14 DAY TRIAL // The Windows Blue Screen of Death, also known as the infamous BSOD, has been around for so many years, so pretty much everybody knows what it is.
What’s worse is to actually encounter one, as the BSOD is technically a fatal crash that your computer hits when something goes wrong. So the only way to recover after a BSOD is to reboot the system, something that obviously isn’t very convenient especially when working.
With so many Windows computers across the world (Microsoft says there are over 1.5 billion devices powered by its operating system out there), it makes sense to occasionally come across BSODs in public places.
The Green Screen of Death is also a thing
Such as the Louvre Museum, for example, which makes the BSOD itself a digital piece of art. As you can see in this photo, the giant Blue Screen of Death shows up on the floor – as a matter of fact, the redditor who took this picture says it’s not necessarily new, so no, they didn’t go to the Louvre Museum when the world is supposed to be in lockdown due to the coronavirus outbreak.
Microsoft has also created a Green Screen of Death, or GSOD, for the Windows Insider program, which the company uses to ship preview builds of new Windows 10 feature updates to registered users across the world.
The GSOD helps the software giant distinguish fatal Windows crashes encountered on Windows 10 preview builds from the ones that happen on stable Windows, thus making it easier to look into the cause and find a fix.
On the other hand, the BSOD at the Louvre Museum is a fatal crash experienced by an older version of Windows 10, as Microsoft has redesigned the look of the error message for Windows 8.1 and Windows 10.