<s>
The	O
Blue	O
Screen	O
of	O
Death	O
(	O
BSoD	O
)	O
,	O
officially	O
known	O
as	O
a	O
Stop	O
error	O
,	O
Blue	O
screen	O
error	O
,	O
fatal	O
error	O
,	O
bugcheck	B-Error_Name
,	O
Stop	O
error	O
screen	O
,	O
Stop	O
message	O
,	O
or	O
Blue	O
Screen	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
critical	O
error	O
screen	O
displayed	O
by	O
the	O
Microsoft	O
Windows	O
or	O
ReactOS	O
operating	O
systems	O
in	O
the	O
event	O
of	O
a	O
fatal	B-Error_Name
system	I-Error_Name
error	I-Error_Name
.	O
</s>
<s>
Possible	O
issues	O
include	O
hardware	O
failure	O
,	O
an	O
issue	O
with	O
or	O
without	O
a	O
device	B-Application
driver	I-Application
,	O
or	O
unexpected	O
termination	O
of	O
a	O
crucial	O
process	O
or	O
thread	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Contrary	O
to	O
popular	O
belief	O
,	O
the	O
Windows	B-Operating_System
Embedded	I-Operating_System
Compact	I-Operating_System
(	O
formerly	O
known	O
as	O
Windows	B-Operating_System
CE	I-Operating_System
)	O
line	O
of	O
embedded	O
operating	O
systems	O
does	O
not	O
use	O
a	O
Blue	O
Screen	O
of	O
Death	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
early	O
blue	O
error	O
screen	O
first	O
existed	O
in	O
the	O
Beta	O
Release	O
of	O
Windows	B-Application
1.0	I-Application
;	O
if	O
Windows	O
found	O
a	O
different	O
DOS	B-Device
version	O
than	O
it	O
expected	O
,	O
the	O
error	O
message	O
"	O
Incorrect	O
DOS	B-Device
version	O
"	O
alongside	O
other	O
text	O
messages	O
detailing	O
what	O
check	O
failed	O
to	O
pass	O
would	O
be	O
appended	O
to	O
the	O
boot	O
screen	O
before	O
starting	O
normally	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
final	O
release	O
(	O
version	O
1.01	O
)	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
this	O
screen	O
prints	O
out	O
random	O
characters	O
after	O
the	O
"	O
Incorrect	O
DOS	B-Device
version	O
"	O
text	O
as	O
a	O
result	O
of	O
a	O
bug	O
in	O
the	O
Windows	O
logo	O
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
not	O
a	O
crash	O
screen	O
,	O
however	O
;	O
upon	O
crashing	O
,	O
Windows	B-Application
1.0	I-Application
either	O
locks	O
up	O
or	O
exits	O
to	O
DOS	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Windows	B-Application
3.0	I-Application
uses	O
a	O
text-mode	B-Application
screen	O
for	O
displaying	O
important	O
system	O
messages	O
,	O
usually	O
from	O
digital	O
device	B-Application
drivers	I-Application
in	O
386	O
Enhanced	O
Mode	O
or	O
other	O
situations	O
where	O
a	O
program	O
could	O
not	O
run	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Windows	B-Application
3.1	I-Application
changed	O
the	O
color	O
of	O
this	O
screen	O
from	O
black	O
to	O
blue	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Windows	B-Application
3.1	I-Application
also	O
displays	O
a	O
blue	O
screen	O
when	O
the	O
user	O
presses	O
the	O
Ctrl+Alt+Delete	B-Device
key	O
combination	O
while	O
no	O
programs	O
were	O
unresponsive	O
(	O
the	O
reverse	O
is	O
true	O
for	O
when	O
there	O
are	O
unresponsive	O
programs	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
with	O
prior	O
versions	O
,	O
Windows	O
3.x	O
exits	O
to	O
DOS	B-Device
if	O
an	O
error	O
condition	O
is	O
severe	O
enough	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
Blue	O
Screen	O
of	O
Death	O
appeared	O
in	O
Windows	B-Device
NT	I-Device
3.1	I-Device
(	O
the	O
first	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
Windows	B-Device
NT	I-Device
family	I-Device
,	O
released	O
in	O
1993	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
later	O
appeared	O
on	O
all	B-Device
Windows	I-Device
