Windows 11: Green Screen of Death is rolling out, what you need to know

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Microsoft's Windows 11 operating system displays a blue screen error page when something unexpected happens that requires a restart. Soon, Windows users will see a green screen of death instead. Here is what you need to know about the change.

The details:

• Windows 11 test versions show a green screen error page when the device restarts unexpectedly.
  
• The error page displays the stop code and "what failed" only.
  
• The QR code, smiley, and link to a Windows help page are no longer displayed.
  

The new error page is empty for the most part. It includes the phrase "Your device ran into a problem and needs to restart" and technical information at the bottom.
For comparison's sake, here is how a traditional Blue Screen error looks like currently.



The main message is "Your PC ran into a problem and need to restart as soon as we're finished collecting some error info". The page includes a link to a support page, a QR code, that links to the same page, and error information.

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