Goth aesthetic gone wild: a user's self-inflicted black screen of non-death in Windows 3.1’s
The story describes a customer support case where a user's desire for a black aesthetic led them to change the wallpaper, title bar, buttons, and text all to black. This resulted in a blank screen upon booting.
Key points
- Anecdote from Microsoft engineer Raymond Chen
- User set all Windows 3.1 colors to black
- Resulted in a 'black screen of non-death'
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