4 things you probably didn't know about the Windows “blue screen of death”

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On Friday, Microsoft was affected by a global outage, which was caused by an update from CrowdStrike, a company specializing in cybersecurity. According to the Redmond firm's explanations, this outage affected nearly 8.5 million Windows devices, or less than 1% of all computers using the operating system. But whatever the case, this outage caused significant disruptions in many sectors, whether in audiovisual, air transport, or even in businesses.

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And whether on social networks or in the media, we have seen photos of screens displaying the famous “blue screen of death” or the Windows blue screen of death, which appears when there is a critical error on the system. Indeed, although we have somewhat forgotten it, this error message from Microsoft still exists. And since Friday, the blue screen has been making headlines. In this article, we present some facts about the Blue Screen of Death, which has become “a cultural icon,” according to Mar Hicks, a technology historian and associate professor in the School of Data Science at the University of Texas. Virginie, who is quoted by CNBC.

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