Did your Windows PC crash? 6 solutions I can always rely on to fix my computer

ZDNET's key takeaways The Black Screen of Death is incredibly annoying, but often easily diagnosed.The most common culprits are outdated software or faulty drivers. With a few quick fixes and basic ...

Windows 11's new 'proactive memory diagnostics' could mean your PC crashes less – here's how it works

With an underlying memory problem remedied in this way, the hope is that your system will be more reliable going forward. But ...

Windows 11 Is Testing A New Trick To Thwart Annoying BSOD Crashes

Windows Insiders are getting early access to an upcoming Windows 11 feature that is intended to improve system reliability by ...
Windows Latest

Windows 11 KB5070773 emergency update out to fix Recovery failure in Windows 11 25H2 / 24H2

Windows 11 KB5070773 is rolling out as an out-of-band update to address a broken Windows Recovery Environment caused by ...

Windows will soon prompt for memory scans after BSOD crashes

Microsoft has started testing a new feature that prompts Windows 11 users to run a memory scan when logging in after a blue ...
PC World

How to solve the dreaded Blue Screen of Death on Windows PCs

The notorious “Blue Screen of Death” — or BSOD for short — is the biggest disaster that can befall a Windows user. The system shuts down with a cryptic error ...
Mashable

BSOD meaning: What's the Windows blue screen of death and what do I do?

SEE ALSO: CrowdStrike announces Microsoft outage workaround. How to deal with the Blue Screen of Death. But what exactly is a BSOD, and what can you do about it? We're here to help, so you don't have ...
Wired

So Long, Blue Screen of Death. Amazingly, You'll Be Missed

After a long and storied history, the BSOD is being replaced. WIRED takes a trip down memory lane to wave goodbye to the iconic screen we all love to hate. Along with scrapping the blue (in favor of a ...
eTeknix

Windows Will Soon Say Goodbye to the Blue Screen of Death

Launch of the New Black Crash Screen The new black screen will roll out this summer with Windows 11 version 24H2. According to Microsoft, these updates are designed to make recovery from system ...
ZDNet

No, Windows didn't kill the Blue Screen of Death, it just got a makeover - what's changed

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 ...
PC World

Microsoft kills the iconic Windows ‘Blue Screen of Death.’ It looks like this now

Almost every Windows user has encountered the legendary “Blue Screen of Death” (or BSOD for short) at least once. More than anything else, the infamous error ...
Digital Trends

How the Blue Screen of Death became your PC’s grim reaper

There’s nothing more startling than your PC suddenly locking up and crashing to a Blue Screen of Death. Otherwise known as a Blue Screen, BSOD, or within the walls of Microsoft, a bug check screen, ...