With an upcoming Windows update, Microsoft will be doing away with the sad face emoji and QR code that appear on the Blue Screen of Death.

Nearly every Windows user has had a run in with the infamous "Blue Screen of Death" at some point in their computing life. Now, after more than 40-years of being set against a very recognizable ...

Nearly every Windows user has had a run in with the infamous "Blue Screen of Death" at some point in their computing life ...

NEW YORK (CNN) — The dreaded “blue screen of death” that has tormented millions of Windows users for decades is being put to rest. Microsoft is ditching the notorious feature that appears on ...

The times, they are a-changing—at least over at Microsoft, that is. The universally shared Windows user experience of the “blue screen of death” will soon be a thing of the past.