In WindowsNt and WindowsTwoThousand, a post-mortem dump so named for its background color. Commonly referred to as a "Bee-sod."
Windows NT crashed.
I am the Blue Screen of Death.
No one hears your screams.
-- Peter Rothman
Old joke:
A: Windows NT doesn't have nag screens.
B: Then what are these blue things that keep popping up?
Or change the color to whatever you want (within the old standard 16 choices). Edit system.ini and add 2 lines to the [386enh] section:
MessageBackColor=2
MessageTextColor=C
The above example results in a bright red on green BSOD.
0 = black
1 = blue
2 = green
3 = cyan
4 = red
5 = magenta
6 = yellow/brown
7 = white
8 = gray
9 = bright blue
A = bright green
B = bright cyan
C = bright red
D = bright magenta
E = bright yellow
F = bright white
Ad space on the BlueScreenOfDeath is a business opportunity that MicrosoftCorporation has yet to exploit. I wonder what AppleComputer would pay?
The BlueScreenOfDeath was also a rollicking good YearTwoThousand story by PeterMerel. Try http://home.san.rr.com/merel/bs.html --- Link goes to a "we kicked this user off last week" page, please update