Why change the blue screen to black now? Did the viral images of Times Square rendered useless by the BSOD cause that much reputational harm?

Beyond the now-black background, Windows' new “screen of death” has a slightly shorter message. It's also no longer accompanied by a frowning face — and instead shows a percentage completed ...

Chen then later tried to claim he was responsible for the “Blue Screen of Death,” saying he coded it into Windows 95. Problem is, it already existed in previous iterations of Windows, and 95 ...