Microsoft’s dreaded ‘Blue Screen of Death’ is going away: Here’s what’s replacing it

Windows users have all been there– the dreaded error message, otherwise known as the “Blue Screen of Death.”

After 40 years, Microsoft is changing the design of the error screen, including the color. The software maker has announced the screen will be replaced by a “Black Screen of Death.”

The change to the black screen, reports The New York Times, comes the wake of last year’s CrowdStrike outage, a major internet outage that disrupted banks, media outlets and companies across the world.

The Verge reports , Microsoft will finalize the transition to the new Black Screen of Death for current Windows 11 users “later this summer.”

More Microsoft changes

In May, Microsoft officially discontinued Skype, its internet-based phone and video service.

Microsoft first announced it would discontinue Skype in February.

“Skype has been an integral part of shaping modern communications and supporting countless meaningful moments, and we are honored to have been part of the journey,” Jeff Teper, president of collaborative apps and platforms at Microsoft, said in a blog post at the time.

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