Change the color of Blue Screen of Death (BSOD)

If 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:

[386enh]
;COMMENT The following 2 lines makes the screen black and the text white
MessageBackColor=0
MessageTextColor=7

Color codes available: <table border="1" style="text-align:center;background:#AAAAAA"><tr><th>Code (Hex)</th><th>Color</th></tr><tr><td>0</td><td>black</td></tr><tr><td>1</td><td>blue</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>green</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>cyan</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>red</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>magenta</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>yellow/brown</td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td>white</td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td>gray</td></tr><tr><td>9</td><td>bright blue</td></tr><tr><td>A</td><td>bright green</td></tr><tr><td>B</td><td>bright cyan</td></tr><tr><td>C</td><td>bright red</td></tr><tr><td>D</td><td>bright magenta</td></tr><tr><td>E</td><td>bright yellow</td></tr><tr><td>F</td><td>white</td></tr></table>

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