What is exactly is the Blue Screen of Death? what does it do? to your computer I mean.?

Q: does it have white words? I'm a little confused...

A: If you've ever used Windows, chances are you've experienced the lovely shade of blue associated with the famous Windows Stop Error or 'Blue Screen of Death. This error occurs whenever Windows senses a software, hardware or driver error which will not allow it to continue operating properly. In other words, it happens all the time, for all sorts of reasons.The Blue Screen of Death, or more properly the 'Windows stop message' occurs when Windows detects a problem or error from which it cannot recover. The operating system halts and diagnostic information is displayed on a blue screen. In newer versions of the operating system, the contents of the PC's memory are dumped to a file for later analysis. All Windows XP stop errors are numbered according to the circumstances that caused the error, which assists enormously in troubleshooting them. Often, if you're lucky, the problem will resolve itself with a simple reboot and you may never have to worry about it again. But if you keep getting errors then write down the exact message that you see and seek a help from an experienced computer person.

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