<s>
The	O
black	B-Error_Name
screen	I-Error_Name
of	I-Error_Name
death	I-Error_Name
is	O
a	O
fatal	B-Error_Name
system	I-Error_Name
error	I-Error_Name
displayed	O
by	O
some	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
operating	I-Application
system	I-Application
after	O
encountering	O
a	O
critical	O
system	O
error	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Windows	B-Application
3.x	I-Application
the	O
black	B-Error_Name
screen	I-Error_Name
of	I-Error_Name
death	I-Error_Name
is	O
the	O
behavior	O
that	O
occurred	O
when	O
a	O
DOS-based	O
application	O
failed	O
to	O
execute	O
properly	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
(	O
Commonly	O
,	O
but	O
not	O
exclusively	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
seen	O
while	O
the	O
Novell	B-Operating_System
NetWare	I-Operating_System
client	O
for	O
DOS	B-Device
,	O
NETX	O
,	O
was	O
loaded	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
issue	O
was	O
fixed	O
in	O
most	O
instances	O
by	O
adding	O
an	O
additional	O
section	O
in	O
the	O
SYSTEM.INI	B-Protocol
of	O
affected	O
clients	O
with	O
the	O
text	O
TimerCriticalSection	O
=	O
10000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
reports	O
that	O
the	O
company	O
was	O
rolling	O
out	O
Windows	B-Application
3.0	I-Application
within	O
the	O
Global	O
Marketing	O
group	O
and	O
when	O
the	O
users	O
would	O
attempt	O
to	O
run	O
WordPerfect	B-Application
,	O
they	O
would	O
receive	O
a	O
black	B-Error_Name
screen	I-Error_Name
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
also	O
just	O
a	O
black	B-Error_Name
screen	I-Error_Name
.	O
</s>
<s>
MS-DOS	B-Application
,	O
Windows	B-Application
95	I-Application
,	O
Windows	B-Device
98	I-Device
,	O
Windows	B-Application
2000	I-Application
,	O
Windows	B-Device
Me	I-Device
,	O
Windows	B-Application
XP	I-Application
,	O
Windows	B-Application
Vista	I-Application
,	O
Windows	B-Device
7	I-Device
,	O
and	O
Windows	B-Application
8	I-Application
also	O
display	O
a	O
Black	B-Error_Name
Screen	I-Error_Name
of	I-Error_Name
Death	I-Error_Name
when	O
the	O
operating	O
system	O
cannot	O
boot	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
the	O
case	O
of	O
operating	O
system	O
compression	O
,	O
the	O
computer	O
will	O
not	O
be	O
able	O
to	O
boot	O
,	O
even	O
into	O
safe	B-Operating_System
mode	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
late	O
2009	O
,	O
several	O
new	O
reports	O
of	O
the	O
Black	B-Error_Name
Screen	I-Error_Name
of	I-Error_Name
Death	I-Error_Name
in	O
Windows	B-Application
XP	I-Application
,	O
Windows	B-Application
Vista	I-Application
,	O
and	O
Windows	B-Device
7	I-Device
emerged	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
later	O
recanted	O
by	O
Prevx	B-Application
as	O
an	O
erroneous	O
report	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
other	O
cases	O
,	O
the	O
black	B-Error_Name
screen	I-Error_Name
was	O
replaced	O
with	O
the	O
blue	O
screen	O
of	O
death	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Black	B-Error_Name
Screen	I-Error_Name
of	I-Error_Name
Death	I-Error_Name
may	O
also	O
be	O
caused	O
by	O
certain	O
components	O
of	O
a	O
computer	O
overheating	O
,	O
in	O
place	O
of	O
the	O
traditional	O
blue	O
screen	O
,	O
that	O
appeared	O
to	O
indicate	O
a	O
Stop	O
error	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
black	B-Error_Name
screen	I-Error_Name
was	O
simplified	O
compared	O
to	O
the	O
previous	O
blue	O
screen	O
,	O
omitting	O
instructions	O
that	O
the	O
user	O
is	O
recommended	O
to	O
take	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Windows	B-Operating_System
10	I-Operating_System
also	O
displays	O
a	O
black	B-Error_Name
screen	I-Error_Name
of	I-Error_Name
death	I-Error_Name
due	O
to	O
an	O
unfinished	O
update	O
in	O
addition	O
to	O
the	O
aforementioned	O
causes	O
above	O
;	O
in	O
the	O
former	O
case	O
,	O
the	O
system	O
restarts	O
after	O
the	O
update	O
and	O
the	O
user	O
is	O
presented	O
with	O
the	O
login	O
screen	O
,	O
however	O
after	O
logging	O
in	O
the	O
user	O
is	O
stuck	O
with	O
another	O
black	B-Error_Name
screen	I-Error_Name
instead	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
some	O
versions	O
of	O
macOS	B-Application
(	O
such	O
as	O
OS	B-Application
X	I-Application
Lion	I-Application
)	O
,	O
a	O
hardware	O
or	O
software	O
issue	O
could	O
cause	O
the	O
system	O
to	O
display	O
a	O
black	B-Error_Name
screen	I-Error_Name
of	I-Error_Name
death	I-Error_Name
instead	O
of	O
a	O
kernel	B-Operating_System
panic	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