operating	I-Device
systems	I-Device
released	O
afterwards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BSoDs	O
can	O
be	O
caused	O
by	O
poorly	O
written	O
device	B-Application
drivers	I-Application
or	O
malfunctioning	O
hardware	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
faulty	O
memory	B-General_Concept
,	O
power	O
supply	O
issues	O
,	O
overheating	O
of	O
components	O
,	O
or	O
hardware	O
running	O
beyond	O
its	O
specification	O
limits	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
Windows	O
9x	O
operating	O
systems	O
,	O
incompatible	O
DLLs	O
or	O
bugs	O
in	O
the	O
operating	B-Operating_System
system	I-Operating_System
kernel	I-Operating_System
could	O
also	O
cause	O
BSoDs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
of	O
the	O
instability	O
and	O
lack	O
of	O
memory	B-General_Concept
protection	O
in	O
Windows	O
9x	O
OSes	O
,	O
BSoDs	O
were	O
much	O
more	O
common	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
September	O
4	O
,	O
2014	O
,	O
several	O
online	O
journals	O
,	O
including	O
Business	O
Insider	O
,	O
DailyTech	O
,	O
Engadget	B-Application
,	O
Gizmodo	O
,	O
Lifehacker	O
,	O
Neowin	O
,	O
Softpedia	O
,	O
TechSpot	O
,	O
The	O
Register	O
,	O
and	O
The	O
Verge	O
incorrectly	O
attributed	O
the	O
creation	O
of	O
the	O
Blue	O
Screen	O
of	O
Death	O
to	O
Steve	O
Ballmer	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
former	O
CEO	B-Application
,	O
citing	O
an	O
article	O
by	O
Microsoft	O
employee	O
Raymond	O
Chen	O
,	O
entitled	O
"	O
Who	O
wrote	O
the	O
text	O
for	O
the	O
Ctrl+Alt+Del	B-Device
dialog	O
in	O
Windows	B-Application
3.1	I-Application
?	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
follow-up	O
on	O
September	O
9	O
,	O
2014	O
,	O
Raymond	O
Chen	O
complained	O
about	O
this	O
widespread	O
mistake	O
,	O
claimed	O
responsibility	O
for	O
revising	O
the	O
BSoD	O
in	O
Windows	B-Application
95	I-Application
and	O
panned	O
BGR.com	O
for	O
having	O
"	O
entirely	O
fabricated	O
a	O
scenario	O
and	O
posited	O
it	O
as	O
real	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Engadget	B-Application
later	O
updated	O
its	O
article	O
to	O
correct	O
the	O
mistake	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BSoDs	O
originally	O
showed	O
silver	O
text	O
on	O
a	O
royal	O
blue	O
background	O
with	O
information	O
about	O
current	O
memory	B-General_Concept
values	O
and	O
register	O
values	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Starting	O
with	O
Windows	B-Device
Server	I-Device
2012	I-Device
(	O
released	O
in	O
September	O
2012	O
)	O
,	O
Windows	O
adopted	O
a	O
cerulean	O
background	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Windows	B-Application
11	I-Application
initially	O
used	O
a	O
black	O
background	O
,	O
but	O
starting	O
from	O
build	O
number	O
22000.348	O
,	O
switched	O
to	O
a	O
dark	O
blue	O
background	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Preview	O
builds	O
of	O
Windows	B-Operating_System
10	I-Operating_System
,	O
Windows	B-Application
11	I-Application
,	O
and	O
Windows	B-Device
Server	I-Device
(	O
available	O
from	O
the	O
Windows	B-Application
Insider	I-Application
program	I-Application
)	O
feature	O
a	O
dark	O
green	O
background	O
instead	O
of	O
a	O
blue	O
one	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Windows	B-Application
3.1	I-Application
,	O
95	O
,	O
and	O
98	B-Device
support	O
customizing	O
the	O
color	O
of	O
the	O
screen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
Windows	B-Device
NT	I-Device
family	I-Device
,	O
however	O
,	O
the	O
color	O
is	O
