The blue screen that stressed computer users for more than three decades is giving way to a black one.

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?

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?

Whatever the reason—ditching a negative image, unifying design, simplifying an experience, or just change for the sake of it—the Blue Screen of Death is on borrowed time.

Microsoft has announced that it is getting rid of its Blue Screen error display to make way for a "Black Screen of Death." ...

For nearly forty years, that blue screen has been the universal sign that something's gone terribly wrong. Microsoft has ...

The new design has a black background instead of the traditional blue, which has been used since the feature's introduction ...

Microsoft is getting rid of the infamous Windows blue screen of death after nearly 40 years. Most Windows users will have encountered the screen and its “Recovery” message most likely at an ...

The "blue screen of death," which has been use in for several decades, is coming to an end, Microsoft announced. (Harun Ozalp, Anadolu/Getty Images via CNN Newsource) ...

Microsoft is getting rid of the infamous Windows blue screen of death after nearly 40 years. Most Windows users will have encountered the screen and its “Recovery” message most likely at an ...

Say goodbye to the Blue Screen of Death (BSOD). Microsoft is retiring the iconic Windows error screen in favor of a minimalist black screen that feels more like a digital void.