Brian Cryer's Glossary of IT Terms with Links
Blue Screen
- Blue Screen
- Terminal error screen displayed by Microsoft
Windows, not normally recoverable except by a reboot. Also known as
BSOD or a Stop Screen.
A blue screen will display a STOP error code, which may give some indication
as to the cause.
For more information see:
- www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/2000/server/reskit/en-us/core/fnhd_exe_TKNW.asp - Windows 2000 Stop Messages.
- http://aumha.org/win5/kbestop.htm - Troubleshooting Windows Stop Messages.
- http://blogs.technet.com/petergal/archive/2006/03/23/422993.aspx - Blog covering how to troubleshoot Blue Screens.