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Re: Wow - M$ Fixes Everything - Blue Screen-of-Death Replaced by BLACK Screen-of-Death

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Nuno Silva wrote this post while blinking in Morse code:

> On 2025-06-28, LV-426 wrote:
>
>> On 2025-06-27 11:41 p.m., c186282 wrote:
>>>https://www.gadgets360.com/laptops/news/microsoft-windows-11-blue-screen-of-death-bsod-black-error-message-8776837?pfrom=home-ndtv_tech
>>>
>>>The new black screen appears to be identical to the green one
>>>shared by the company in March. It bears an uncanny resemblance
>>>to the Windows 11 update screen, with centre-aligned text telling
>>>users that the computer is restarting because of an error and
>>>the percentage that reveals the progress of the crash log
>>>collection process.
>
> A percentage? Will they then finally re-add progress bars?
>
>>>Users will also see a stop code with an error that can be
>>>shared with system administrators, while the black screen
>>>will also inform them about the process that failed (for
>>>example, it will tell users that a particular driver file
>>>failed, such as rdbss.sys).
>>>
>>>It's also worth noting that this isn't the first time that
>>>Microsoft has announced that the BSOD warning would be
>>>changed from blue. Back in 2021, the company tested a
>>>black version of the warning message, but that version
>>>also included the text emoticon with a colon and a
>>>bracket (a frown).
>>>
>>>. . .
>>>
>>>   Well THAT fixes it ! When in doubt, just change
>>>   the color  :-)
>
> Windows 4 did it better, couldn't you just choose the background color
> of your preference from a set of colors? It was blue by default, but
> could be e.g. green.
>
>>>
>>>   Admittedly Linux boot-failure messages/logs are
>>>   also almost impossible to interpret unless you
>>>   are an ultra-anal hyper-nerd who hasn't moved
>>>   from the PC for ten years .........
>
> A lot of messages do provide information to try to address the
> problem. This is often much more than certain systems provide.
>
> No need to insult people who have at least some knowledge to get
> something from these messages.
>
>>>
>>>   Clue - we need a generally BETTER fail-mode
>>>   solution - much clearer defs of what bombed
>>>   and why and maybe some automated fixes or at
>>>   least really good instructions. In short a
>>>   "system spy" routine that runs even before
>>>   official boot.
>>
>> Maybe they finally decided to follow IBM's idea with the black trap screens
>> of death on OS/2.  

I always liked the Atari ST's cherry bombs.

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Wow - M$ Fixes Everything - Blue Screen-of-Death Replaced by BLACK Screen-of-Death c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-06-27 23:41 -0400
  Re: Wow - M$ Fixes Everything - Blue Screen-of-Death Replaced by BLACK Screen-of-Death LV-426 <noreply@noreply.com> - 2025-06-28 05:11 +0000
    Re: Wow - M$ Fixes Everything - Blue Screen-of-Death Replaced by BLACK Screen-of-Death Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2025-06-29 10:45 +0100
      Re: Wow - M$ Fixes Everything - Blue Screen-of-Death Replaced by BLACK Screen-of-Death Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2025-06-29 08:19 -0400
        Re: Wow - M$ Fixes Everything - Blue Screen-of-Death Replaced by BLACK Screen-of-Death c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-06-29 19:21 -0400
          Re: Wow - M$ Fixes Everything - Blue Screen-of-Death Replaced by BLACK Screen-of-Death Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2025-06-29 16:48 -0700
          Re: Wow - M$ Fixes Everything - Blue Screen-of-Death Replaced by BLACK Screen-of-Death Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-07-01 11:45 +0000
            Re: Wow - M$ Fixes Everything - Blue Screen-of-Death Replaced by BLACK Screen-of-Death c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-07-01 12:37 -0400
              Re: Wow - M$ Fixes Everything - Blue Screen-of-Death Replaced by BLACK Screen-of-Death Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-07-02 01:13 +0000
                Re: Wow - M$ Fixes Everything - Blue Screen-of-Death Replaced by BLACK Screen-of-Death Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-07-02 01:25 +0000
                Re: Wow - M$ Fixes Everything - Blue Screen-of-Death Replaced by BLACK Screen-of-Death c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-07-01 21:58 -0400
  Re: Wow - M$ Fixes Everything - Blue Screen-of-Death Replaced by BLACK Screen-of-Death rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-06-28 06:18 +0000
  Re: Wow - M$ Fixes Everything - Blue Screen-of-Death Replaced by BLACK Screen-of-Death Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-06-28 14:07 +0000
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    Re: Wow - M$ Fixes Everything - Blue Screen-of-Death Replaced by BLACK Screen-of-Death c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-06-30 01:49 -0400
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