Neowin News Feed for: Bsod

Dell PCs are running into constant BSOD reboot loops and Windows 11 isn't the culprit

Sayan Sen — Mon, 11 May 2026 11:18:02 +0000

It looks like Dell computers have hit a wall with a recent software update. Following the update users report their systems can't stay on without BSODing every 30 minutes or so. Read more...

This Windows 11 ad blocker explains how its new feature could be a bit of a game changer

Sayan Sen — Thu, 05 Mar 2026 15:50:01 +0000

This Windows 11/10 adblocker says it has a new feature that can be a bit of a game-changer, as it promises fewer crashes and conflicts, and more. Read more...

Apple's ‘Blue Screen of Death' ad mocks Windows PCs

Hamid Ganji — Tue, 07 Oct 2025 16:46:01 +0000

Apple has released a new ad that takes a dig at Windows' infamous Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) while proudly flaunting the strength of Mac security. Read more...

Microsoft: Windows 11 24H2 is our most reliable version of Windows yet

Usama Jawad — Tue, 22 Jul 2025 19:06:01 +0000

Microsoft claims that Windows 11, version 24H2 is its most reliable version of Windows so far, and that Quick Machine Recovery and the new BSOD will only improve the situation further. Read more...

Windows 11 is getting a redesigned BSOD and new tools to help you recover from outages

Taras Buria — Thu, 26 Jun 2025 16:00:01 +0000

Windows 11 is getting new tools that will help minimize disruption and quickly recover when unexpected crashes or other outages occur. Read more...

Microsoft shares detailed guide to fix Windows 11/10 blue screen (BSOD)

Sayan Sen — Sun, 11 May 2025 20:30:01 +0000

Microsoft published an official guide on how to troubleshoot and fix blue screen of death (BSOD) on Windows 11 and Windows 10. Read more...

More issues in recent Windows 11 updates found, BSODs now confirmed

Taras Buria — Wed, 16 Apr 2025 12:20:01 +0000

Microsoft acknowledged yet another issue in the recently released Windows 11 updates. This time, they cause blue screens of death. Read more...

20 times computers embarrassed themselves with public BSODs and goof-ups

Aditya Tiwari — Sat, 05 Apr 2025 12:36:23 +0000

We have seen them time and again: BSODs, error screens, and other embarrassing stuff computers have done in public. Here are 20 of them. Read more...

AMD releases Windows 11 24H2 RAID driver for Ryzen 9000/7000, X870, X670, and B650

Sayan Sen — Mon, 25 Nov 2024 05:50:01 +0000

AMD's latest RAID driver gets support for Windows 11 24H2 and other new features. It also fixes a blue screen of death (BSOD). Read more...

Microsoft lifts one of the blocks preventing users from updating to Windows 11 24H2

Taras Buria — Sat, 09 Nov 2024 08:24:01 +0000

Microsoft is now letting more users get Windows 11 24H2 after resolving a compatibility issue causing blue screens of death. Read more...

uBlock Origin alternative AdGuard fixes Windows-induced BSOD, promises dark mode everywhere

Sayan Sen — Thu, 24 Oct 2024 22:50:01 +0000

AdGuard has fixed an issue that led to BSOD caused by a Windows system drive with a new update. The new release also promises dark mode for all websites. Read more...

Microsoft confirms another bug causing blue screens of death in Windows 11 24H2

Taras Buria — Sat, 19 Oct 2024 09:46:01 +0000

Microsoft acknowledged another issue in Windows 11 version 24H2, which causes blue screens of death when using a certain application. Read more...

Microsoft explains why it has blocked Windows 11 24H2 on some Asus PCs

Sayan Sen — Sat, 19 Oct 2024 08:50:01 +0000

Microsoft has confirmed it has blocked Windows 11 24H2 on some Asus PCs. The tech giant has also explained why that is. Read more...

WD releases new firmware to fix Windows 11 24H2 blue screens of death on some SSD

Taras Buria — Thu, 17 Oct 2024 08:40:01 +0000

Western Digital has released a firmware update for some of its SSDs to address the blue screen of death issues on Windows 11 24H2. Read more...

Registry hack fixes WD SN770, SN580 Windows 11 24H2 blue screens (BSOD)

Sayan Sen — Sat, 12 Oct 2024 10:00:01 +0000

Certain WD SSD users are experiencing blue screens of death (BSODs) after updating to Windows 11 24H2. Thankfully, users have managed to figure out a Registry hack that fixes it. Read more...

