The “blue screen of death” on Windows computers that must restart will be changing colors to black in an upcoming update, Microsoft said.
The screen, also called the BSoD, shows up “if a serious problem causes Windows to shut down or restart unexpectedly to protect itself from data loss,” Microsoft explains on its website.
In a release Thursday, Microsoft announced that the screen and restart system will change sometime this summer, going live on all devices running on Windows 11, version 24H2.
In addition to the color change, the message displayed on the new screen will be shorter, and the stop code that tells IT professionals what caused the restart will appear at the bottom, according to The Verge.
“This is really an attempt on clarity and providing better information and allowing us and customers to really get to what the core of the issue is so we can fix it faster. Part of it is just cleaner information on what exactly went wrong, where it’s Windows versus a component,” Microsoft Vice President of Enterprise and OS Security David Weston told the tech news site.
Microsoft said the downtime during the unexpected restart phase will be cut to two seconds for most users, and quick machine recovery will be implemented.
If the multiple restarts occur, Windows devices can get stuck in recovery mode, requiring an IT team to manually fix the issue.
QMR, Microsoft says, will automate the solutions put in place by the Windows Recovery Environment tool, helping the devices return to normal faster without needing an IT team to intervene.
The changes are meant to make Windows operating systems more resilient.
Millions of Windows devices crashed when cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike sent out a faulty update to its software last July.
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