hard-coded	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Windows	B-Application
95	I-Application
,	O
98	B-Device
and	O
Me	B-Device
render	O
their	O
BSoDs	O
in	O
the	O
80×25	O
text	B-Application
mode	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
BSoDs	O
in	O
the	O
Windows	B-Device
NT	I-Device
family	I-Device
initially	O
used	O
the	O
80×50	O
text	B-Application
mode	I-Application
on	O
a	O
720×400	O
screen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Windows	B-Application
2000	I-Application
,	O
Windows	B-Application
XP	I-Application
,	O
Vista	B-Application
,	O
and	O
7	B-Application
BSoDs	O
use	O
the	O
640×480	O
screen	O
resolution	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Windows	B-Application
2000	I-Application
used	O
its	O
built-in	O
kernel	B-Operating_System
mode	O
font	O
while	O
XP	B-Application
,	O
Vista	B-Application
,	O
and	O
7	B-Application
use	O
the	O
Lucida	O
Console	O
font	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Windows	O
8	O
and	O
Windows	B-Device
Server	I-Device
2012	I-Device
use	O
Segoe	B-Protocol
UI	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
legacy	B-Operating_System
BIOS	I-Operating_System
machines	O
,	O
they	O
use	O
the	O
1024×768	O
resolution	O
by	O
default	O
,	O
but	O
they	O
can	O
also	O
be	O
configured	O
to	O
use	O
the	O
highest	O
resolution	O
available	O
(	O
via	O
the	O
'	O
highestmode	O
 '	O
parameter	O
in	O
Boot	O
Configuration	O
Data	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Windows	B-Operating_System
10	I-Operating_System
,	O
versions	O
1607	O
and	O
later	O
,	O
uses	O
the	O
same	O
format	O
as	O
Windows	O
8	O
,	O
but	O
has	O
a	O
QR	O
code	O
which	O
leads	O
to	O
a	O
Microsoft	O
Support	O
web	O
page	O
that	O
tries	O
to	O
help	O
users	O
troubleshoot	O
the	O
issue	O
step-by-step	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
Windows	B-Device
NT	I-Device
family	I-Device
of	O
operating	O
systems	O
,	O
the	O
blue	O
screen	O
of	O
death	O
(	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
"	O
bug	B-Error_Name
check	I-Error_Name
"	O
in	O
the	O
Windows	O
software	B-Application
development	I-Application
kit	I-Application
and	O
driver	B-Application
development	I-Application
kit	I-Application
documentation	O
)	O
occurs	O
when	O
the	O
kernel	B-Operating_System
or	O
a	O
driver	O
running	O
in	O
kernel	B-Operating_System
mode	O
encounters	O
an	O
error	O
from	O
which	O
it	O
cannot	O
recover	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
usually	O
caused	O
by	O
an	O
illegal	B-Operating_System
operation	I-Operating_System
being	O
performed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
only	O
safe	O
action	O
the	O
operating	O
system	O
can	O
take	O
in	O
this	O
situation	O
is	O
to	O
restart	B-Error_Name
the	I-Error_Name
computer	I-Error_Name
.	O
</s>
<s>
Under	O
Windows	B-Device
NT	I-Device
,	O
the	O
second	O
and	O
third	O
sections	O
of	O
the	O
screen	O
may	O
contain	O
information	O
on	O
all	O
loaded	O
drivers	O
and	O
a	O
stack	B-General_Concept
dump	O
,	O
respectively	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
driver	O
information	O
is	O
in	O
three	O
columns	O
;	O
the	O
first	O
lists	O
the	O
base	O
address	O
of	O
the	O
driver	O
,	O
the	O
second	O
lists	O
the	O
driver	O
's	O
creation	O
date	O
(	O
as	O
a	O
Unix	B-Operating_System
timestamp	I-Operating_System
)	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
third	O
lists	O
the	O
name	O
of	O
the	O
driver.By	O
default	O
,	O
Windows	O
will	O
create	O
a	O
memory	B-Error_Name
dump	I-Error_Name
file	O
when	O
a	O
stop	O
error	O