Microsoft: KB5043145 keeps restarting to blue/green screens, BitLocker recovery

Sayan Sen — Sat, 28 Sep 2024 06:26:01 +0000

Users should be glad that Windows 11 24H2 did not preview this week as Microsoft has confirmed that the latest KB5043145 update has major issues and is breaking PCs. Read more...

Windows 11/10 system driver has BSOD-triggering CVE-2024-6768 flaw on fully updated PCs

Sayan Sen — Mon, 12 Aug 2024 18:00:01 +0000

Security researchers have discovered a vulnerability in a Windows system driver that can be abused to trigger a blue screen of death (BSOD), even on fully updated Windows 11 and 10 systems. Read more...

Nvidia drivers confirmed to cause BSOD on Windows PCs without certain CPU instructions

Taras Buria — Sun, 04 Aug 2024 19:34:01 +0000

If you have an older computer with a still-supported Nvidia graphics card, you may encounter a nasty compatibility problem, causing your computer to get stuck in a blue screen of death cycle. Read more...

Microsoft veteran shares Windows NT, 3.1, 95 Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) origin story

Sayan Sen — Fri, 02 Aug 2024 05:34:01 +0000

Following the recent buzz surrounding Windows blue screen of death (BSOD), a Microsoft Windows veteran dev has talked in some detail about its origin going back to Windows 95, NT, and 3.1. Read more...

CrowdStrike deploys new technique to accelerate BSOD recovery on millions of PCs

Pradeep Viswanathan — Mon, 22 Jul 2024 12:20:01 +0000

CrowdStrike and Microsoft have provided recovery tools, but the process is time-consuming. CrowdStrike is now working on a faster remediation technique that will be released to its customers. Read more...

How to fix CrowdStrike BSOD issue on Windows PCs [Update]

Pradeep Viswanathan — Fri, 19 Jul 2024 16:10:01 +0000

We now have the official fix from CrowdStrike on how to deal with the Falcon Sensor for Windows update error which caused a critical issue that is currently affecting tons of PCs worldwide. Read more...

Microsoft guides on how to restore BSODing Windows PCs struck down by Crowdstrike Falcon

Sayan Sen — Fri, 19 Jul 2024 15:40:01 +0000

Earlier today, Crowdstrike pushed a buggy Falcon Sensor update leading to BSODs across the world's computers running Windows. Microsoft has pointed to its guidance on how to restore affected systems. Read more...

CrowdStrike CEO: It "could be some time" for all systems to recover from software outage

John Callaham — Fri, 19 Jul 2024 12:52:01 +0000

CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz stated in his first TV interview since this morning's worldwide Windows-based software outage that it "could be some time" before all the systems affected by it recover. Read more...

Botched security update breaks Windows worldwide, causing BSOD and crashes

Taras Buria — Fri, 19 Jul 2024 07:39:53 +0000

Windows systems across the world are not having a good time right now. A botched security update from CrowdStrike is taking down Windows PCs, causing blue screens of death, crashes, and more. Read more...

Windows 11 Moment 5 (KB5035942) causing install issues, BSOD, black desktop screen

Sayan Sen — Mon, 01 Apr 2024 09:16:01 +0000

Microsoft recently released Windows 11 23H2 Moment 5 update to all users via optional preview update KB5035942. However, there are reports of installation issues, BSOD, crashes, and more. Read more...

Surface Pro 9 5G gets new firmware to fix blue screens of death

Taras Buria — Sat, 30 Mar 2024 10:00:01 +0000

Microsoft has released a new firmware update for the Surface Pro 9 5G with the Microsoft SQ3 processor. It does not contain any new features, but it fixes bugs causing blue screens of death. Read more...

Intel PCs crashing with "out of video memory" BSOD, but AMD and Nvidia apparently innocent

Sayan Sen — Thu, 22 Feb 2024 15:44:01 +0000

There may be a bug or an issue on Intel CPUs, especially those belonging to the 13th Gen and packing many cores. The bug is leading to BSOD or crashes while gaming with an "out of video memory" error. Read more...

Microsoft veteran explains how to properly crash your Windows for different purposes

Taras Buria — Thu, 22 Feb 2024 10:58:01 +0000

Blue screens of death are not just dreadful indicators of a critical system failure. You can trigger one for a good cause, say, when writing software. Just make sure you are doing it right. Read more...

