Change the color of Blue Screen of Death (BSOD)
1 January 2000 by Snakefoot | Comment » | Trackback OffIf visually impaired, then the Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) can be difficult to read with its white text on blue background. It is possible to change the color of the BSOD by adding these lines to the 386enh-section of the System.ini-file in the Windows-folder:
More Info MS KB Q90740
Color codes available:[386enh]
;COMMENT The following 2 lines makes the screen black and the text white
MessageBackColor=0
MessageTextColor=7
| Code (Hex) | Color |
|---|---|
| 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 | white |
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Updated: 24 September 2007
Comment by Comp9 - 23 September 2008 @ 1:38 Reply
Does not seem to work with Windows XP and above.