Windows 8 Has a Slightly Friendlier Blue Screen of Death

It's still death, but it's a little nicer.

Those blue screens of death (BSoD) are never a good thing in Windows. It makes pros cringe and casual computer users cry out for help.

Unfortunately, system crashes are a part of any computer platform, but Microsoft is making it a little less cryptic and scary. This is what the BSoD looks like in the developer preview of Windows 8 released yesterday:

So it's still blue and it doesn't change the fact that the system needs to restart after a crash, but at least it's not a confusing mess of letters and numbers.

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Silmarunya , September 16, 2011 12:43 AM

BSOD's used to be mildly informative: often, the error code gave you at least some sort of hint as to what piece of software or hardware caused the issue. This thing? Not so much.

I know simple and user friendly became the norm in the wake of Apple's and Google's success, but user friendly doesn't have to mean dumbed down. Apple didn't learn that lesson properly and MS isn't learning it either...
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Fox Montage , September 16, 2011 8:25 PM

TakuhiThe error codes don't really need to be shown during the STOP error (BSoD). All the relevant codes and information is stored in the dump file. Using something like MS Windows Debugger lets you track down exactly what happened, including what process was the likely culprit.This screen will help to ease worries of less advanced users, and those that really know what's going on with a STOP error won't really care.It's win win either way.

While this is true, a dump file is not very helpful if you can't boot your os far enough to access them.
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tranzz , September 15, 2011 11:51 PM

What were you doing?? If you could also give me the details of the system and i will see if I can help.