occurs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Depending	O
on	O
the	O
OS	O
version	O
,	O
there	O
may	O
be	O
several	O
formats	O
this	O
can	O
be	O
saved	O
in	O
,	O
ranging	O
from	O
a	O
64kB	O
"	O
minidump	O
"	O
(	O
introduced	O
in	O
Windows	B-Application
2000	I-Application
)	O
to	O
a	O
"	O
complete	O
dump	O
"	O
which	O
is	O
effectively	O
a	O
copy	O
of	O
the	O
entire	O
contents	O
of	O
physical	O
memory	B-General_Concept
(	O
RAM	B-Architecture
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
resulting	O
memory	B-Error_Name
dump	I-Error_Name
file	O
may	O
be	O
debugged	O
later	O
,	O
using	O
a	O
kernel	B-Operating_System
debugger	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
Windows	O
,	O
WinDBG	B-Application
or	O
KD	O
debuggers	B-Application
from	O
Debugging	B-Application
Tools	I-Application
for	I-Application
Windows	I-Application
are	O
used	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
debugger	B-Application
is	O
necessary	O
to	O
obtain	O
a	O
stack	B-General_Concept
trace	O
,	O
and	O
may	O
be	O
required	O
to	O
ascertain	O
the	O
true	O
cause	O
of	O
the	O
problem	O
;	O
as	O
the	O
information	O
on-screen	O
is	O
limited	O
and	O
thus	O
possibly	O
misleading	O
,	O
it	O
may	O
hide	O
the	O
true	O
source	O
of	O
the	O
error	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
default	O
,	O
Windows	B-Application
XP	I-Application
is	O
configured	O
to	O
save	O
only	O
a	O
64kB	O
minidump	O
when	O
it	O
encounters	O
a	O
stop	O
error	O
,	O
and	O
to	O
then	O
automatically	O
reboot	O
the	O
computer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	O
Windows	O
can	O
also	O
be	O
configured	O
to	O
send	O
live	O
debugging	O
information	O
to	O
a	O
kernel	B-Operating_System
debugger	B-Application
running	O
on	O
a	O
separate	O
computer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
a	O
stop	O
error	O
is	O
encountered	O
while	O
a	O
live	O
kernel	B-Operating_System
debugger	B-Application
is	O
attached	O
to	O
the	O
system	O
,	O
Windows	O
will	O
halt	O
execution	O
and	O
cause	O
the	O
debugger	B-Application
to	O
break	O
in	O
,	O
rather	O
than	O
displaying	O
the	O
BSoD	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
debugger	B-Application
can	O
then	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
examine	O
the	O
contents	O
of	O
memory	B-General_Concept
and	O
determine	O
the	O
source	O
of	O
the	O
problem	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
BSoD	O
can	O
also	O
be	O
caused	O
by	O
a	O
critical	O
boot	B-Application
loader	I-Application
error	O
,	O
where	O
the	O
operating	O
system	O
is	O
unable	O
to	O
access	O
the	O
boot	O
partition	O
due	O
to	O
incorrect	O
storage	O
drivers	O
,	O
a	O
damaged	O
file	O
system	O
or	O
similar	O
problems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
such	O
cases	O
,	O
there	O
is	O
no	O
memory	B-Error_Name
dump	I-Error_Name
saved	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Before	O
Windows	B-Device
Server	I-Device
2012	I-Device
,	O
each	O
BSoD	O
displayed	O
an	O
error	O
name	O
in	O
uppercase	O
(	O
e.g.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
,	O
the	O
error	O
screens	O
showed	O
four	O
paragraphs	O
of	O
general	O
explanation	O
and	O
advice	O
and	O
may	O
have	O
included	O
other	O
technical	O
data	O
such	O
the	O
file	O
name	O
of	O
the	O
culprit	O
and	O
memory	B-General_Concept
addresses	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Windows	B-Device
Server	I-Device
2012	I-Device
,	O
the	O
BSoD	O
was	O
changed	O
,	O
removing	O
all	O
of	O
the	O
above	O
in	O
favor	O
of	O
the	O
error	O
