Microsoft warns of the dreaded ‘blue screen of death’ bug plaguing an update – how to know if you’re at risk

Microsoft has confirmed that the new Windows update is causing the blue screen of death for users trying to install the software.

The company issued a warning on Friday, saying that Windows Server 2025 has several bugs that cause the program to fail or restart for at least three hours.

However, the bugs have caused the blue screen of death, but Microsoft has said it is working on a fix that should be rolled out in the coming month.

In the meantime, users should take precautions when downloading Windows Server 2025 by checking whether your computer is at risk.

To determine if the update will cause the blue screen of death (BSOD), Microsoft encourages users to use the CTRL+SHIFT+ESC keys to open the Windows Task Manager.

Under the Performance tab, users should reduce the number of logical processors to 256 or less.

Logic processors are a component in the computer that is responsible for executing instructions and coordinating tasks related to the software.

Microsoft first released Windows Server 2025 to its administrative staff in January, but opened it up to the general public this weekend.

Microsoft users have complained about the problem on X, saying that when they tried to install Windows Server 2025, the BSOD appeared.

One person wrote that they spent two hours trying to access their PC after trying to download the software, but the blue screen kept preventing them from logging in.

“I’m (really) about to fight Microsoft,” the person wrote in frustration, adding, “It won’t accept my password, their customer service chat just sends me into a login loop, I can’t make calls because I live in a dead zone.’

Others threatened to switch from Windows to Mac, with one person saying their five-month-old laptop suddenly showed the BSOD and refused to reboot, forcing them to send it in for repairs.

‘F*** Microsoft… I’m still waiting and waiting, but nothing has happened since four o’clock, just a blue screen. What did you come up with?’ another person commented.

Users who tried to download the server this weekend encountered the blue screen of death when they launched, restarted, or tried to run an app.

The BSOD is a critical error screen that appears on Windows computers when the operating system becomes overwhelmed and encounters a critical problem from which it cannot recover.

Microsoft said the identified “issues may not occur consistently, including the server may boot and operate without issue.”

Users have reported experiencing the blue screen of death when they try to download the software

If a computer has too many logical processors, it can be devastating to a software application that isn’t designed to use a large number of them.

This can cause the program to perform slower or cause instability such as the BSOD.

When a software application has to switch between too many logical processors, the system ends up spending more time managing the transitions than processing the data.

To adjust the number of logical processors, users must first restart their servers and enter the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) installation.

This allows you to configure aspects of the computer’s firmware and hardware, and you can access them by entering the F2 key when the computer boots up again.

As you browse through the menu options, find the processor settings option and select “enabled to show all logical processors” or “disabled to show only one logical processor per core” from the logical processor option.

Then you need to calculate the number of cores per socket, so that you arrive at a value of 256 or less.

You’ll first need to check how many cores per socket there are in your computer’s logical processor – which is usually listed under the CPU details section or under the Performance tab in Task Manager.

Multiply the number of sockets in the CPU by the number of logical processors and enter that last number into the system before restarting your computer.

This should solve the problem and ensure that your computer does not face the blue screen of death.

DailyMail.com has reached out to Microsoft to confirm how many people are affected by the Windows Server 2025 bugs, what steps the company is taking to update the software, and when users can expect it to be updated.