You know the drill: out of nowhere you see a screen that tells you your Windows device has hit “a problem and needs to restart.” It’s known as the Blue Screen of Death and recently it was thought that ...

Update KB5083769 is causing black screens and corrupted graphics on Windows 11 PCs. What can you do if you're affected?

Have you seen the dreaded Blue Screen of Death on your Windows 11 PC since installing an update? You’re not alone, and Microsoft has now confirmed the problem. It did so in a support document, spotted ...

Every Patch Tuesday, there’s a moment where you hover over that “Install” button and wonder what you’re getting into. The April 2026 update for Windows 11, KB5083769, has given plenty of users good ...

Experiencing a Windows 11 boot loop can be incredibly frustrating, transforming your computer into a seemingly endless cycle of restarts that disrupts productivity. When your system continuously fails ...

Sometimes, you may encounter the Netwsw00.sys Blue Screen on your Windows 11/10 computer and it can be concerning. BSOD errors can be alarming since they often occur during essential operations or ...

Microsoft has released update KB5062660 for Windows 11 24H2, and that means the iconic “Blue Screen of Death” has officially been replaced by the long-awaited “Black Screen of Death” (which ...

As a frequent user of Windows 11, there are several quirks within the OS that frustrate me to no end. These are all small issues on their own, but they add up and put a damper on the end-user ...

In an update to Windows 11 coming later this year, the old BSOD will give way to a new BSOD -- only with black replacing blue. Painted in a dark shade similar to the Windows Update screen, the new ...

Emily Long is a freelance writer based in Salt Lake City. After graduating from Duke University, she spent several years reporting on the federal workforce for Government Executive, a publication of ...

Using a Windows PC is a great experience until something goes wrong and you can't access it as usual. One such instance is when your Windows 10 or 11 PC ends up showing a black screen, either after ...