The message appeared for the first time in the 1980s. “Your computer encountered a problem and must restart. We simply collect information relating to errors, then we will restart the computer. Windows users were used to reading it when their computer encountered an error. From this summer, it will not appear however no longer.
Soberly nicknamed “Blue screen of death” (“Blue Screen of Death” or BSOD in English) by PC users, it had become a real element of pop culture, symbol of computer failures. These white letters on a blue background, accompanied by a sad smiley, had been put online from the first version of Windows, in 1985.
40 years on screens
But after forty years of existence, he will soon be. The visual shown will now be black, and the dissatisfied smiley as well as the QR code referring to the Microsoft site will disappear. The decision is not aesthetic: the American giant said it wanted to “simplify the unexpected restart experience”.
Microsoft is officially retiring Windows’ Blue Screen of Death, changing its iconic color palette and turning it into the Black Screen of Death.
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