name	O
and	O
a	O
concise	O
description	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Windows	O
8	O
also	O
added	O
a	O
sad-emoticon	O
as	O
well	O
(	O
except	O
on	O
the	O
Japanese	O
versions	O
or	O
Windows	B-Device
Server	I-Device
releases	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
hexadecimal	O
error	O
code	O
and	O
parameters	O
can	O
still	O
be	O
found	O
in	O
the	O
Windows	O
Event	O
Log	O
or	O
in	O
memory	B-Error_Name
dumps	I-Error_Name
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
Windows	B-Operating_System
10	I-Operating_System
version	O
1607	O
,	O
the	O
screen	O
features	O
a	O
QR	O
code	O
for	O
quick	O
troubleshooting	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Windows	B-Operating_System
10	I-Operating_System
versions	O
2004	O
–	O
22H2	O
and	O
Windows	B-Application
11	I-Application
changed	O
the	O
text	O
slightly	O
from	O
"	O
Your	O
PC	O
ran	O
into	O
a	O
problem	O
"	O
to	O
"	O
Your	O
device	O
ran	O
into	O
a	O
problem	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
series	O
includes	O
Windows	B-Application
95	I-Application
,	O
98	B-Device
,	O
and	O
Me	B-Device
(	O
although	O
the	O
latter	O
OS	O
does	O
not	O
match	O
the	O
naming	O
scheme	O
of	O
the	O
two	O
prior	O
OSes	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
Windows	O
9x	O
operating	O
systems	O
are	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
Windows	B-Application
95	I-Application
kernel	B-Operating_System
and	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
,	O
with	O
the	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
portion	O
running	O
versions	O
7	B-Application
and	O
8	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Windows	O
9x	O
operating	O
systems	O
used	O
the	O
Blue	O
Screen	O
of	O
Death	O
as	O
the	O
main	O
way	O
for	O
virtual	B-Application
device	I-Application
drivers	I-Application
to	O
report	O
errors	O
to	O
the	O
user	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
BSoD	O
,	O
internally	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
"	O
_VWIN32_FaultPopup	O
"	O
,	O
gives	O
the	O
user	O
the	O
option	O
either	O
to	O
restart	B-Error_Name
the	I-Error_Name
computer	I-Error_Name
or	O
to	O
continue	O
using	O
Windows	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
behavior	O
is	O
in	O
contrast	O
with	O
the	O
Windows	B-Device
NT	I-Device
versions	O
of	O
the	O
BSoD	O
,	O
which	O
prevents	O
the	O
user	O
from	O
using	O
the	O
computer	O
until	O
it	O
has	O
been	O
powered	O
off	O
or	O
restarted	O
(	O
usually	O
automatic	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
most	O
common	O
BSoD	O
is	O
displayed	O
on	O
an	O
80×25	O
text-mode	B-Application
screen	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
the	O
operating	O
system	O
's	O
way	O
of	O
reporting	O
an	O
interrupt	B-Application
caused	O
by	O
a	O
processor	O
exception	O
;	O
it	O
is	O
a	O
more	O
serious	O
form	O
of	O
the	O
general	B-Operating_System
protection	I-Operating_System
fault	I-Operating_System
dialog	O
boxes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
memory	B-General_Concept
address	O
of	O
the	O
error	O
is	O
given	O
and	O
the	O
error	O
type	O
is	O
a	O
hexadecimal	O
number	O
from	O
00	O
to	O
11	O
(	O
0	O
to	O
17	O
decimal	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Problems	O
that	O
occur	O
with	O
incompatible	O
versions	O
of	O
DLLs	O
:	O
Windows	O
loads	O
these	O
DLLs	O
into	O
memory	B-General_Concept
when	O
they	O
are	O
needed	O
by	O
application	O
programs	O
;	O
if	O
versions	O
are	O
changed	O
,	O
the	O
next	O
time	O
an	O
application	O
