The blue screen of death is Windows’ way of saying something went wrong at a system level, and it had to stop everything. Here’s what can cause it.

The Blue Screen of Death — often shortened to BSOD — is Windows’ way of saying something went wrong at a system level, and it had to stop everything to avoid bigger problems.

Windows collects more data than you think during a blue screen. With a special tool, you can display the most important information about a blue screen and eliminate the cause.

Microsoft warned customers this week that their systems might crash with a blue screen error caused by a secure kernel fatal error after installing Windows updates ...