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Microsoft kills iconic Windows Blue Screen of Death — Windows 11 gains new, darker OS error screen


The company will change the iconic blue error screen for a simplified black one, and ensure third-party security software adheres to new rules designed to stop bad updates and drivers from taking down OS.

While Microsoft wasn't the culprit, it did shine a harsh light on shortcomings of Windows as an operating system regarding cybersecurity, the kernel, and third-party software makers. Instead, anti-virus and endpoint protection solutions will run in user mode, just like normal Windows apps, limiting the amount of damage they can do to the OS should an update go wrong. In the event that Windows is unable to restart, it will enter into a new quick machine recovery mode, designed to allow Microsoft to issue fixes to a device that has been taken offline by a faulty update without manual IT intervention.

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