loads	O
the	O
DLL	O
it	O
may	O
be	O
different	O
from	O
what	O
the	O
application	O
expects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Faulty	O
or	O
poorly	O
written	O
device	B-Application
drivers	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Windows	B-Application
95	I-Application
and	O
98	B-Device
,	O
a	O
BSoD	O
occurs	O
when	O
the	O
system	O
attempts	O
to	O
access	O
the	O
file	O
"	O
c:\con\con	O
 "	O
,	O
"	O
c:\aux\aux	O
 "	O
,	O
or	O
"	O
c:\prn\prn	O
 "	O
on	O
the	O
hard	O
drive	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
reality	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
they	O
are	O
reserved	O
device	O
names	O
for	O
DOS	B-Device
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
famous	O
instance	O
of	O
a	O
Windows	O
9x	O
BSoD	O
occurred	O
during	O
a	O
presentation	O
of	O
a	O
Windows	B-Device
98	I-Device
beta	O
given	O
by	O
Bill	O
Gates	O
at	O
COMDEX	O
on	O
April	O
20	O
,	O
1998	O
:	O
The	O
demo	O
PC	O
crashed	O
with	O
a	O
BSoD	O
when	O
his	O
assistant	O
,	O
Chris	O
Capossela	O
,	O
connected	O
a	O
scanner	O
to	O
the	O
PC	O
to	O
demonstrate	O
Windows	B-Device
98	I-Device
's	O
support	O
for	O
Plug	B-Device
and	I-Device
Play	I-Device
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
event	O
brought	O
thunderous	O
applause	O
from	O
the	O
crowd	O
and	O
Gates	O
replied	O
(	O
after	O
a	O
nervous	O
pause	O
)	O
:	O
"	O
That	O
must	O
be	O
why	O
we	O
're	O
not	O
shipping	O
Windows	B-Device
98	I-Device
yet.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Stop	O
errors	O
are	O
comparable	O
to	O
kernel	B-Operating_System
panics	I-Operating_System
in	O
macOS	B-Application
,	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
and	O
other	O
Unix-like	B-Operating_System
systems	I-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
to	O
bugchecks	B-Error_Name
in	O
OpenVMS	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Windows	B-Application
3.1	I-Application
displays	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
blue	O
one	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
versions	O
of	O
macOS	B-Application
(	O
notably	O
OS	B-Application
X	I-Application
Lion	I-Application
)	O
also	O
displays	O
a	O
Black	B-Error_Name
Screen	I-Error_Name
of	I-Error_Name
Death	I-Error_Name
as	O
well	O
,	O
usually	O
pointed	O
to	O
a	O
graphics	O
card	O
or	O
sleep/wake	O
issue	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Beta	O
versions	O
of	O
Windows	B-Device
98	I-Device
displays	O
a	O
red	O
error	O
screen	O
raised	O
by	O
the	O
Advanced	B-Device
Configuration	I-Device
and	I-Device
Power	I-Device
Interface	I-Device
(	O
ACPI	B-Device
)	O
when	O
the	O
host	O
computer	O
's	O
BIOS	B-Operating_System
encounters	O
a	O
problem	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
bootloader	B-Application
of	O
the	O
first	O
beta	O
version	O
of	O
Windows	B-Application
Vista	I-Application
also	O
displays	O
a	O
red	O
error	O
screen	O
in	O
the	O
event	O
of	O
a	O
boot	O
failure	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Windows	B-Operating_System
10	I-Operating_System
,	O
an	O
Orange	O
Screen	O
of	O
Death	O
appears	O
when	O
there	O
is	O
a	O
driver	O
incompatibility	O
present	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
mentioned	O
earlier	O
,	O
the	O
insider	B-Application
builds	I-Application
of	O
Windows	B-Device
Server	I-Device
2016	I-Device
and	O
later	O
,	O
Windows	B-Operating_System
10	I-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
Windows	B-Application
11	I-Application
displays	O
a	O
green	O
screen	O
.	O
</s>
