Microsoft’s infamous Blue Screen of Death is finally going away for good

The screen has served as something of a Grim Reaper for Windows users since the 1980s. Here’s what will replace it.

Microsoft has confirmed that it is killing off its iconic Blue Screen of Death (BSOD). The screen is something most Windows users (unfortunately) are all too familiar with—the azure shade that appears on a person’s PC when Windows suffers a total system crash.