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* {{anchor|Blue}}The '''[[Blue screen of death|Blue Screen of Death]]''' (also called BSoD, or stop error) is a common name for a screen displayed by the [[Microsoft Windows]] operating system when a critical system error occurs. By far, this is the most famous screen of death.
* {{anchor|Black}}'''[[Black screen of death|Black Screens of Death]]''' are used by several systems. One is a failure mode of [[Windows 3.x]]. One appears when the bootloader for [[Windows Vista]] and later fails. In early [[Windows 11]] previews, the Blue Screen of Death was changed to black.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Warren|first=Tom|date=2021-07-01|title=Microsoft's Blue Screen of Death is changing to black in Windows 11|url=https://www.theverge.com/2021/7/1/22559852/microsoft-windows-11-black-blue-screen-of-death-bsod-change|access-date=2021-08-09|website=The Verge|language=en}}</ref> In June 2025, Microsoft announced that the Blue Screen of Death would change to Black Screen of Death on Windows 11 in an update during summer 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Warren |first=Tom |date=2025-06-26 |title=Windows is getting rid of the Blue Screen of Death after 40 years |url=https://www.theverge.com/news/692648/microsoft-bsod-black-screen-of-death-color-change-official |access-date=2025-06-29 |website=The Verge |language=en-US}}</ref>
* {{anchor|Green}} A '''Green Screen of Death''' is a green screen that appears on a [[TiVo]] with a message that includes the words "the DVR has detected a serious problem and is now attempting to fix it" or "A severe error has occurred". Its appearance often means that the hard drive is corrupted and it will attempt to clean up, check, and/or repair the [[TiVo Media File System]].<ref>{{cite book|author1=Todd W. Carter|author2=Michael Bellomo|title=How to Do Everything with Your TiVo|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JZ-5y9bpJBEC|date=2004|publisher=McGraw Hill Professional|isbn=978-0-07-223140-3|pages=245, 246, 344}}</ref><ref>Krikorian. TiVo Hacks: 100 Industrial-Strength Tips & Tools. O'Reilly Media. 2003. [https://archive.org/details/tivohacks00krik/page/24 Page 24].</ref> A Blue Screen of Death on a [[Windows Insider]] build appears as green instead of blue, starting with build 14997.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Warren|first1=Tom|title=Windows 10 testers will now get a Green Screen of Death|url=https://www.theverge.com/2016/12/29/14111584/microsoft-windows-10-green-screen-of-death|website=[[The Verge]]|publisher=[[Vox Media]]|date=29 December 2016}}</ref>
* {{anchor|Purple}}The '''[[VMware ESXi|Purple Screen of Death]]''' is used by [[VMware ESXi]], a server virtualization product by [[VMware]]. It is displayed in the event of a fatal kernel error. The screen provides error codes that can be used for debugging purposes.
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