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From: Not Necessary <not@necessary.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Wow - M$ Fixes Everything - Blue Screen-of-Death Replaced by
 BLACK Screen-of-Death
Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2025 10:12:37 +0530
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On 28/06/25 9:11 am, c186282 wrote:
> https://www.gadgets360.com/laptops/news/microsoft-windows-11-blue-
> screen-of-death-bsod-black-error-message-8776837?pfrom=home-ndtv_tech
> 
> The new black screen appears to be identical to the green one
> shared by the company in March. It bears an uncanny resemblance
> to the Windows 11 update screen, with centre-aligned text telling
> users that the computer is restarting because of an error and
> the percentage that reveals the progress of the crash log
> collection process.
> 
> Users will also see a stop code with an error that can be
> shared with system administrators, while the black screen
> will also inform them about the process that failed (for
> example, it will tell users that a particular driver file
> failed, such as rdbss.sys).
> 
> It's also worth noting that this isn't the first time that
> Microsoft has announced that the BSOD warning would be
> changed from blue. Back in 2021, the company tested a
> black version of the warning message, but that version
> also included the text emoticon with a colon and a
> bracket (a frown).
> 
> . . .
> 
>   Well THAT fixes it ! When in doubt, just change
>   the color  :-)
> 
>   Admittedly Linux boot-failure messages/logs are
>   also almost impossible to interpret unless you
>   are an ultra-anal hyper-nerd who hasn't moved
>   from the PC for ten years .........
> 
>   Clue - we need a generally BETTER fail-mode
>   solution - much clearer defs of what bombed
>   and why and maybe some automated fixes or at
>   least really good instructions. In short a
>   "system spy" routine that runs even before
>   official boot.

So it is still BSOD: Black instead of Blue!