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Microsoft just killed Windows’ most dreaded feature — the nightmare is getting a dream makeover
Microsoft is officially retiring the iconic blue crash screen that has haunted PC users since the days of Windows 1.0. In its ...
Windows’ infamous Blue Screen of Death is gone: What’s changing and why you’ll (hopefully) never see its replacement
Microsoft is replacing the iconic Blue Screen of Death with a new Black Screen of Death in Windows 11. The update brings a cleaner look, faster restart times, and aims to make crashes rarer - so most ...
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Microsoft's 'Blue Screen of Death' Dies After 40 Years of Memes, Jokes, T-Shirts
Like Pudding Pops and Benetton sweaters, another 1980s icon is gone. After 40 years of delivering the tragic news of a PC crash to Windows users, Microsoft's infamous "blue screen of death" will be ...
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Replaying Ballmer’s whacky Windows 1.0 ad and explaining ‘except in ...
Microsoft Windows 1.0 turns 30 tomorrow. And even though Steve Ballmer’s over-the-top TV ad for the operating system has seen its share of Internet airtime, I viewed it for the first time only ...