News: Microsoft 7 Users See “Black Screen of Death”
Oh, no, say it isn’t so.
I read where users of the fast-selling Windows 7 are resorting to re-installing the software – which facilitates different aspects of cloud computing – because they’re seeing a totally black screen after logging on to the system.
It’s being called the “black screen of death,” and it’s not the kind of dark stain that Windows needs now, especially as it paves the road to cloud computing with Azure.
According to a news story I read on the “black screen of death,” Microsoft said it was checking out whether its latest security update, issued on November 10th, caused the problem.
I heard that the flaw also affects Vista, XP and other operating systems, and that millions of people may have been affected.
The “black screen of death” moniker is a play on the “blue screen of death,” which appears when Microsoft operating systems crash.
As of this posting, no fix has been issued by Microsoft.