It can be said that every Windows user would have come across the ‘Blue Screen of Death’ (BSOD), at least once. The BSOD is commonly recognized by the blue color scheme of the screen, with a frowning smiley face, and an easy-to-read notification explaining, “An error has occurred.”
However, it appears Microsoft is changing the design of this screen from the former one. The latest innovations to Windows 11 24H2 preview seem to change the design into a pure black background. For Windows Insiders trying the beta versions, the screen will turn green instead.
Color change is not the only thing that will take place. As Windows Latest reports, many old features are being gotten rid of. Prominent among these are the sad smiley and the QR code, which has been present since the BSOD in Windows 10 in 2016 to point users to troubleshooting resources.
The text has also undergone some alterations. The all-new phrase is much shorter and far less terrifying: “Your device ran into a problem and needs to restart.” The word ‘device’ now replaces ‘PC’ so that it may speak for a broader range of hardware and not just desktops and laptops. Right below there will be a description of what caused the crash, along with the error code, shown in a smaller font.
Development of a totally new crash screen was underway with the early versions of Windows 11, but the chance to see its fate came and went. The time appears to have come now to release those changes.
Given the change in BSOD, it is unclear what prompted Microsoft to remove the existing one. Perhaps the company intends to move on from having the blue error screen become something of an icon denoting all sorts of mischief commonly associated with Windows updates. If so, then the new error screen will hardly be counted among the positives from a user’s point of view.
