Microsoft Windows' iconic blue screen of death is being retired

By Manuela Lopez Restrepo,

Jeanette Woods

Published June 27, 2025 at 5:08 PM EDT

It usually happens to your computer right in the middle of something important: The dreaded Microsoft Windows blue error screen. Now Microsoft is retiring the blue screen of death for a new color.

Manuela Lopez Restrepo

Jeanette Woods

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