Security News > 2021 > July > Windows 11 may switch to a Black Screen of Death crash screen
Windows 11 may soon switch to a Black Screen of Death for operating system crash screens rather than the blue screen that has been used for many years.
All Windows users have at one point experienced a Blue Screen of Death screen, also known as a BSOD, when the operating system crashes due to a hardware conflict or software bug.
These BSOD screens have historically been blue, though Microsoft also tested Green Screen of Death crashes in Windows 10 Insider builds starting in 2016.
Microsoft is now testing the use of a black background for BSOD screens, making this effectively a Black Screen of Death screen.
The Verge reports that Microsoft is making this change to use a uniform color across all startup, shutdown, and crash screens.
Microsoft probably knows they would face an uprising if we had to start calling crash screens a GSOD. By default, Windows 11 will continue to use a blue background for crash screens, but Tom's Hardware reports that you can configure a Registry setting to enable the black screens.