The Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) has served as something of a Grim Reaper for Windows users since the 1980s.

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Like Pudding Pops and Benetton sweaters, another 1980s icon is gone. After 40 years of delivering the tragic news of a PC crash to Windows users, Microsoft's infamous "blue screen of death" is ...

Why change the blue screen to black now? Did the viral images of Times Square rendered useless by the BSOD cause that much reputational harm?

The new screen will be clearer and look more like other Windows setup screens. Credit: Microsoft The first and most obvious change is the look.