# Who Wrote the Code for Windows' 'Blue Screen of Death'? 🖥️

**URL:** <https://onehack.st/t/who-wrote-the-code-for-windows-blue-screen-of-death/287443>\
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**Created:** [July 21, 2024, 8:13pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/who-wrote-the-code-for-windows-blue-screen-of-death/287443 "2024-07-21T20:13:42Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 21, 2024, 8:13pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/who-wrote-the-code-for-windows-blue-screen-of-death/287443/1 "2024-07-21T20:13:43Z")

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**Summary:**

1. **Contention Over Origins** : The authorship of the Windows “Blue Screen of Death” has been debated, with some attributing it to Steve Ballmer for writing the Ctrl+Alt+Del dialog in Windows 3.1, though this was later debunked.

2. **Raymond Chen’s Claim** : Microsoft developer Raymond Chen asserted in 2014 that he was responsible for coding the blue screen into Windows 95, though it had appeared in earlier Windows versions.

3. **John Vert’s Contribution** : Former Microsoft developer Dave Plummer identified John Vert as the true originator, revealing through logs that Vert created the modern blue screen during the development of Windows 3.1.

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