. The company will roll out this new BSOD design in an update to Windows 11 "later this summer."
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. The company will roll out this new BSOD design in an update to Windows 11 "later this summer."
BSOD has scaled well (Score:4, Funny)
...and will continue to o so (Score:2)
I see a blue screen and I want it painted black (Score:2, Redundant)
When was the last time Windows was updated (Score:3)
with something that a user actually wanted.
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Tabs in Notepad is not something people wanted. Nor any AI. Nor anything else. Notepad is on the verge of becoming WordPad with all the doodads Microsoft keeps adding to it.
Re: When was the last time Windows was updated (Score:2)
I don't want tabs in notepad. I use it every day. I only wanted multi level undo.
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That can be said of any software. Users don't define their wants, they get sold it by marketing departments. For the most parts users are a poor judge of what is good for them since the value lack of change over anything.
What has Windows introduced that I wanted? Nothing. Ever. What has Windows introduced that has helped no end? Tabs in explorer, unix line endings for notepad, tickbox selection in explorer, a better search system in the start menu, virtual desktop support, the ability to mute notifications,
A BLACK screen of death is way worse than BLUE (Score:3)
I'm joking, but seriously, colors mean things. I'm half expecting them to switch back to blue in the future because i's less "ominous."
A designer to win an award for the change (Score:2)
I'm joking, but seriously, colors mean things. I'm half expecting them to switch back to blue in the future because i's less "ominous."
I'm expecting a designer to win an award for the change. Precisely became of the more ominous nature of the event. Windows NT should have always had had a more ominous looking crash screen. Its crashes were serious problems. Not the ordinary Win9x crashes, where the calm blue conveyed the "everything is OK, this is normal" nature of a Win9x crash. :-)
It will still die (Score:2)
just with a different colored screen. Microsoft really understood the problem and how to solve it when they learned people hated encountered the blue screen. Another customer complaint understood and resolved. “We’ll use a different color screen.”
Linux just added QR codes (Score:3)
Interesting that Linux only recently added QR codes to the kernel panic screen, and now Windows is dropping it. The difference is probably that Linux's QR code actually has useful information in it, whereas Windows QR code probably linked to some url that ended up being not helpful.
At least we get to keep the acronym (Score:2)
Though I suspect a lot of people would have appreciated Fuchsia Screen of Death.
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Though I suspect a lot of people would have appreciated Fuchsia Screen of Death.
Google trademarked that for their Fuchsia operating system. :-)
Let me get this straight... (Score:4, Funny)
BSOD is being ADDED to Linux:
'Blue Screen of Death' Comes To Linux [slashdot.org][2024-06-16]
But being removed from Windows!?!?
There's some sort of joke in this, but I can't think of it at the moment.
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I missed that. Last Linux crash I had was about 10 years back when I told the kernel it had more memory than the machine had....
My monitor is monochrome (Score:2)
There's some sort of joke in this, but I can't think of it at the moment.
How about, makes no difference to me. My monitor is monochrome. :-)
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BSOD? MSOD? (Score:2)
I always Micro$oft was racist! /s
What about the Mauve Screen of Death? That's for when the computer is bricked and/or trying to take over the planet.
BSOD, whats that? (Score:5, Insightful)
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Re: BSOD, whats that? (Score:2)
The vast majority of BSODs came from graphics drivers specifically.
Re: BSOD, whats that? (Score:2)
I used SCSI a whole lot back in the long long long ago when it was relevant. I had probably four different SCSI HAs in various Windows PCs I owned and also managed some professionally. I stand by my statement.
Black is Bad? (Score:1)
A full system crash is a bad thing - most people could agree to this.
So after all the kerfuffle about IDE controllers having master/slave drives, microcode blacklists being offensive, etc. Microsoft of all companies is making their crash screen black?
I don't care but it's shockingly inconsistent.
At least the Andorians won't be offended anymore.
What about anti-cheat DRM in games? (Score:3)
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Why would it? Your rant is completely off topic.
A black BSOD ?!? (Score:2)
Eliminating the BSOD (Score:2)
Windows is Getting Rid of the Blue Screen of Death After 40 Years
Don't worry...they're keeping the crashes.
So it will die more creatively now? (Score:2)
To be fair, Windows is rarely crashing these days. Better service quality for all the hackers it lets in!
Windows Enshitification Marches Onward (Score:2)
Thanks for reminding me (Score:2)