Press a few buttons, and you can accomplish hundreds of computer tasks, from simple to sophisticated, without taking your hands off the keyboard ...

The new design has a black background instead of the traditional blue, which has been used since the feature's introduction ...

A pop-culture icon Over 40 years, the blue screen of death worked its way into pop culture, with plenty of memes, a subreddit devoted to it, and T-shirts and other items bearing its image.

Microsoft used the blue screen to indicate system failures and the need to restart the computer, which often meant a loss of data and time wasted on work that might not have been saved. The new ...

Nearly every Windows user has had a run in with the infamous "Blue Screen of Death" at some point in their computing life. Now, after more than 40-years of being set against a very recognizable ...

ANKARA, TURKIYE - JULY 19: In this photo illustration the blue screen of death errors on computer screens are viewed due to the global communications outage caused by CrowdStrike, which provides ...

Nearly every Windows user has had a run-in with the infamous "Blue Screen of Death" at some point in their computing life. Now, after more than 40 years of being set against a very recognizable ...

Nearly every Windows user has had a run-in with the infamous “Blue Screen of Death” at some point in their computing life. Now, after more than 40 years of being set against a very ...

The "blue screen of death," which has been use in for several decades, is coming to an end, Microsoft announced. (Harun Ozalp, Anadolu/Getty Images via CNN Newsource) ...

THE blue screen of death is disappearing from computer screens after 40 years of filling people with dread. Microsoft is set to replace the iconic slate that no one wants to see later this summer.

The blue screen that stressed computer users for more than three decades is giving way to a black one.