Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. As if things weren’t bad enough for Microsoft Windows users ...

For almost 40 years, when a Windows computer crashed severely, it would display the infamous Blue Screen of Death (BSOD), a blue screen with an error message that ...

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In an update to Windows 11 coming later this year, the old BSOD will give way to a new BSOD -- only with black replacing blue. Painted in a dark shade similar to the Windows Update screen, the new ...

In a nutshell: Microsoft's Blue Screen of Death may soon go the way of the dodo. The feared error screen, which has existed in some form or fashion since the dawn of ...