Windows "Digital Signage" mode will make public display BSODs much harder to spot
Microsoft spoils the fun
Apple's latest ad pokes fun at the Windows CrowdStrike BSOD disaster
The return of "Get a Mac"
Winners & losers: Apple's new eight-minute ad takes a thinly veiled jab at last year's CrowdStrike meltdown – the software update that crashed Windows systems running critical infrastructure around the world. Beyond the humor, the short film highlights the differences between how Windows and macOS secure their kernels, which was the root cause behind last year's incident.
New Nvidia GeForce hotfix driver addresses crashes and black screen issues
Over the past few weeks, we've been reporting on various driver-related issues affecting Nvidia users. Today, Nvidia released a new hotfix driver aimed at resolving several of these problems, including display flickering, crashing during shader compilation and black screen issues.
New Nvidia drivers improve performance in benchmarks, but crashes and gaming issues remain
Up to 8% better performance in 3DMark Steel Nomad
Recap: Nvidia's RTX 50 series has arguably been another forgettable and disappointing GPU launch in recent memory. Issues with the new graphics cards include underwhelming gen-to-gen performance improvements, melting power cables, stingy VRAM allocation, near-nonexistent launch inventory, missing ROPs, and software stability problems. While Nvidia has attempted to address bugs and crashes with recent driver updates, user complaints appear to persist.
Nvidia GeForce GPU driver update tackles black screens, crashes, and display issues
GeForce Game Ready 576.02 WHQL drivers appear to be one of the most substantial updates of the year. Key improvements include solutions for black screen issues – especially when waking PCs from sleep – enhanced support for Windows 11 24H2, and multiple game-specific fixes related to G-Sync and DLSS.
New Microsoft Windows recovery feature aims to prevent CrowdStrike-like outages
Better late than never
Microsoft is replacing the Blue Screen of Death in Windows 11
BSOD goes green (or maybe black?) in Windows 11 preview
Nvidia is investigating RTX 50 crashes and black screen issues, but no fix date yet
Issues span RTX 50, 40, and even some 30-series GPUs
Facepalm: The black screen and system instability woes have been raging for some time now – not just on the RTX 50 series, but also on some 40- and 30-series cards. Nvidia first acknowledged the problems over a week ago following the 572.16 driver release, but a fix is still nowhere in sight.
Garmin smartwatches stuck on blue triangle screen – here's how to fix it
Garmin has already issued a fix, which involves a factory reset for some
Windows 11 24H2 update breaks Ubisoft games, fix still pending
The latest Windows 11 upgrade is buggy, and gamers are fuming
Windows 11 24H2 is causing headaches, BSODs for some Western Digital SSD owners
A registry hack can restore order
Nvidia driver update causes BSOD on older Windows PCs
Windows 10 users need to adjust their settings to avoid this problem
Who wrote the BSOD screen? Former Windows developer finally has an answer
It turns out that it was more than one person
CrowdStrike apologizes for worldwide systems outage, offers vendors a $10 UberEats voucher
To express our gratitude, your next cup of coffee or late night snack is on us!"
Microsoft blames EU agreement for CrowdStrike disaster, releases USB recovery tool
Microsoft is legally bound to grant third-party developers level 0 kernel access
The internet reacts to the CrowdStrike IT disaster that crashed computers worldwide
Botched update already has a fix, but it's not so easy to deploy across enterprise systems
Businesses around the world hit by 'Blue Screen of Death' following faulty CrowdStrike update
Microsoft 365 apps and services have been experiencing problems, too
What just happened? The dreaded Blue Screen of Death has been hitting Windows machines across the world as they boot up, impacting banks, airlines, media outlets, food chains, and many other businesses. It's been confirmed that the problem stems from security firm CrowdStrike and an issue with its Falcon Sensor agent. There's also been an apparent separate issue with Microsoft 365 apps and services.
What to do if the latest Windows update gets you in a reboot loop – here's the temporary fix
Let the loop continue until the tool to roll back the update appears
Linux is getting a BSOD that might actually be helpful
New Linux BSOD provides more information than the infamous Windows version
Microsoft had a "Cart of Death" to intentionally crash and debug early Windows USB infrastructure
The crash cart: In a hospital a crash cart could save your life, but Microsoft had a different type of crash cart back in the day that usually spelled the death of a testing PC. In-house developers called it the "Cart of Death" – a repurposed mail cart carrying daisy-chained USB hubs and tons of connected USB devices to test plug-and-play support on Windows PCs.
Microsoft investigating Windows 11 update that is causing blue screens of death
The problem might be related to MSI motherboards
"BugCheck2Linux" lets you run Linux after Windows goes BSOD
Apparently there's life after a BSOD screen of death
The Windows 11 22H2 update is killing Nvidia gaming performance, causing BSOD for some users
It wouldn't be a Windows update without unexpected issues
An Intel sound driver is behind a Windows 11 BSOD, Microsoft posts workaround
Updated, fixed drivers should be available
Microsoft is reverting Windows 11's BSoD from black to blue
A win for traditionalists