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Out of the blue and into the black. Microsoft's infamous “Blue Screen of Death” is set to change colour after almost 40 years. The changes to the notorious error ...

Microsoft is saying hello to the Black Screen of Death error message instead. ...

A black screen will instead replace it. Out of the blue and into the black. Microsoft's infamous “Blue Screen of Death” is set to change colour after almost 40 years.