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?

What is now known as the Blue Screen of Death debuted in Windows 1.0 in 1985, and since then, it has appeared on millions of screens—maybe billions around the world. The Blue Screen of Death has ...

This is what the original Blue Screen of Death looked like in Windows NT 3.1. WikiMedia Commons Plummer also reveals some interesting nuggets of information throughout the video, including why the ...