The dreaded blue screen of death hasn’t met its maker after all: it’s just changed color and design. But that may bring a ...

Getting the dreaded Windows black screen, with or without a cursor? Here are some simple (and not so simple) ways to banish ...

Your Windows PC may show a black screen due to a malfunctioning Windows Explorer process, which is responsible for displaying several UI elements, including the taskbar, Start menu, and File Explorer.

As Adaptive Energy Saver is experimental, the option is currently available only in the Canary channel of the latest Windows ...

Windows 11's Blue Screen of Death is now black and more streamlined - but I'm worried the simplification goes too far.

If you do not get to the login screen, and Windows 11/10 is stuck on the Welcome screen, then follow our troubleshooting tips to fix the problem. Windows 11/10 stuck on Welcome screen.

The blue screen of death is Windows’ way of saying something went wrong at a system level, and it had to stop everything. Here’s what can cause it.

In April 2025, Microsoft announced that the Blue Screen of Death would become the Black Screen of Death. At least the abbreviation (BSOD) still fits. Microsoft said this change would be introduced in ...

This allows you to narrow down the sources of problems causing your Windows 11 PC to crash, making it easier to troubleshoot. Here's what you need to do to boot in safe mode: Press the Windows ...

In Windows 11 24H2, the iconic frowning emoji is gone, replaced with a much more straightforward screen: a black background with the words, “Your device ran into a problem and needs to restart.” ...

The crisis of Windows 'blue screen of death' has impacted airlines, banks, and more.

Has the black screen issue started after a Windows update? If so, it's likely that a faulty system update has caused the problem. In that case, simply uninstalling the problematic update should ...