No one ever actually wants to see the blue screen of death — also known as the BSOD — on their Windows machine. But since Microsoft decided to redesign the BSOD, now they really don’t want to see it.
The new BSOD now features a black background instead of a blue one (so at least the acronym still works). However, the frowny face icon is gone, as is the majority of the text below it that told you what the problem was. Now, it just says, “Your device ran into a problem and needs to restart” above a progress counter and a few short lines showing the stop codes and what failed.
While many lament the loss of the blue color and frowny face for sentimental reasons, others have more legitimate concerns. Some have voiced concerns that it looks very similar to the updates screen, which could lead to confusion where users may believe their system is only updating instead of encountering a problem. And many are concerned that the redesign’s lack of information on the problem will make it more difficult for IT administrators to address it.
