Microsoft Introduces Redesigned 'Black Screen of Death' in Windows 11 Testing

Microsoft’s infamous Blue Screen of Death is no longer going to blue – ‘BSOD’ explained

Microsoft's Blue Screen of Death may no longer be blue in the future. Here's why.

On March 31, 2025, many Russian media reported that Microsoft would change the design of the so-called Blue Screen of Death (BSoD) in Windows 11 and turn it green. The reason for this was a post on Microsoft's blog about the new test build of the operating system. It really talks about a screen redesign that appears when a critical error occurs in Windows.

Microsoft teases redesigned Windows Blue Screen of Death

: How about making sure OS crashes less, stops hassling us to use Edge? That would improve productivity, too

‘Haunts every PC gamer’s dreams’: Microsoft kills off blue screen of death

It may well be one of the most anger inducing sights in all of technology but the blue screen of death’s reign of terror is almost over.

Microsoft Is Killing Windows' Blue Screen of Death

Sad face! Or more accurately: colon, parenthesis! You’ve done fucked up. What, you never used Windows before? If you were a dedicated Windows user like I was (my whole life, until 2019), you saw the Blue Screen of Death quite often. Now, Microsoft is draining the color out of the BSOD, and with it the color out of our world. Not only does the new error screen from the Windows 11 24H2 update feature a boring, black screen, but ol’ Frowny Face is …

How to Try Out Windows' New 'Blue Screen of Death'

Windows' Blue Screen of Death is perhaps the most recognizable error screen of all time. However, Microsoft is now changing it.