Microsoft decided to replace Windows 11’s Blue Screen of Death with a black one, you know, again: Here's what's changing.

The Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) has served as something of a Grim Reaper for Windows users since the 1980s.

What once was blue will now be black, but as well as reassuring the concerned, it'll also provide more information for troubleshooting.

Why change the blue screen to black now? Did the viral images of Times Square rendered useless by the BSOD cause that much reputational harm?

BitLocker recovery key saved my PC after an update locked me out. Here’s how I used the recovery key from my Microsoft account to unlock encrypted drives.

Microsoft updated one of its support documents to confirm that there's a bug in KB5058379 that locks up Windows 10.

To fix the “Cannot install Windows, BitLocker Drive Encryption is enabled on selected partition” error, suspend BitLocker via Settings or Control Panel, or use your recovery key to unlock the ...

The Blue Screen of Death — often shortened to BSOD — is Windows’ way of saying something went wrong at a system level, and it had to stop everything to avoid bigger problems.

Whether the black BSOD persists or Vole chickens out again, as it did in 2021 when it briefly tested a similar design before retreating to blue, remains to be seen -- or hopefully never seen.

Microsoft is redesigning the Windows BSOD, and it might change to black Microsoft is testing a new BSOD that drops the frowning face, QR code, and traditional blue color.

The thing is, this new Blue Screen of Death isn't even blue. During testing, it appears green, but the screen will eventually be black when it rolls out to the public.