Simon is a Computer Science BSc graduate who has been writing about technology since 2014, and using Windows machines since 3.1. After working for an indie game studio and acting as the family's go-to ...

is a senior correspondent and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Microsoft is now starting to change its Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) to a ...

The blue screen of death (BSOD) -- also known as a stop error screen, blue screen error, fatal error or bugcheck -- is a critical error screen that can be displayed ...

Following the recent buzz surrounding Windows blue screen of death (BSOD), a Microsoft Windows veteran dev has talked in some detail about its origin going back to Windows 95, NT, and 3.1. On the ...

Security researchers have discovered a vulnerability in a Windows system driver that can be abused to trigger a blue screen of death (BSOD), even on fully updated Windows 11 and 10 systems. While the ...

Windows mostly crash due to faulty RAM or some other hardware issue, but what if I tell you that a simple file of just a few KB can also crash your system and leave you with a BSOD screen? I’m talking ...

Use left and right arrow keys to seek audio. Your PC crashing is not something you look forward to, but this experience will soon change in Windows 11 - arguably for the better, or maybe for the worse ...

Windows is experiencing a major outage, as many business computers are experiencing a Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) when trying to boot. The outage has vastly impacted businesses like banks, airlines ...

We're all familiar with the Windows BSOD, but Microsoft is now making it simpler in appearance—and getting rid of the blue. Almost every Windows user has encountered the legendary “Blue Screen of ...

Windows Insiders are getting early access to an upcoming Windows 11 feature that is intended to improve system reliability by scanning system memory following a system crash. The optional feature is ...