Microsoft’s blue screen of death to appear black in Windows 11

In Microsoft’s new Windows 11, the operating system’s blue screen of death (BSoD), which appears when the user faces a problem on their system and requires a restart, will turn black, BBC news reported quoting people who have had the early preview of the software. 

According to a report by The Verge, the blue screen will be replaced by a black background however, the other messages, logon will remain the same. 

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Through BSoD, IT professionals diagnose hardware and memory issues in the system. They analyse, through the information in the BSoD, what problem caused the screen to appear. 

In the BSoD, the computer suggests a QR code and a 🙁 symbol, saying that the device has run into a problem and restart is suggested. While the QR code was added in 2016, the unhappy face was first introduced to the screen by Windows 8 in 2012. 

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The latest Windows 11 was launched last month and it will soon be available for free to existing Windows 10 users. However, the update will not be compatible with all users as Windows 11 requires a minimum of 64 gigabytes of storage and 4 gigabytes of RAM in a system. 

Windows 10 will wind down in 2025 as Microsoft will make the new update available to all by later this year, however, the company has not given any exact date yet.