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  2. Blue screen of death - Wikipedia

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    Blue screen errors have existed since the first beta release of Windows 1.0; if Windows found a newer DOS version than it expected, the boot screen would have the text "Incorrect DOS version" alongside other messages detailing what check failed to pass appended into it before starting normally. [4]

  3. Screen of death - Wikipedia

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    By far, this is the most famous 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. [1]

  4. Safe mode - Wikipedia

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    Windows 11 running in safe mode. Microsoft Windows' safe mode (for 7/Vista [1] /XP [2] /2000/ME/98/95 [citation needed]) is accessed by pressing the F8 key as the operating system boots. [3] Also, in a multi-boot environment with multiple versions of Windows installed side by side, the F8 key can be pressed at the OS selector prompt to get to ...

  5. Windows 11 - Wikipedia

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    Windows 11 is the first major version of Windows NT without a companion mobile version following the discontinuation of Windows Phone with Windows 10 Mobile. Windows 11 features major changes to the Windows shell influenced by the canceled Windows 10X, including a redesigned Start menu, the replacement of its "live tiles" with a separate ...

  6. Black screen of death - Wikipedia

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    At first, several claims pointed at Windows Update. This was later recanted by Prevx as an erroneous report. [4] [5] Microsoft reported that no security update was causing the issue, and may be tied to malware. [6] [7] In other cases, the black screen was replaced with a blue screen of death. A black screen may also be caused by certain ...

  7. Windows 11 version history - Wikipedia

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    Windows 11 is a major release of the Windows NT operating system developed by Microsoft that was released in October 2021. Starting with Windows 10, Microsoft described Windows as an "operating system as a service" that would receive ongoing updates to its features and functionality, augmented with the ability for enterprise environments to receive non-critical updates at a slower pace or use ...

  8. Booting process of Windows - Wikipedia

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    In all versions of Windows 9x except ME, it is also possible to load Windows by booting to a DOS prompt and typing "win". There are some command line switches that can be used with the WIN command: with the /D switch, Windows boots to safe mode, and with the /D:n switch, Windows boots to safe mode

  9. Comparison of Microsoft Windows versions - Wikipedia

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    Microsoft Windows is the name of several families of computer software operating systems created by Microsoft.Microsoft first introduced an operating environment named Windows in November 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces (GUIs).