From blue to green (or black?), it's only a short step to Microsoft's famous error screen.
As you'd expect, there's no revolution here, but Microsoft is nonetheless turning an old page in the history of its operating system by upgrading the screen the OS displays when a system error becomes too serious for it to recover without a good old-fashioned PC reboot. Yes, the famous "blue screen of death", or BSOD for Blue Screen Of Death, is a thing of the past. Or so it seems.
Towards a new green screen of death... © NEXTA
As noted by The Verge, Windows Latest and NEXTA, Microsoft has replaced this screen - most often synonymous with bad news - with something more sober. Gone is the sad face and QR code, and the blue color has been consigned to the closet, with a word of explanation from Microsoft: " We're previewing a new, more streamlined user interface for unexpected restarts, which better aligns with the design principles of Windows 11 and supports our goal of getting users back to productivity as quickly as possible."
... unless it goes black instead © Windows Latest
However, the change is not yet definitive, and our colleagues offer two versions of the evolution of the blue screen of death: either it turns green, as explained by NEXTA - and which we were able to verify for ourselves - or it turns black, according to The Verge and Windows Latest. The truth undoubtedly lies somewhere in between, with Microsoft still finding its way and may even decide to go backwards. After all, a black screen had already been tested in 2021, only to revert to this BSOD.