Intel releases new Wi-Fi and Bluetooth drivers with BSOD and 'no Wi-Fi network found' fixes

Taras Buria — Wed, 10 Jan 2024 11:16:02 +0000

Intel is rolling out a new set of Bluetooth and Wi-Fi drivers for Windows 10 and 11. They resolve blue screens of death, the "No Wi-Fi network found" message, and other bugs and issues. Read more...

Microsoft: IOMMU, VBS part of what's causing EPYC Windows Server VMware BSODs, boot fails

Sayan Sen — Thu, 09 Nov 2023 05:46:01 +0000

Microsoft has issued a workaround for a bug that is triggering BSODs on startup fails on Windows Server 2022 virtual machines on VMware ESXi. It notes that EPYC systems with IOMMU, VBS are affected. Read more...

NVIDIA Hotfix driver fixes Windows 10 transparency, random BSODs, Alan Wake 2 performance

Sayan Sen — Fri, 03 Nov 2023 10:02:02 +0000

NVIDIA today has issued a hotfix driver update that fixes multiple bugs and problems with display, gaming, and general annoyance. The driver resolves a Windows 10 transparency bug, random BSODs. Read more...

MSI fixes the UNSUPPORTED PROCESSOR blue screen of death error

Taras Buria — Wed, 06 Sep 2023 08:14:01 +0000

MSI has released a new BIOS update to fix the UNSUPPORTED_PROCESSOR blue screen of death on certain motherboards for 12th and 13th Gen Intel processors paired with the recent Windows updates. Read more...

Microsoft investigates Windows (KB5029351, KB5029331) Unsupported Processor BSOD crashes

Sayan Sen — Thu, 24 Aug 2023 06:34:01 +0000

Microsoft has confirmed it has received reports of Windows 11 and 10 blue screening and crashing after a UNSUPPORTED_PROCESSOR error message. The firm explains how it wants you to report feedback. Read more...

RedDriver never BSOD'd, perhaps a thing even AMD, Nvidia, Microsoft, or Intel can't brag

Sayan Sen — Thu, 13 Jul 2023 17:38:02 +0000

RedDriver is one of the many malicious drivers that were using forged WHQL driver signatures which were recently banned by Microsoft. However, this driver never BSOD'd during analysis. Read more...

Beware! HP firmware update bricking OfficeJet 9020e printers with Blue Screen 83C0000B error

Sayan Sen — Fri, 12 May 2023 14:16:39 +0000

HP OfficeJet Pro 9020e printers received a firmware update recently. However, the update was probably buggy which bricked the printers. Users all over the world may be affected by this issue. Read more...

Microsoft Weekly: LAPS and Windows Taskbar, Samsung ditching Google rumors, and app updates

Usama Jawad — Sat, 22 Apr 2023 18:16:01 +0000

The latest edition of Microsoft Weekly contains all you would need to know about the latest events that transpired in the world of Microsoft during the past week, dive right in without further ado! Read more...

Microsoft fixes Surface Pro 8 display flickering issue, improves Windows Hello, more

Taras Buria — Fri, 21 Apr 2023 13:04:01 +0000

Microsoft has released a new firmware update for those owning the Surface Pro 8. The latest version resolves display flickering issues, improves Windows Hello and camera performance, and fixes BSODs. Read more...

AMD fixes a driver timeout issue that led to BSOD, system freeze on Windows 10, Windows 11

Sayan Sen — Wed, 08 Mar 2023 06:50:01 +0000

AMD has fixed a major Radeon display driver timeout issue that led to the bug report tool popping up. While this is great news, sadly the bug fix does not apply to the entirety of Radeon cards. Read more...

WD SN850X NVMe SSD that beat Samsung, Seagate, and Hynix is BSODing and freezing Windows 11

Sayan Sen — Tue, 21 Feb 2023 16:48:01 +0000

The WD SN850X drive, which recently put up great performance against other NVMe SSDs like those from Samsung, Kingston, Hynix, Crucial, is found to be buggy in Windows 11 causing BSODs and freezes. Read more...

Microsoft fixes 0xc000021a blue screen of death on Windows 10

Taras Buria — Wed, 11 Jan 2023 09:00:01 +0000

Microsoft has released a fix for Windows 10 customers suffering from blue screens of death with the 0xc000021a error code. A permanent patch is now available for download from Windows Update. Read more...