Windows 3.1 changed the color of this screen from black to blue. Windows 3.0 uses a text-mode screen for displaying important system messages, usually from digital device drivers in 386 Enhanced Mode or other situations where a program could not run. This is not a crash screen, however upon crashing, Windows 1.0 either locks up or exits to DOS. In the final release (version 1.01), however, this screen prints out random characters after the "Incorrect DOS version" text as a result of a bug in the Windows logo code. Windows 1.01 Blue Screen of Death: Long version, showing installation of MS-DOS 6 and Windows 1.01, and the failed startup of Windows 1.01.īlue error screens have been around since the beta version of Windows 1.0 if Windows found a newer DOS version than it expected, the error message "Incorrect DOS version" alongside other text messages detailing what check failed to pass would be appended to the boot screen before starting normally. Windows 1.0 BSOD (Incorrect DOS Version): Short version, showing a failed Windows startup.
Videos of the "Incorrect DOS Version" screen on Windows 1.01, featuring random characters.
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